[5][4][6] Suchet's father was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, working with Alexander Fleming on the role of penicillin in treating venereal disease.

[12] Suchet was passionate about languages and the news while at St. Andrews and combined both to make journalism as his career path.

[14][19] Suchet was barred from Iran in September 1979 because he was informed by officials hat he would not be allowed to enter the nation without acquiring a special Press visa.

In March 1992, Suchet became the main presenter of the Early Evening News bulletin, replacing Fiona Armstrong and Carol Barnes until 1999.

[26][27] He also presented or contributed to numerous special event programmes on ITN such as their all night coverage of the start of the Gulf War,[28] and the Budget of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1994.

[29][30] Suchet provided commentary on ITN's coverage of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997,[31] the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones in June 1999,[32] the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday pageant in 2000 and the funeral of the Queen Mother two years later.

[37][38] In July 2010, Suchet joined Classic FM as the regular host of the Sunday lunchtime music show (12:00–15:00).

In 2020 he began hosting Classic FM's daily evening concert and continued to do so until 1 July 2022.

[11] Suchet appeared on the mainstream ITN/ITV and BBC news bulletins on 17 February 2009 to talk about this, to raise awareness of the disease and to campaign on behalf of Admiral Nurses.

She is the author of 2019 book The Longest Farewell, an account of her former husband James's dementia, and meeting Suchet via Bonnie at the care home.

[41] He received the Royal Television Society's (RTS) 1986 Journalist of the Year award for his coverage of the Philippines Revolution, the citation commending his ability "to bring clarity to confused situations".

[52][53] Suchet was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to journalism and charity.