Hepburn Graham

Biography

Hepburn Harrison-Graham worked as a professional actor from 1979 to 1991, appearing in a variety of films and TV programmes, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Cry Freedom, The Firm and EastEnders. His stage work included a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1992 Hepburn began working for BBC radio sport as a junior broadcaster and progressed into becoming an assistant producer. During the formative years of BBC Radio 5 live Hepburn produced a wide range of sports shows including Hoops, an original programme about English basketball.  Sports America, an insight into American sport, and Sunday Sport.During this period he also devised and produced a number of documentaries, most notably Across the White Line a four part series that charted the history of black footballers in England.In 1996 he worked as a  producer at  the Olympic Games in Atlanta  where, among other duties, he produced a critically acclaimed documentary on Martin Luther King. Later that year he became boxing producer, working on many world title fights including Lennox Lewis v Mike Tyson.Hepburn eventually became a programme editor, before being made editor in chief of BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra. He now works as a freelance tutor in sports media, hoping to inspire the next generation of journalists with the art of radio production.