Richard Digance began his TV career on "Sound of The City" for Thames TV, produced by Richard Newman, in the early 1970s. This debut appearance was followed by "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and then the "Today" programme. "The Whistle Test" was his only BBC TV appearance except for appearing on "The Ronnie Corbett Show" years later and then link-man for BBC2 coverage of The Cambridge Folk Festival. He then became a regular contributor on "The 6 o'clock Show" with Michael Aspel. He had to wait over a decade to be given his own show.