Education
He was educated at the Grange Secondary Modern School in Stourbridge.
He was educated at the Grange Secondary Modern School in Stourbridge.
Seeing Richard Harris in the film Camelot inspired him to become an actor, and he succeeded in getting an audition at Birmingham Theatre School. There, under Mary Richards, he thrived and when he left at the age of 18 he worked in a company touring schools and appeared in Representative in Birmingham and Coventry. His television credits include In A Land of Plenty (2001), Get Some In!, Hazell and Stig of the Dump.
He also appeared for several months in Crossroads, toured with theatres, appeared in pantomime and also had his own show on the local radio station, British Broadcasting Corporation Hereford & Worcester.
In addition to his role in The Archers, he has acted in several radio plays on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 and Radio 4. In 2001, was in the Radio 4 drama Cool Water Murder.
He has also presented on British Broadcasting Corporation national and local radio. Harrison has made a number of records in the guise of Eddie Grundy, and in the summer of 1996 released The World of Eddie Grundy by Trevor Harrison on Demon Records.
In 2001, The Archers" 50th anniversary year, he was made an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to radio drama, particularly for his role in The Archers.