Jonathan Sutherland

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.

Jonathan Sutherland
Born
Jonathan Sutherland

1977 (age 42–43)
Brae, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Career
ShowSportscene
StyleSports presenter
CountryScotland
Previous show(s)Reporting Scotland

Education

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

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

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

Jonathan lives in Glasgow with his fiancée, the BBC Alba presenter, Siobhan McInnes.

He has a son from a previous marriage.[3]

References
  1. "BBC Sport - Football - Club-by-club the best SPL goals". BBC Online. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/06/05/a-dream-job/
  3. Sutherland : Birth


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