In 1958, I studied design at Kingston School of Art for 3 years, and during this period I won a Royal Society of Arts Bursary in television design, becoming a temporary fellow of the RSA. On getting my National Diploma of Design at the end of my course, it seemed the most interesting and natural thing to do was to get into television, so in 1964 I joined the BBC Design Department at Television Centre, Wood Lane, London. I stayed with the BBC for 13 years designing many classic productions including Wuthering Heights, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Treasure Island and the Mayor of Casterbridge starring Alan Bates, but in a quiet period I also designed the hit comedy series, Fawlty Towers, after which I left and became freelance.