Clare Balding is working 'smarter' and focusing on 'quality' not quantity

Clare Balding is working 'smarter' and focusing on 'quality' not quantity Clare Balding has revealed how her approach to work has changed over the years. 4 May 2026 Clare Balding is glad to be doing "far less work" than she did earlier in her career. Clare Balding is trying to work 'smarter' The 55-year-old sports broadcaster started her career in 1994 with BBC National Radio and made her TV debut covering Royal Ascot the following year, before building her reputation presenting the likes of the Olympic Games and Wimbledon, but now she's happy to be slowing down.