I have taken an interest in St Catherine’s School since moving to Hoddesdon with my wife in 2017. I live close by and have been present at one or two events at St Catherine & St Paul’s Church when the school has been involved. Before ‘lockdown’ I enjoyed spending a morning with various classes talking about my various roles in the media.

My professional background since 1970 has been in media production. My programme genres have been in religion and music. I have a keen interest in both. Since my first job as a staff member of BBC Radio Manchester where I produced a ‘Sunday School of the Air’ I have taken an interest in programmes for children. In recent years I launched, and produced, the ‘Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year’ competition for both junior and secondary schools.

For five years I was a producer with BBC Radio’s religious department where I Specialised in programmes for Radios 1, 2 and 4. As TV producer/director with a specialist interest in religion I made 5 series and several programmes supporting INSET for BBC Schools TV. The job took me around various schools in the country at a time when the 1988 Education Reform Act stipulated ‘daily acts of Christian worship’ in most schools. We made video resources for secondary schools to use. I moved on to Manchester to become a staff producer/director with ‘Songs of Praise’ where I travelled extensively and internationally, creating a number of musical events and programmes. Venues included Old Trafford, Goodison Park„ the Millennium Stadium Cardiff, Florida and Vienna. I became freelance in 2001 and continued BBC programme making for several years including BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. I also expanded into various commercial productions. I still make occasional films, though no longer as a commercial enterprise.