Education
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, later dropped out of Harvard University in the United States, before going to Carnegie College in Leeds.
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, later dropped out of Harvard University in the United States, before going to Carnegie College in Leeds.
He commentates on rugby union for various broadcasters including Sky Sports, British Telecom Sport, Independent Television, SuperSport, and Setanta Ireland, and on athletics for Eurosport. Three years later he competed in the same event at the IAAF World Championships in Rome. His best time was 49.82sec which he set in finishing third behind Edwin Moses and Kriss Akabusi in a Grand Prix meeting at Crystal Palace, London in July 1987.
In 1992, he moved to South Africa to be the athletics and Olympics correspondent for the Johannesburg Sunday Times.
He later became a talkshow host on radio station Capetalk in Cape Town. In 2003, he returned to England after which he worked for five years on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Five Live presenting sports bulletins and reporting on rugby matches and had a brief stint as a presenter on Talksport.
He is now heard as a rugby commentator on the for Sky Sports and the Aviva Premiership on Independent Television. Martin is regarded as an expert on French rugby having worked for three seasons as lead commentator on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s coverage of the Top 14 until they lost the rights at the end of the 2011/12 season. During the 2012/13 season his Top 14 commentary was heard on channels around the world including on Setanta Ireland, Premier Sports in the United Kingdom and SuperSport in Africa.
The United Kingdom rights to French rugby moved to Sky Sports where Martin now commentates on the Top 14 matches.
He was also a member of Independent Television"s commentary team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.