Wilson has twice been a guest on the BBC Two television show, "Never Mind the Buzzcocks", firstly in 2005 as a panellist and then as a guest host in 2006. He also featured on the panel of the BBC Television comedy series, "Shooting Stars", in 2009. In 2008, he appeared in Peter Kay's talent show parody, "Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice", in a duet with the show's protagonist, Geraldine McQueen. Wilson had a minor role in "", as the rock star boyfriend of Sarah Harding's character, Roxy. Wilson stated on his Radio X show that he was cast to appear in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" fronting a wizard band made up of actual musicians. When the band was replaced with CGI instruments, he was invited instead to appear in a background role. It is popularly believed that he had a cameo as Dirk Cresswell, but Wilson himself has denied this, saying the character identified as Dirk is in fact played by an unnamed actor. Between November 2012 and January 2013, Wilson took on the role of the Artilleryman in the staged musical, "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation". Wilson and Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix wrote and performed the theme tune for "Zig and Zag". Wilson joined new radio station Radio X in September 2015 where he presented the Sunday morning show from 11am to 2pm. He left in 2017 due to other commitments