Mark Carruthers
| Mark Carruthers | |
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| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupation | Broadcaster and Journalist |
Mark Carruthers OBE (born 1965) is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist, from Derry. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for BBC Northern Ireland.[1]
Broadcasting work
Carruthers first joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1989[1] as a freelance contributing to Good Morning Ulster and PM Ulster on BBC Radio Ulster.[2]
In addition to havng presented BBC Newsline, he has also presented Spotlight and Let's Talk for television and Evening Extra on BBC Radio Ulster.[1]
In August 2009, Carruthers became part of the presenting team of Good Morning Ulster as part of a series of presenter changes at BBC Radio Ulster.[3]
He is now the presenter of The View[4] and he is a presenter of the Sunday Politics Northern Ireland.[5] He also presents the regular BBC Two Northern Ireland programme Stormont Today, a half hour analysis of the day's debates at the Northern Ireland Assembly.[6]
In 2002, Carruthers made the final shortlist for the award of Regional Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society awards.[7]
Personal life
Carruthers grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry and studied at the Coleraine Academical Institution[8] and went on to study Political Science and Irish Politics at Queen's University, Belfast.[1]
Carruthers has an interest in the theatre. He was one of the founders of Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1988 [8] and took part in drama groups at college and university, including a stage appearance in a Riverside Theatre, Coleraine production of Oliver! alongside James Nesbitt.[8] He is presently Chairman of the Lyric Players' Theatre Board and has been at the forefront of the campaign to rebuild the theatre on its south Belfast site for almost ten years.[1][9] He was awarded an OBE for services to Drama in Northern Ireland in the 2011 New Year Honours List.
He is co-editor of Stepping Stones - The Arts in Ulster 1971-2001 which was published by Blackstaff Press.
Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south Belfast.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Mark: 'I'm a real morning person'"; dated 31 August 2009, accessed 7 April 2010
- ↑ BBC Press Office: "Radio Ulster makes presenter changes to news and current affairs programmes" dated 11 August 2009; accessed 6 April 2010
- ↑ "The View - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Sunday Politics Northern Ireland - Mark Carruthers - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Stormont Today - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ Royal Television Society: Programme Award Winners 2002
- 1 2 3 The Belfast Telegraph: "My passion": dated 29 December 1998; accessed 9 February 2009
- ↑ Lyric Theatre - Education Programme: accessed 9 February 2009
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