Colin Paterson (born 1974) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who is an Arts and Entertainment correspondent for the

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and has been a presenter and reporter on

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's ''

Liquid News ''Liquid News'' was a daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (and before that BBC Choice) running from 30 May 2000 to 1 April 2004. The show was also broadcast weekly on BBC One and internationally on BBC Prime and BBC America. The p ...

''.

Early life

He attended the independent

Hutchesons' Grammar School Hutchesons' Grammar School is a private, co-educational day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641, making it the 19th oldest scho ...

in Glasgow, leaving in 1992. He then went on to study at

St Andrews University The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, t ...

in Scotland, where he graduated with a second class MA in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Career

He began his career as a reporter for ''

The Big Breakfast ''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002, and as a revival from 2021 to 2022. The show had various presenters, starting with Chris Evans (presenter), ...

'', and in 2001 he started writing a music column for ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

''. He became a reporter for ''Liquid News'' in September 2001, becoming a presenter in 2002, replacing 34-year-old Christopher Price who died of

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. He is a stand-in presenter on

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, having covered for

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Tony Livesey Anthony Livesey (born 11 January 1964, in Burnley, Lancashire) is a British journalist and broadcaster who presents the weeknight late show on BBC Radio 5 Live. Early life Livesey was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and lived in nearby Nelson dur ...

and

Simon Mayo Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022. Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio ...

. He is the main

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correspondent for the

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and

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. Until January 2010 he was a regular pundit on ''The Radio 2 Arts Show'' with

Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English broadcaster and writer. She has been nominated three times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for co-presenting the BBC One dancing compet ...

. The pair first worked together as co-presenters on ''Liquid News''. In 2008 Paterson did an interview with

Noel Gallagher Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis (band), Oasis. After leaving Oasis, he formed Noel ...

in which he asked him to comment on

Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American Rapping, rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named Billboard and Vibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time, the ...

's being booked as a headline act for the Glastonbury festival. Gallagher replied saying that

hip-hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hi ...

was 'wrong' for Glastonbury. This resulted in much media controversy and Jay-Z hit back at Noel's comments by playing out Paterson's interview with the

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, near Manchester. He was the first BBC reporter to broadcast from the scene of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack on 22 May 2017. He has covered every Oscars since 2005 and 16 in total, with Radio 5 Live broadcasting an annual preview show on the day of the awards and live coverage from the Vanity Fair Party into their Monday breakfast show. At the 2014

, Paterson was broadcasting live on Radio 4's ''

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'' programme when he spotted

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono ( ), is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is a founding member, the lead vocalist, and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Bono is known for his impassioned voca ...

walking past and shouted "BONO!" seven times in the manner of

Alan Partridge Alan Gordon Partridge is an English comedy character portrayed by Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept broadcaster with an inflated sense of celebrity. Since his debut in 1991, he has ap ...

. However, Bono did eventually come over to be interviewed.

References

External links

''Guardian'' articles

Becoming joint-host of ''Liquid News'' in 2002

Video clips

Euro 2008

Interviewing Alan Sugar in March 2008
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