Morris's career as a journalist began in 1969 when he joined the
Surrey Comet, a local weekly newspaper. He later moved to
Sydney in
Australia and became a bulletin editor for the news agency AAP Reuters, before switching to sports journalism in 1974 when he joined
United Newspapers as a reporter and later, sports editor. Morris switched to broadcasting in 1979 when he became a sub-editor and reporter for regional news programme
Thames News in London. Four years later, he was part of the launch team at TV-am, initially as a sports correspondent before becoming presenter of
Good Morning Britain's Saturday edition. He became a chief weekday anchor in 1987, presenting alongside
Anne Diamond,
Kathy Tayler,
Maya Even and
Lorraine Kelly among others. While at the station, he conducted the first live interview on British television with
Nelson Mandela, shortly after his release from prison. He remained with
TV-am until the station lost its ITV franchise at the end of 1992, he famously told reporters that he was 'gutted' when the station lost its franchise a year earlier. He later joined GMTV to present its Sunday magazine show
Sunday Best in April 1993 and also presented on the now closed cable channel
Wire TV. Morris returned to regional television in 1996 when he became a main anchor for
Yorkshire Television's flagship news programme
Calendar, alongside
Christa Ackroyd and
Christine Talbot. He left YTV in March 2002. == Personal life and death==