Broadcaster with the BBC for 30 years, presenting local and regional radio and TV programmes. Head of music at BBC Newcastle and Managing Editor at BBC Lancashire. Sports Editor at BBC Leeds for TV and radio. Headed up regional BBC news coverage of the 1996 Olympics. Ran his own company from 2012 for a decade. Sports reporter on BBC 5 Live, Talksport, Sky TV, and BBC Sport TV. Taught journalism at Leeds Trinity University, the University of Huddersfield, and Leeds Beckett University. Retired July 2025.

I've been involved in the media since I was born. My dad was a journalist, scriptwriter, and screenwriter with several books and TV shows. My mum was an assistant producer on The Old Grey Whistle Test for the entire run of the show. 

I started in radio and then moved to television, not in front of cameras but as a producer and director for the BBC, Sky Sports, ITV, and numerous independent companies. I even ran my own independent for a couple of years, producing programmes for the BBC daytime schedules and Yorkshire Television. I lectured for four years in York before ending my full-time career at the BBC in Leeds, where I directed Look North. It’s wonderful to be able to return behind the microphone with one of my best mates after 40-something years. Producing this podcast is a labour of love with a genuine hope that we’re providing useful information for those of us who struggled to find a sense of purpose after leaving full-time employment