Warman attended a prep school in Shrewsbury called Kingsland Grange (since renamed Shrewsbury High Prep School) from 1955 to 1959, then from ages of 13 to 18 Wrekin College in Wellington, Shropshire. He originally trained as a civil engineer but took up journalism after being inspired by an older brother who worked on a newspaper. Warman trained in print journalism at the Birmingham Post and Mail. He has spent most of his television career at ATV and Central, presenting regional news programmes. In 1989, he hosted the Sky TV version of The Price Is Right.