Career
Mullins began his career as a journalist with the Loughborough Trader and Loughborough Echo. Mullins joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1985 and moved to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sport in 1991. He also commentated at Wimbledon for Radio 5 Live.
He has commentated at the Olympic Games since 1996.
In 2010 Mullins left the British Broadcasting Corporation to commentate on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s rugby coverage. Mullins was also Independent Television Sport"s chief commentator at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and 2015 Rugby World Cup, where he commentated on the final with Ben Kay and Lawrence Dallaglio.
In 2013, Mullins moved to British Telecom Sport following their acquisition of the Premiership Rugby rights and their subsequent takeover of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. He has also provided commentary from the French Open Tennis for Independent Television Sport, and the University Boat Race. He was part of the British Broadcasting Corporation Commentary team for the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Mullins was criticized by players and fans alike for a comment he made during the opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Commentating for Independent Television, he referred to Fijian fans "back in Fiji around one television hoping the generator doesn"t fail them." Fijian winger Nemani Nadolo voiced his displeasure at the remarks following the match on Twitter. He also claimed to have invented sliced bread during the same game.
