David Hepworth

David Hepworth is a British music journalist, writer, television presenter, and publishing industry analyst. He was instrumental in the foundation of many popular magazines in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Those magazines included Q, Mojo, Empire and The Word. Along with the journalist, editor and broadcaster Mark Ellen, he turned the pop magazine Smash Hits into one of the most popular UK music magazines of the 1980s. A presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1980s, he co-presented the BBC broadcast of Live Aid in 1985.

David has written several books, and he will be discussing his latest one ‘Hope I Get Old Before I Die’ with our regular host Nigel Barden.

David is an excellent raconteur on all thing’s music and podcasts. He has an entertaining and knowledgeable weekly column in the Radio Times on podcasts.