 In 2009, Brazier conducted one of the final interviews given by the dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Brazier wrote an article for the "New Statesman" discussing his experiences of meeting the dictator at his compound in Libya.In 2014 he was Sky's sole nominee in the Royal Television Society Awards Presenter of the Year category for his work in Nairobi during the Westgate shopping mall attack and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.