Blofeld was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 2003. The following year, he appeared alongside Fred Trueman in the "Tertiary Phase" of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" radio series playing himself. Blofeld has written a partly autobiographical book entitled "My Dear Old Thing: Talking Cricket". He undertakes an "Evening With Blowers" theatrical show which has toured all over the UK, as well as many other public speaking engagements. Together with TMS producer Peter Baxter he tours with the theatrical show "Memories of Test Match Special" from 2013 on. His fourth book was entitled "Squeezing the Orange".