A keen sportsman in his younger days, he was London table tennis champion for two years and also enjoyed boxing, cycling, running, and water polo.

Durbridge first broadcast to the nation in 1955 at the age of sixteen as co-host of The Younger Generation on the BBC Light Programme having answered an ad in the Radio Times.

In 1972, Durbridge was assigned as a BFBS reporter for the Munich Olympics,[6] where he secured a worldwide scoop – an exclusive interview with the swimmer Mark Spitz, who'd won an – unprecedented at the time – seven gold medals at the Games.

Invicta Sound's 'debate and discussion' launch format was famously unsuccessful and most of the early presenters found themselves out of work when the schedule was revamped less than a year later.

Durbridge pursued his broadcasting career in Malta in the early '90s where he also married his second wife Cheryl, returning to Britain, to the county of Kent, in 1997.

A stint as weekend newsreader for London talk station LBC[10] followed before he joined the new over fifties digital service PrimeTime Radio[11] where he presented the late night slot, In Mellow Mood.