Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonathan Sutherland 23 May 1977 |
| Career | |
| Show | Sportscene |
| Style | Sports presenter |
| Country | Scotland |
| Previous show | Reporting Scotland |
Jonathan Sutherland (born 1977) is a Scottish television and radio presenter and producer, currently the main presenter of BBC Scotland's Sunday night Sportscene[1] on BBC One Scotland. He occasionally hosts the Sportscene Results show on Saturday afternoons and regularly appears on Reporting Scotland.
Education
[edit]Sutherland was born in Brae in the Shetland Islands. He left the islands to study politics at Aberdeen University and subsequently graduated with his degree in 1999 before landing a job at BBC Radio Shetland.
Early career
[edit]His first taste of journalism was with Radio Shetland, but he left in 2003 to build his career. He was hired by BBC Sport as a broadcast journalist but left the BBC briefly for a spell to take up the role of deputy editor at the Shetland Weekly newspaper. He returned to the BBC soon after to work on various productions as a freelancer before landing the job of assistant producer of Sportscene.
Presenting career
[edit]Jonathan is the main presenter of the Sunday night SPFL highlights show, Sportscene. He is also a regular presenter of Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland.[2]
Jonathan is one of two Shetlanders working for BBC Scotland sport, the other being Phil Goodlad, who is from Yell.
Personal life
[edit]Jonathan lives in Glasgow with his wife, BBC Alba presenter Siobhan MacInnes.
He has two sons from this relationship, and a son from a previous marriage.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Club-by-club the best SPL goals". BBC Online. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ "A dream job". 5 June 2009.
- ^ Sutherland : Birth[permanent dead link]
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