[2] After a ten-year career as a school teacher in Sydney, Edinburgh and from 1967 at Highgate Junior School in London,[3] he moved to Cologne in Germany, taking his first step into broadcasting with Radio Deutsche Welle, the German World Service, in August 1970.
Well known for pioneering social action broadcasting, tackling dishonest and cavalier traders on behalf of the consumer, Doolan also took on the big utilities, the councils of the West Midlands and even areas of national government if an injustice was done.
He was also a writer and television presenter who has featured on news programmes BBC Midlands Today and has written approaching 950 weekly columns for the Birmingham Mail.
Famous people Doolan interviewed included: Telly Savalas, Rolf Harris, Leonard Nimoy, Slim Dusty, Jim Davidson, Ian Smith, Princess Anne, and all high-profile West Midland politicians since 1974.
[citation needed] Doolan interviewed every British Prime Minister since Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963), except Harold Wilson.