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Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Born	Jonathan Sutherland; 23 May 1977 (age 47); Brae, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Show	Sportscene
Style	Sports presenter
Country	Scotland
Previous show	Reporting Scotland

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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.

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 wife, BBC Alba presenter Siobhan MacInnes.

He has two sons from this relationship, and a son from a previous marriage.^[3]

References

^ "Club-by-club the best SPL goals". BBC Online. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^ "A dream job". 5 June 2009.
^ Sutherland : Birth^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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[1] "Club-by-club the best SPL goals". BBC Online. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.

[2] "A dream job". 5 June 2009.

[3] Sutherland : Birth^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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-'''Jonathan Sutherland''' (born 1977) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[television presenter|television]] and [[radio presenter]] and producer, currently the main presenter of [[BBC Scotland]]'s Sunday night ''[[Sportscene]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8901910.stm|title=BBC Sport - Football - Club-by-club the best SPL goals|date=10 August 2010|work=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref> on [[BBC One Scotland]]. He also occasionally hosts the ''Sportscene'' results show on Saturday afternoons and presents the sports segment for ''[[Reporting Scotland]]''.
+'''Jonathan Sutherland''' (born 1977) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[television presenter|television]] and [[radio presenter]] and producer, currently the main presenter of [[BBC Scotland]]'s Sunday night ''[[Sportscene]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8901910.stm|title=Club-by-club the best SPL goals|date=10 August 2010|work=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref> on [[BBC One Scotland]]. He occasionally hosts the ''Sportscene'' ''Results'' show on Saturday afternoons and regularly appears on ''[[Reporting Scotland]]''.
 ==Education==
-Sutherland was born in [[Brae]], a small settlement on the [[Shetland Islands]]. He left the islands to study politics at [[Aberdeen University]] and subsequently graduated with his degree in 1999. Following his graduation, Sutherland was encouraged to write to the Island's media for work. He soon landed a job at [[BBC Radio Shetland]].
+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 soon landed a job at [[BBC Sport]] as a broadcast journalist. He then left the [[BBC]] for Shetland Weekly but returned soon after. He then landed the job of assistant producer of ''Sportscene''.
+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 [[Scottish Professional Football League|SPFL]] highlights show, ''Sportscene''. He is also a regular presenter of ''[[Sportsound]]'' on BBC Radio Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/06/05/a-dream-job/|title = A dream job|date = 5 June 2009}}</ref>
-He now is the main presenter of the Sunday night SPFL highlights show, ''Sportscene''.<ref>http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/06/05/a-dream-job/</ref> Sutherland also presented ''Keeping Loch Lomond'', a [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]] show which discovers how the National Park authority deals with developing whilst conserving the [[Loch Lomond]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/looking-after/keeping-loch-lomond-on-bbc-learning-zone-30/01/2012/menu-id-522.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329105702/http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/looking-after/keeping-loch-lomond-on-bbc-learning-zone-30/01/2012/menu-id-522.html |archivedate=29 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
-Sutherland can also be seen presenting the sports segment for ''[[Reporting Scotland]]'' as a back-up to [[David Currie (broadcaster)|David Currie]]. He is one of two Shetlanders working for [[BBC Scotland]]'s sport, the other being [[Phil Goodlad]], who is from [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]].
+Jonathan is one of two Shetlanders working for [[BBC Scotland]] sport, the other being [[Phil Goodlad]], who is from [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]].
 ==Personal life==
+Jonathan lives in Glasgow with his wife, [[BBC Alba]] presenter Siobhan MacInnes.
-Sutherland is married and has a son born in 2008.<ref>[http://www.yourannouncement.co.uk/birth/sutherland/567786?s_source=nqgl_her  Sutherland : Birth]</ref>
+He has two sons from this relationship, and a son from a previous marriage.<ref>[http://www.yourannouncement.co.uk/birth/sutherland/567786?s_source=nqgl_her  Sutherland : Birth]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 == References ==