He hosted BBC2's Top Gear between 1992 and 1999, and the spin-off Top Gear Motorsport on the same channel where he mostly reviewed and made features relating to motorcycles. He was the main presenter of the now defunct Top Gear Radio Show on BBC Radio Five Live. He wrote and presented The Bike's the Star, a four-part documentary series for BBC2 featuring the Triumph Bonneville, Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, BMW flat-twin and the Vespa scooter.
He produced British Biker Build Off for Discovery Channel in 2005, and, in 2006, Bennetts Biker Build Off for ITV's Men & Motors. He also narrates television adverts for Rustlers microwavable burgers. He appears regularly on BBC radio, hosts phone-in shows on talkSPORT and writes for The Sunday Times. After guest appearances on 105.4 Century Radio, he is currently the presenter of the breakfast show on 106.1 Rock Radio, a classic rock station based in Manchester