As an actor, Ball briefly appeared as Malcolm Nuttall in "Coronation Street" in 1985. Ball has also turned his hand to presenting both on TV and radio. Ball had his own TV series, "Michael Ball", in 1993 and 1994 a Christmas Special in 1995 and a three-part series in 1998 filmed by BBC Cymru Wales "Ball in the Hall". These three episodes were combined together to make a special which was then broadcast on BBC One. Ball has presented "The National Lottery Draws" and "Children in Need". He guest presented "This Morning" for a short period.