Payne was born in
East Claydon,
Buckinghamshire and began his TV career as a presenter and journalist on
Television South West and
Channel TV, Jersey. He was later picked up as a roving reporter on
Wish You Were Here? for
ITV. His move to the live Friday evening show
Find a Fortune with
Carol Vorderman was followed by
BBC work as the main presenter on the daily shows
Real Rooms and
Real Wrecks and
Pet Rescue the daily series on
Channel 4. He worked at
Five for two series of
House Doctor with
Ann Maurice and
The Car Show with
Mariella Frostrup followed by
Hot Property and
UKTV Style presenting ''Home Wasn't Built In A Day
. Payne appeared on the live ITV show This Morning
as the regular travel and property presenter as well as standing in for Phillip Schofield and presenting the show with Lorraine Kelly. He appeared on the celebrity special of Fort Boyard, Blankety Blank
and Loose Women
and was sent to cover I'm a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here...
in Australia for the live inserts on This Morning'', which also involved completing several of the challenges. Payne, an RTS winner, was a broadcast development executive for a UK independent production company and a supervising producer on UK/EMEA co-productions. He has several commissions to his name including
Fighter Pilot Afghanistan (nominated for two awards), a six-part series for ITV, two one-hour films on the Spanish Civil War for
The History Channel and a Revealed D-Day landings special for Channel 5. His supervising producer role across UK/EMEA co-productions includes shows such as
X-Factor Australia and
Cake Boss USA for Discovery. Payne has spent several years working in the Middle East and his productions in the region have covered KSA, UAE, and Qatar. He also spent time in Afghanistan for ITV. Payne has a love of retro
motorcycles such as the company Deus Ex Machina and all things mechanical, filming ''Boys' Toys
for ITV along with Pulling Power
; his love of cars and bikes had led him to writing regular columns for both the Daily Express and Esquire''. In 2019 Payne was appointed Head Of Nations And Regions for a TV and film industry Called Pact. Then in July 2020 Payne was appointed the role of Broadcast director at Peters Fraser + Dunlop literacy agency. Most recently, Payne helped
Formula One team principal
Guenther Steiner publish his book “Surviving To Drive: A year inside Formula One, which became The Sunday Times’ Number one best selling book. ==Personal life==