Between 2004 and 2008 Craig and Hoult performed regularly on the London comedy circuit. They performed three shows at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
Colin & Fergus '04,
Colin & Fergus 2 '05 and
Rutherford Lodge '06. In 2006 Craig played
Alan Bennett in
Pete and Dud: Come Again, a play by
Chris Bartlett and
Nick Awde on the life of
Peter Cook and
Dudley Moore. The play ran at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then transferred to
London's West End and toured New Zealand. In 2007 he joined the cast of Channel 4's
Star Stories and was a regular in Series 2 and 3 of the show. In 2009, he won the
Hackney Empire New Act of the Year with his solo stand-up act. He also joined the cast of the Bafta nominated BBC show ''
Sorry, I've Got No Head'' the same year. In 2010 he played the role of Devon Mills in BBC2 sitcom
Popatron. In 2011 he played the role of Lionel Putty in CBBC show
Hotel Trubble. In 2012, he joined the cast of
The Amazing World of Gumball as the character Sussie. Craig appeared in
Disney+ historical drama series
A Thousand Blows, and in 2025 was cast as Mr Hurst in Jane Austen spin-off television series
The Other Bennet Sister, an adaptation of the book by
Janice Hadlow. In 2020, Craig had created a series of spoof extracts from a crime novel written by the character of Martin Fishback featuring the character of Detective Roger Le Carre. These have spawned two full-length spoof crime novels, plus a pilot for a sitcom. In 2023, his novel
Murder at Crime Manor was nominated for the
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. In 2026, his comedic cosy crime novel
I’m Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home was published.{{cite web|url= https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/not-only-murder-retirement-home-fergus-craig-book-review/|website=Buzz Mag|accessdate=23 Feb 2026|title= Cosy crime with extra comedy from standup and novelist FERGUS CRAIG ==Filmography==