From 1964-1969 he worked on The Wednesday Play and produced many films for TV, including Cathy Come Home, The Lump and The Gorge.

In 1969 he co-wrote and produced Kes, directed by Ken Loach, from the book by Barry Hines.

Further feature films followed (The Body, Family Life) before he returned to BBC TV with Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui and Days of Hope.

He produced, wrote and directed Prostitute in 1979 and Handgun in 1981. Working in Hollywood in the Eighties he produced work as varied as Earth Girls are Easy, the Sesame Street movie Follow That Bird and The Shadowmakers.

In 1990 Tony returned to the UK to run Island World Productions, a new venture being set up by Chris Blackwell and John Heyman.

His credits since then include Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, This Life, The Cops and Attachments among others. He is currently executive producing LILIES and ROUGH DIAMOND.