Bonnet was for seventeen years one of the main sports presenters on BBC Radio 4's flagship breakfast programme Today.
Before joining the BBC, Bonnet had worked as a dustman, a disc-jockey, and also had a job in advertising with the Benton & Bowles agency.
Bonnet started his national television career by joining the BBC News team in February 1987 and had been employed as a sports reporter and correspondent.
[1] In September 1995, Bonnet joined the BBC Breakfast team as their sports reporter until stepping down the role in October 2005.
[7][8] Bonnet runs Five Iron Productions, which specialises in on-site recording, editing and presentation of corporate golf and charity events.