Career
He currently presents a nightly regional show for British Broadcasting Corporation South West, networked across British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Devon, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cornwall, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Guernsey and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Jersey. Sheppard has been heard on several radio stations in the United Kingdom since 2001. He has presented regular shows on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Berkshire, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Oxford, and most notably his long running afternoon show on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Devon.
He has also worked as a cover presenter at British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Solent and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Bristol, mostly on regional programmes for the South and West.
Voiceover credits include BBC1 and BBC2 television, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, Kerrang! and Brilliant television, the production company of Timmy Mallett. He studied at University of Oxford and University of Bristol, beginning his radio career at the latter in 2001 while running Burst Radio, the student radio station.
Sheppard’s addiction to coffee was documented in a BBC2 television documentary The Truth About Food, in which he and former Tomorrow"s World presenter Maggie Philbin were tested for the effects of caffeine deprivation. From the age of 16 he was also a daily contributor to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2"s Wake Up to Wogan, under the guise of the Assistant to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (then) Director General, Greg Dyke.
Sheppard owns a vintage coach which he has restored, and is a trustee and director of the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust.
