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• Got expelled from Liverpool University for taking part in an anti-apartheid student protest.
• Worked at a centre for young homeless people in London and spent a year as a VSO volunteer in Uganda.  
• In 1973, began his career as a reporter at LBC, Britain's first commercial radio station.
• Received a BAFTA award for the Best Factual Contribution to Television in 2005.
• Was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from University of the Arts London in 2013.
• In 2014, presented the One World Media awards, which promotes media in developing countries.
• Cycles to work everyday and is the president of the cycling charity CTC.