He joined the BBC in 1990 at Radio Lancashire, working as a sports journalist. Three years later he joined BBC GMR in Manchester and was the morning sports reporter on the breakfast programme, as well as presenting his own sports preview show every Friday night.
Calley then moved to a producer-based role and was involved heavily in the coverage of football, motor sport, rugby league and numerous programmes on the network, travelling across the world. He joined BBC News 24 as a TV editor in 2002, combining producing and reporting. He was responsible for producing Formula One on the News Channel and started the Inside F1 show. He now works for BBC World and has had a combined biography of James Hunt and Niki Lauda called 'The Playboy and the Rat (ISBN1780910533) released. He has also had a history of the World Water Speed Record called The Fast and the Forgotten published in September 2014
Publications
In late 1990, Calley published the first edition of the short-lived fanzine of Blackpool F.C., View from the Tower.[1] He has been a supporter of his hometown club since the 1960s.[2]
In 2011, he published an updated version of Blackpool: The Complete Record (ISBN978-1-85983-976-8), which took the Blackpool story to 22 May 2011, the day the club were relegated from the Premier League. The book's two forewords are written by former Blackpool captain Jimmy Armfield and BBC Radio sport commentator David Oates.
In 2014, he wrote The Fast and the Forgotten, a history of the World Water Speed Record (ISBN1445637863)
In 2016, Calley left the BBC after moving full-time to Nice, France. He was present on the night of the 14 July terror attack, and reported through the night on the events.
In November 2017, his new book, On the trail of Mary, Queen of Scots, will be released by Amberley Publishing.
References
^"View from the Tower". archive.is. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2014-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ abCalley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. ISBN1-873626-07-X