[7] Hawkins has worked for several commercial and BBC local radio stations across the United Kingdom in various roles on both sides of the microphone,[7][8] including spells as a producer and manager.
[8] Hawkins has also worked for a disability-rights group and as a newspaper journalist, hotel restaurant pianist, and stagehand; at one point he ran the coconut shy on Brighton Pier.
[8] During his career he has interviewed notable figures including Gordon Brown, Gene Simmons and Steve Cropper.
[10] Since the December 2011 issue, on whose front cover he was pictured,[11] he has written a monthly column for Shropshire Life magazine.
[12] In 2002, Hawkins received a silver Sony Radio Academy Award in the "interactive" category, for his drive-time programme The Baldy Brothers on Century FM.