Media Career
After his expulsion from the Labour Party, Hatton pursued a career in the media, presenting a show on radio station Talk Sport, and appearing on such television programmes as Have I Got News For You, where he was given a particularly rough ride by regular panellist Paul Merton, who mocked his apparent aspiration to be a comedian. Hatton even began modelling menswear; he had worked in a men's tailoring shop as a teenager, and was known during his time as a politician for his well-tailored suits.
Hatton presented the lunchtime phone-in on 105.4 Century FM when it launched in 1998, titled "The Degsy Debate". The BBC Two fly-on-the-wall documentary Trouble at the Top followed the station's launch, and Hatton's training. In the 1990s, he worked as Talk Radio's morning phone-in presenter. In 1996, he was the subject of a BBC documentary, My Brilliant Career.
In 2010, Hatton appeared in Channel 4's Alternative Election Night Special episode of Come Dine With Me alongside Brian Paddick, Edwina Currie and Rod Liddle.
Hatton now promotes himself as a motivational speaker and is chairman of the new media company Rippleffect. His son Ben Hatton is its managing director. Hatton is also a property developer in Cyprus.
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