Complex sentence: In 1981 he wrote, composed and performed in a series of musical playlets for the BBC called "Happy Endings", and two year later in 1983 Skellern hosted the "Private Lives" TV chat show.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1981 he wrote, composed and performed in a series of musical playlets for the BBC called "Happy Endings". In 1983 Skellern hosted the "Private Lives" chat show.