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==Presenting career==
==Presenting career==


Jonathan is the main presenter of the Sunday night SPFL highlights show, ''Sportscene''. He took over presenting duties on the show in 2013.
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>


<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]]'s sport, the other being [[Phil Goodlad]], who is from [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 11:23, 6 August 2019

Jonathan Sutherland
Born
Jonathan Sutherland

1977 (age 47–48)
Career
ShowSportscene
StyleSports presenter
CountryScotland
Previous showReporting Scotland

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 also occasionally hosts the Sportscene results show on Saturday afternoons and presents the sports segment for 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.

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.

Presenting career

Jonathan is the main presenter of the Sunday night SPFL highlights show, Sportscene. He took over presenting duties on the show in 2013.

[2] Sutherland also presented Keeping Loch Lomond, a conservation show which discovers how the National Park authority deals with developing whilst conserving the Loch Lomond area.[3]

Jonathan is one of two Shetlanders working for BBC Scotland's sport, the other being Phil Goodlad, who is from Yell.

Personal life

Jonathan lives in Glasgow with his fiancée, the BBC Alba presenter Siobhan MacInnes.

He has a son from a previous marriage.[4]

References

  1. ^ "BBC Sport - Football - Club-by-club the best SPL goals". BBC Online. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/06/05/a-dream-job/
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Sutherland : Birth