After he worked in music as a merchandise manager for touring bands Tim began his television career as a covering VJ for the MTV channel before joining Planet 24 where he worked as a researcher for The Big Breakfast and then went on to produce the show. Until now Tim has probably been known best as the presenter of the Saturday morning show Soccer AM on Sky Sports but has now gone on to do many other projects.

With Soccer AM co-host Helen Chamberlain, Tim conducted three hours of football-related lunacy that attracted a cult following, a diverse list of high profile guests and a permanent place in modern football culture. So much so that Christmas 2004 saw Universal Video release a Best Of Soccer Am DVD which went straight into the DVD charts at NO 1 in the Sports field. Beating the likes of David Seaman and Jimmy Nesbit. The success of this was repeated in Christmas 2005 with the Best of Soccer AM II.

Soccer AM saw the worlds of showbiz and football overlap with hilarious consequences on the famous orange sofa where celebrities reveal their football alliegencies and players reveal their suspect middle names. The likes of Stan Collymore, Robbie Fowler and Paul Gascoigne sit alongside Nicholas Parsons, Noel Gallagher and Chris Evans.

Tim joined Sky Sports at the beginning of the 1996-97 season. In the early years he spent time combining his busy television schedule with his award winning music show on London's 'XFM' radio.

In 2004 Tim presented his own ten part entertainment / chat show on Sky One. Entitled Tim Lovejoy and The Allstars it was a live one-hour show featuring the best in music and entertainment. Guests included Tracey Emin, Simon Le Bon, Noel Gallagher, Martin Kemp, Johnny Vegas and bands such as Placebo, Travis, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Baby Shambles, The Cure and The Happy Mondays.

In 2006 Tim was thrilled to have been invited to join Vicki Butler-Henderson as the co-host on Ch 5 flag ship show Fifth Gear. The 13 part series ran until Christmas 2006 and saw Tim driving some fantastic motors and interviewing the likes of Al Gore and Lily Allen about their love of cars. Although Tim admits he doesn't know how engines work, he made up for it with enthusiasm and a love for cars. He currently drives an Audi A8, but fondly remembers the thrill of a recent blast in a Lotus Elise!

Tim celebrated the 10th year of Soccer AM in 2006 but also found the time to interview David Beckham in an excusive documentary on the life and career of the England football captain for ITV 1. Tim also had a regular column in The Guardian newspaper reporting on the 2006 World Cup. Soccer Am The Music Album was also released by Universal Music and look out for Soccer AM III DVD in the shops this Christmas.

2007 has been a very busy year for Tim after his departure from Soccer AM . Tim currently hosts 606' on Radio 5 live every Wednesday evening and presents 'Something for the Weekend' every Sunday on BBC 2 which is now into its second series. Tim has also found the time to write a book Lovejoy on Football , packed with hilarious anecdotes, bustling with great football stories plus featuring a behind-the-scenes peek at Soccer AM. Lovejoy on Football is the most unique, insightful and must-have football book of 2007.

Tim currently writes a weekly column for Nuts Magazine and occasional articles for GQ.

'Love of music is second only to his passion for the beautiful game', Evening Standard

'The start of even bigger things for Lovejoy', Observer

'Unmissable. *****', Zoo

'Cracking', Times Eye