Huey Morgan

Morgan had a short-lived, ghost-written wine column for the British magazine Mondo from 2000 to 2001.[3]

In June 2015, Huey Morgan released his first book, Rebel Heroes: The Renegades of Music & Why We Still Need Them.

In television, Morgan has appeared on the UK comedy music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, three times as a guest panelist and once as a guest host. In his most famous appearance, Morgan smashed a mug after becoming upset when needing to repeat lyrics from his songs in the next line round.[4] Morgan also participated in the BBC's The Underdog Show, where eight celebrities trained and rehabilitated rescued dogs.[5] He is also a frequent guest panelist on the UK Channel 5 morning show The Wright Stuff. Morgan also made a guest appearance in an episode of Skins as Toxic Bob, the owner of a metal record shop. In 2010, Morgan co-hosted Liza & Huey's Pet Nation on Sky One with Liza Tarbuck. Morgan also hosted Slips on the British music channel Viva.[6] More recent work includes narration for National Geographic's epic series Drugs Inc, now in its third series, voice overs for TV ads such as Blink Box and more. In 2015, Morgan began work on the Sky Arts show Guitar Stars, working with fellow DJ Edith Bowman, but left after the first series. On 3 November 2016, he appeared as a panelist on the BBC Television political debate programme Question Time. In April 2018, Morgan appeared on Million Pound Holiday Club on Channel 4 with stunt driver Ben Collins racing cars in the countryside. In July 2020, Huey hosted a 3 part series for BBC Four called "Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure", which saw Huey travel to Brazil, Cuba and Puerto Rico, meeting famous musicians who shaped and inspired the sounds of Latin music.

Morgan starred in Clubbing to Death with Craig Charles, Nick Moran, Dave Courtney, and Deepak Verma.[7] He also played record shop proprietor Dee Dee in Soulboy, a dramatisation of the 1970s Northern Soul scene starring Martin Compston, Felicity Jones and Alfie Allen. He starred in the 2000 film Once in the Life with Laurence Fishburne, playing the character Carlos as well as character called "The Yank" in the 2003 film, Headrush.

Morgan did a voice-over for the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.[8] He is the voice of National Geographic TV shows Drugs Inc and Underworld Inc as well as narrating the two-part BBC television documentary Blues America in 2013, which can be seen on YouTube. In 2016, he voiced a global advertising campaign for Lynx (Axe) deodorant and in 2020, he voiced an advertisement for Wagamama.

On 5 October 2008, Morgan began hosting his own radio show, "The Huey Show" on BBC Radio 6 Music.[9] The show won a Bronze Award at the 2009 Sony Radio Academy Awards. The show currently broadcasts between 10am and 1pm on Saturdays. Features include the 'Player's Ball', championing long-standing session musicians and accompanists. The Block Party Mix features a selection of tracks mixed by a special guest, or by Morgan himself, to champion an artist or producer he deems worthy. Since April 2011, Morgan has hosted an array of shows on BBC Radio 2, beginning with the Saturday 12am-3am slot, replacing the show's previous host Mark Lamarr. He currently presents between 4am and 6am on Saturdays. Regular features include 'Getting the Led Out', a weekly selection of a Led Zeppelin track, and 'Vibin The Times', where the majority of the second hour of the show is dedicated to tracks from a particular year. Both shows are characterised by an eclectic choice of music, often featuring lesser known or long forgotten artists alongside better known tracks. Both shows are known as 'The Huey Show', with Morgan using his tagline 'It's your life, I just play the music'.