Marlow has presented numerous art programmes on UK television including studies of J. M. W. Turner for the BBC, Great Art for ITV (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), Great Artists with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), living artists, The Impressionists with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Raphael, etc. He has written about art and culture for "The Times", "The Guardian", "The Independent on Sunday", "Arena", "Art Monthly", "Blueprint" and many other newspapers and periodicals. In 1993, he founded "Tate: The Art Magazine." From 1991 to 1998, he presented BBC Radio 4's arts programme "Kaleidoscope", for which he won a Sony Award. Marlow also presented the weekly BBC World Service cultural discussion programme "Culture Shock" from 2002-2008.