Damian is a familiar face and voice of football on BBC Television. He has reported on two World Cups, four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and Euro 2004.

Damian is a regular reporter for Football Focus and Match Of The Day. He also works on the BBC's live coverage of the rugby league Challenge Cup and presents the BBC's Super League Show.

He began his career in local commercial radio and regional television, becoming a presenter of the regional television news programme Look North.

He has been a correspondent for Breakfast News and a presenter on News 24.

Damian is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a post-graduate student at Lancashire Polytechnic before his first job in broadcasting at Radio Hallam in Sheffield, where he covered the Hillsborough disaster.