A singer as well as an actor, he had a number three single in the U.K. with the song "I Could Be So Good for
You" in October 1980, which was the theme of Minder (1979). His duet with Minder co-star George Cole, "What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors?", reached the number 21 position on the UK chart in 1983. He also sang the theme song for New Tricks (2003).
[in 2012] You have to remind yourself that people aren't as stupid as writers think. But that's the way things are going in the industry. Basically, we all want to move to Copenhagen to get to do some extraordinary television.