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FEATURED APPEARANCES.
The following biographies are approved for use in press coverage, event programmes, podcast notes and broadcast introductions.
17 JUN 2023 / PROFILE
the guardian
How a career inside the intelligence services shaped David’s approach to espionage fiction.
17 JUN 2023 / PROFILE
26k views
times radio
David discusses intelligence, international conflict and the judgement required behind closed doors.
30 JUL 2024 / INTERVIEW
584k views
JOE
A wide-ranging conversation about intelligence careers, public misconceptions and emerging threats.
04 JUL 2024 / PODCAST
276k views
james english / anything goes
David joins James English for an extended conversation about intelligence, power and secrecy.
28 MAR 2026 / PODCAST
cold war cnversations
David looks back at his work in West Berlin and the realities behind Cold War intelligence.
10 JUL 2023 / PROFILE
THE CEO MAGAZINE
A profile exploring how David transformed professional intelligence experience into the Katya novels.
02 NOV 2024 / PODCAST
secrets and spies podcast
David discusses his former legal role within MI5 and MI6 and his subsequent career as an author.
19 jan 2022 / magazine article
The lady
A three-part conversation about intelligence, dangerous loyalties and the forces shaping world affairs..
16 OCT 2025 / LONG-FORM INTERVIEW
talha ahad podcast
A long-form conversation about intelligence recruitment, global security and life behind closed doors.
position /
legal director
organisations/
mi5 & mi6
civil service rank /
under secretary of state
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further ecords
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24 MAY 2004 / INTERVIEW
BBC — THE READING ROOM
David discusses his intelligence career and the experience behind his move into fiction.
1996 / NEWS
THE INDEPENDENT
David examines how weaknesses in tax law could assist financial crime.
02 OCT 2023 / AUTHOR INTERVIEW
julia boggio
A conversation about David’s career, his fiction and the experiences connecting the two.
04 JUL 2024 / PODCAST
276k views
julia boggio podcast
David discusses storytelling, developing believable characters and writing espionage fiction.
11 DEC 2023 / PODCAST
leading professionals
The parallels between intelligence work, professional judgement and operating under pressure.
04 DEC 2023 / INTERVIEW
AFIO NOW PRESENTS DAVID BICKFORD
David discusses Katya and how intelligence experience informs his fictional world.
06 MAR 2024 / VIDEO
gavin stone podcast
A discussion about intelligence organisations, professional responsibility and public misconceptions.
29 JUL 2024 / INTERVIEW
the global discussion podcast
David reflects on intelligence, leadership and transforming experience into fiction.
01 AUG 2025 / PODCAST
business elevation podcast
David explores leadership, judgement and the journey from government service to espionage fiction.
06 MAR 2024 / VIDEO
dubai eye 103.8fm
An interview with the wonderfully talented Sonal Rupani. The UAE’s alternative take on news, entertainment and sport. With personality aplenty, this is a show designed to cross the opinion divide – whose side are you on?