Dougie Donnelly
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Dougie Donnelly (born June 7th 1953 in Glasgow) is a British television broadcaster best known for presenting sports coverage for BBC Scotland
Donnelly started his career with Radio Clyde in Glasgow in the 1970s, where he was twice voted Scottish Radio Personality of the Year. He joined BBC Scotland's Sports Department in the late '70s, where he has been their anchorman ever since, presenting programmes such as Sportscene Live (which includes events such as the Scottish Cup Final and Scotland internationals), Afternoon Sportscene, and the network's rugby coverage.
Donnelly is known outside Scotland by his involvement in the BBC's networked output of golf, darts, snooker and bowls. He has also covered the Commonwealth Games, and Summer and Winter Olympic Games, where, in the 2002 event at Salt Lake City, he commentated on the British Women Curlers' Gold victory.
As well as sport, Donnelly has also hosted quiz shows and has appeared on Ready Steady Cook, Banzai and The Games.
[edit] Trivia
- Donnelly has a strong passion for golf and is close friends with Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood.
- He supports Clyde F.C.
- Donnelly provides a voice over on the Sky One science entertainment show Brainiac: Science Abuse; solely for the "Brianiac Golf" sketch when a caravan is blown up; detonated by a fuse triggered by a professional golfer's putting stroke.
