Media
In 2000, Charles joined BBC Radio 1 as their first Artist-in-Residence, kicking off a decade-long career in European media that lasts through today.
Unknown to most people, Charles had been a radio and television presenter since 1979, starting out at a wee station in an Illinois cornfield, working his way up to network level in the US. In 1993, he joined the Prague Post as Culture Editor, before moving on to the UK and eventually the BBC.