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'{{Infobox person | name = Mark Carruthers | caption = | image = Mark Carruthers.jpg | imagesize = 144px | occupation = [[Presenter|Broadcaster]] and [[Journalist]] | alma_mater = [[Queen's University Belfast]] }} '''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> ==Broadcasting work == Carruthers first joined [[BBC Northern Ireland]] in 1989<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> as a freelance contributing to ''Good Morning Ulster'' and ''PM Ulster'' on [[BBC Radio Ulster]].<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/weekend/mark-irsquom-a-real-morning-person-14474643.html Belfast Telegraph: "Mark: 'I'm a real morning person'"]; dated 31 August 2009, accessed 7 April 2010</ref> In addition to havng presented [[BBC Newsline]], he has also presented ''[[Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland TV programme)|Spotlight]]'' and ''Let's Talk'' for television and ''Evening Extra'' on BBC Radio Ulster.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> 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.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/11/ulster.shtml BBC Press Office: "Radio Ulster makes presenter changes to news and current affairs programmes"] dated 11 August 2009; accessed 6 April 2010</ref> He is now the presenter of ''The View''<ref>{{Cite web|title = The View - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mzml5|website = BBC|accessdate = 2015-09-16}}</ref> and he is a presenter of the ''Sunday Politics Northern Ireland''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sunday Politics Northern Ireland - Mark Carruthers - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2N4bC0Pn0BYcFz4WcrVKTZD/mark-carruthers|website = BBC|accessdate = 2015-09-16}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stormont Today - BBC Two|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lfmk1|website = BBC|accessdate = 2015-09-16}}</ref> ''In'' 2002, Carruthers made the final shortlist for the award of Regional Presenter of the Year at the [[Royal Television Society]] awards.<ref>[http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=6085&sec_id=3481 Royal Television Society: Programme Award Winners 2002]</ref> ==Personal life== Carruthers grew up in [[Limavady]], [[County Londonderry]] and studied at the [[Coleraine Academical Institution]]<ref name="The Belfast Telegraph: My passion">[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/my-passion-13828445.html The Belfast Telegraph: "My passion"]: dated 29 December 1998; accessed 9 February 2009</ref> and went on to study Political Science and Irish Politics at [[Queen's University, Belfast]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> 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 Players' 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]: 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. Carruthers is married with three children and lives in south [[Belfast]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/04/14/mark_carruthers_feature.shtml BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carruthers, Mark}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast]] [[Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution]] [[Category:People from Derry]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Northern Ireland]] [[Category:Television presenters from Northern Ireland]]'