He was and whilst it was great to see the Count on TV [ I have the DVD's] I thought Steve Delaney as sole writer [and playing the Count] , having listened and owning the Radio shows on CD, the show was far superior to when Graham Linehan assisted . At times it seemed to me that Count Arthur was secondary whereas when the show was on radio it's all about him with the others like Jerry , Sally, Malcolm coming in with some great lines and scenes but clearly Arthur is the star . On TV the Rory Kinnear character Michael seemed to have equal billing . I hope against hope Count Arthur returns to radio imminently.