He then studied photographic arts at the Polytechnic of Central London, working during his vacations at the BBC and achieving a BA.

Hearsey was an assistant film editor at Southern Television between 1978 and 1981 on News and Current Affairs, Drama and Entertainment.

Hearsey then moved to Talbot Television as a consultant producer and for the next few years was in charge of re-versioning and reproducing content for the international market.

In 1993, he set up Fremantle GmbH in Germany[7] and took over the production of Play Your Cards Right, Family Feud, Let's Make A Deal and Divorce Court.

[8] When Pearson Television bought Reg Grundy Productions, Hearsey was responsible for most of the entertainment output produced for the launch of Channel Five including 100%, Night Fever and Whittle.

From 2005, Hearsey worked as a consultant for a number of companies, and was creative director at MMTV in Bulgaria and TVA in Albania.