Blue Peter Having applied for the job three times, Thomas began presenting the children's programme
Blue Peter on 8 January 1999 replacing the sacked presenter
Richard Bacon. Previously he had worked as a runner at
Children's BBC and the radio station
LBC. During his tenure at
Blue Peter, he ran in the
London Marathon twice and two Great North Runs, climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro and
Mont Blanc, completed over 40 solo sky dives with the
Royal Air Force, presented a medal at the
Commonwealth Games, ran in the 60 metres sprint at the Norwich Union Indoor Athletics against
Frankie Fredericks and
Darren Campbell and even directed an edition of the show. He also presented
the Queen with a Gold
Blue Peter badge when she visited the studio and remarked on presenting Her Majesty with the badge that "she could get into the
Tower of London free with it." Thomas co-presented with
Stuart Miles,
Katy Hill,
Konnie Huq,
Matt Baker,
Liz Barker and
Zöe Salmon. Thomas announced his intention to leave
Blue Peter in January 2005, and his last live show was aired on 25 April of that year.
BBC Thomas presented
CBBC Proms in the Park in Hyde Park in 2001 with
Matt Baker and
Faye Tozer, and in 2002 with
Fearne Cotton. He also presented BBC Radio 3's
Making Tracks with Matt Baker.
Sky Sports After leaving the
BBC, Thomas joined
Sky Sports in June 2005 and presented the 15:00–19:00 shift on
Sky Sports News, alongside
Georgie Thompson. He also presented Cricket AM during the summer on Sky Sports 1 with
Sarah-Jane Mee and has presented the Sky Sports Victory Shield, England's U21s games, Centenary Shield, International Cricket,
Sky Sports News Cricket World Cup Report, the
Mosconi Cup from
Las Vegas, Sky Sports World Cup report from Cape Town 2010 and Sky Sports News's coverage of the 2010 Ryder Cup. At the start of the 2010/2011 Football Season, Thomas became the lead presenter of Sky Sports' live Football League coverage, leaving his position on Sky Sports News. From 2014, Thomas began presenting live League Cup football on Sky Sports, following
Ben Shephard stepping down from all live match presenting duties. From August 2016, Thomas has presented live
Premier League coverage, most notably on Saturday lunch times and bank holidays, following the departure of
Ed Chamberlin to
ITV Racing, and David Jones' subsequent promotion to Super Sunday and Monday Night Football lead presenter. Thomas regularly works alongside pundits such as
Graeme Souness,
Jamie Redknapp and
Thierry Henry.
This Morning In May 2019 Thomas took part in a three-part miniseries for
This Morning called 'Pursuits of Happiness'. The series showed three different activities people took part in to overcome and deal with their mental health issues. In September 2019 Thomas appeared on the show to raise awareness for
blood cancer symptoms. ==Personal life==