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'''Mark Carruthers''' [[OBE]] (born 1965) is a [[People of Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[presenter|broadcaster]] and [[journalist]], from [[Derry]]. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for [[BBC Northern Ireland]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/04/14/mark_carruthers_feature.shtml BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile]</ref>
'''Mark Carruthers''' [[OBE]] (born 1965) is a [[People of Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[presenter|broadcaster]] and [[journalist]], from [[Derry]]. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for [[BBC Northern Ireland]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/04/14/mark_carruthers_feature.shtml BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile]</ref>

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Mark Carruthers
File:Mark Carruthers.jpg
Alma materQueen's Univeristy Belfast
Occupation(s)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 presenting BBC Newsline on a regular basis, 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]

In 2002, Carruthers made the final shortlist for the award of Regional Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society awards.[4]

Personal life

Carruthers grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry and studied at the Coleraine Academical Institution[5] 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 [5] 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.[5] 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][6] 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]

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