On 9 September 1964, he married Laura Nicholson, the second daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, Bt. and they have three daughters: Christian Elizabeth (b. 1967); Georgiana Rose "Nina" (born 1969), married Al Jazeera English's journalist, Rageh Omaar; Elizabeth Clara (b. 1971).
Their output includes Bravo series I Predict a Riot and Virgin One's Rageh Omaar's Crime Invasion as well as the documentary The Real Dirk Diggler about the seventies porn star John Holmes.