In 1980, Loe appeared in one episode each of Heartland and The Gentle Touch before appearing in two episodes of Sunday Night Thriller and three episodes of When the Boat Comes In (1981). She starred alongside Donald Churchill in the ITV sitcom Goodnight and God Bless. She also made a brief appearance as a nurse in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). In 1984, Loe starred as the abandoned house wife Allison in a six-part BBC1 serial called Missing from Home by Roger Marshall and directed by Douglas Camfield. Loe continued to make guest appearances in drama programmes up to 1985 shortly before landing the role of Diane in the television programme Yesterday's Dreams in 1987. In 1988, Loe gained the role of Pamela in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Singles with Roger Rees; this was the first sitcom which Loe had ever starred in and this lasted three series until 1991. In 1990, she took a regular role in The Chief, playing Dr Elizabeth Stafford from 1990 to 1993.
