Gabriel Clarke

For the Irish hurler, see Gabriel Clarke (hurler).

Gabriel Clarke is an award-winning TV journalist and documentary film maker.

1991

Clarke joined ITV Sport in 1991, as a reporter for the 'Saint and Greavsie' programme. He has worked across ITV Sport's output covering European Championships, World Cups, Rugby World Cups, the Boat Race and World Championship boxing.

2006-2010

He was a roving reporter with the England team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 European Championship.

Clarke has been named the Royal Television Society Sports News Reporter of the Year three times: 2001, 2002 and 2005. He is also the winner of the Royal Television Society awards for Sports Feature (2002, 2005) and Sports Creative Sequence (2002).

Clarke has written and directed numerous documentaries. These include "Calzaghe: No Average Joe" (2006), "Amir Khan, The Story So Far (2007) "Clough" (2009), nominated for the "Grierson Documentary" Award, and "When Playboys Ruled The World" (2010).

2011

In 2011 Clarke wrote, produced and directed the critically acclaimed ITV documentary 'The Fight of Their Lives', the tragic story of the controversial 1995 world title bout between Nigel Benn and Gerald McClellan. 'The Fight of Their Lives' was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Single Documentary category (2011)

Clarke has narrated various sports documentary series. He is also the voice of the tennis show "ATP Uncovered".

Family

He is the son of film director Alan Clarke (1935–90), whose work includes Scum, Made in Britain and The Firm.

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