[2] At Durham he made one appearance as a full-back for the rugby team first XV[3] and was a squad member for the 1991 tour to Zimbabwe.
[5] He began his presenting career at the now-defunct London station Channel One, before moving on to front the rugby coverage at Sky Sports in August 1997.
In 2013, he began presenting ITV's Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights programme, replacing Craig Doyle and Martin Bayfield.
On 3 August 2015, he began presenting the daytime ITV game show Freeze Out, which aired for ten episodes.
Durden-Smith presented Premiership Rugby programmes alongside David Flatman on Channel 5 until 2021, having signed a 4-year deal in 2017.