He presented a wide variety of shows from the 1960s onwards, most notably covering major snooker tournaments for the BBC.
Vine worked for the North Devon Journal Herald from the age of 17 and various newspapers, becoming the sports editor of the Western Morning News in Plymouth.
Programmes he hosted include Sportscene, It's a Knockout (1967–1971), Jeux sans frontières, Miss UK, Miss World, Quiz Ball, Sunday League Cricket, Rugby Special, Match of the Day, A Question of Sport (1970–1972, 1974-1977 and 1989), Grandstand, Superstars, Starshot, Ski Sunday (1978–1996) and the BBC's Winter and Summer Olympic Games coverage.
In August 1967, Vine presented the Wimbledon World Lawn Tennis Professional Championships, which was the first tennis tournament at Wimbledon to feature professional players and also the first colour television sports service in Europe, which BBC2 launched on 1 July 1967.
[8] He contributed to programmes on the ESPN Classic channel shortly before he died aged 74 at his home near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.