He played the role of "Christian de Neuvillete" in Caedmon Records' (now Harper Collins Audio) nearly complete recording of "Cyrano de Bergerac", a play by Edmond Rostand. Ralph Richardson was "Cyrano" and Anna Massey was "Roxane".
In the 1960s his novel 'Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies' was a first in bringing the devastation caused by the thalidomide drug to the attention of a wider public.
