In 1994, he worked as the producer on the second season of Granada’s drama series Cracker, about the work of a criminal psychologist played by Robbie Coltrane.
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The series, starring popular actor Robson Green, was a success, and two sequel serials—although not written by Abbott—followed.
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At the same time he began attending a local Sixth Form College and started attending meetings of the Burnley Writers' Circle after seeing their advert in the local public library.
From 2000 to 2002, he appeared as Steve Robinson in Paul Abbott's popular drama series Clocking Off.
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They favour working with a select pool of writers and directors, including Paul Abbott, Bryan Elsley, Danny Brocklehurst, Peter Flannery, Billy Ivory and Dearbhla Walsh.
Other noted appearances include Dandelion Dead (1994), A Royal Scandal (1996), The Last Contract (Sista Kontraktet,1998) a Swedish film about the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme, Paul Abbott's Alibi in 2003, Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Falling in 2005, ITV's three-part drama series Mobile (2007) and Channel 4's phone hacking comedy Hacks (2012).