Mark Carruthers
Mark Carruthers | |
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| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster and Journalist |
Mark Carruthers OBE (born 1965) is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He currently presents a number of television and radio programmes for BBC Northern Ireland.[1] [2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
He is now the presenter of The View[5] and Sunday Politics Northern Ireland on BBC One Northern Ireland.[6] 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.[7]
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[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 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][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. 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.
Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south Belfast.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile
- ^ http://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2016/09/17/news/mark-carruthers-confessions-of-a-political-anorak-696772/
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c The Belfast Telegraph: "My passion": dated 29 December 1998; accessed 9 February 2009
- ^ Lyric Theatre - Education Programme Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine: accessed 9 February 2009
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- 1965 births
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- Living people
- People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution
- People from Derry (city)
- Radio personalities from Northern Ireland
- Television presenters from Northern Ireland
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- British social commentators