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Carruthers has an interest in the theatre. He was one of the founders of Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1988 <ref name="The Belfast Telegraph: My passion"/> 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]].<ref name="The Belfast Telegraph: My passion"/> He was Chairman of the [[Lyric Theatre, Belfast|Lyric Theatre]] Board until 2015 and was at the forefront of the campaign to rebuild the theatre on its south Belfast site for almost ten years.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>[http://www.lyrictheatre.co.uk/education_programme.shtml Lyric Theatre - Education Programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217210010/http://lyrictheatre.co.uk/education_programme.shtml |date=2009-02-17 }}: accessed 9 February 2009</ref> He was awarded an [[OBE]] for services to [[Drama]] in [[Northern Ireland]] in the 2011 New Year Honours List.
Carruthers has an interest in the theatre. He was one of the founders of Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1988 <ref name="The Belfast Telegraph: My passion"/> 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]].<ref name="The Belfast Telegraph: My passion"/> He was Chairman of the [[Lyric Theatre, Belfast|Lyric Theatre]] Board until 2015 and was at the forefront of the campaign to rebuild the theatre on its south Belfast site for almost ten years.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>[http://www.lyrictheatre.co.uk/education_programme.shtml Lyric Theatre - Education Programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217210010/http://lyrictheatre.co.uk/education_programme.shtml |date=2009-02-17 }}: accessed 9 February 2009</ref> 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. His latest publication, ''Alternative Ulsters – Conversations on Identity'', a collection of interviews with leading writers, actors, journalists and politicians, was published by Liberties Press in Dublin in late 2013 and was re-issued in paperback in December 2014. In March 2015 ''Alternative Ulsters'' was shortlisted for the prestigious Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.
He is co-editor of ''Stepping Stones - The Arts in Ulster 1971-2001'' which was published by Blackstaff Press in 2001. In 2013 ''Alternative Ulsters – Conversations on Identity'' was published by Liberties Press, a series of interviews by Carruthers with leading writers, actors, journalists and politicians. The book was a success and was re-issued in paperback in December 2014: the following year ''Alternative Ulsters'' was shortlisted for the prestigious Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.


Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south [[Belfast]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>
Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south [[Belfast]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

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Mark Carruthers
File:Mark Carruthers.jpg
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Occupation(s)Broadcaster and Journalist

Mark Carruthers OBE (born 1965) is a Northern Irish journalist. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for BBC Northern Ireland.

Broadcasting work

Carruthers first joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1989[1] freelance contributing to Good Morning Ulster and PM Ulster on BBC Radio Ulster.[2]

In addition to having 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 Sunday Politics Northern Ireland on BBC One Northern Ireland.[5]

He has twice been nominated for a Royal Television Society award for his work – in 2018 and previously in 2003. In 2005 he and his BBC Newsline co-presenter, Donna Traynor, lifted a prestigious IFTA (Irish Film and Television Award) for Best News Programme.

Personal life

Carruthers was born in Derry, grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry and studied at Coleraine Academical Institution[6] 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 [6] 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.[6] He was Chairman of the Lyric Theatre Board until 2015 and was at the forefront of the campaign to rebuild the theatre on its south Belfast site for almost ten years.[1][7] 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 in 2001. In 2013 Alternative Ulsters – Conversations on Identity was published by Liberties Press, a series of interviews by Carruthers with leading writers, actors, journalists and politicians. The book was a success and was re-issued in paperback in December 2014: the following year Alternative Ulsters was shortlisted for the prestigious Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.

Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south Belfast.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference bbc.co.uk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Mark: 'I'm a real morning person'"; dated 31 August 2009, accessed 7 April 2010
  3. ^ BBC Press Office: "Radio Ulster makes presenter changes to news and current affairs programmes" dated 11 August 2009; accessed 6 April 2010
  4. ^ "The View - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  5. ^ "Sunday Politics Northern Ireland - Mark Carruthers - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  6. ^ a b c The Belfast Telegraph: "My passion": dated 29 December 1998; accessed 9 February 2009
  7. ^ Lyric Theatre - Education Programme Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine: accessed 9 February 2009
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