Rhod Sharp

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Rhod Sharp (b. 1953) is a Scottish-born broadcaster, best known as a presenter of Up All Night on BBC Radio Five Live.

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After being educated at Perth Academy, the University of Aberdeen and Princeton he entered journalism in 1976 as a trainee at the BBC. He worked for IRN/LBC, Radio Tay and Channel 4 News before returning to the BBC. During the 1980s he was its correspondent in California and the Pacific northwest of the United States.

When the BBC started the news and sport station Five Live in 1994, Sharp came up with the idea for the night programme. Since its launch he has been a regular presenter.

Sharp doesn't only present the programme from London, but regularly from abroad, mostly from the United States. In 2001 he was on the second commercial flight to New York City after 9/11 to give in-depth analysis of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. He also presented Five Live's programmes on the American presidential and congressional elections. In recent years he has become instrumental in giving wider coverage on British radio of sports like baseball and American football, presenting its live broadcasts of the World Series and the Super Bowl.