That was followed by a move to London, where he joined the sports department at Broadcasting House, combining reporting duties for BBC Radio stations, 1, 2, 4 and 5 Live.
Calley then moved to a producer-based role and was involved heavily in the coverage of football, motor sport, rugby league and numerous programmes on the network, travelling across the world.
He now works for BBC World and has had a combined biography of James Hunt and Niki Lauda called 'The Playboy and the Rat (ISBN 1780910533) released.
The book's two forewords are written by former Blackpool captain Jimmy Armfield and BBC Radio sport commentator David Oates.
In 2014, he wrote The Fast and the Forgotten, a history of the World Water Speed Record (ISBN 1445637863) In 2016, Calley left the BBC after moving full-time to Nice, France.