 He returned to BBC 5 Live to commentate on darts, in the 2014 PDC World Championship final.From 2014 John Rawling has commented on the BDO World Darts Championships at the Lakeside Country Club for firstly for BBC Sport then BT Sport & Channel 4 alongside Jim Proudfoot, Paul Nicholson, Chris Mason, Vassos Alexander and Tony Green.Rawling has written for a number of UK Newspapers, (in particular The Guardian).