Damian Johnson is a broadcaster with

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who was born in

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. He currently works as a reporter on the

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programmes ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as presenting and reporting on various other sporting programmes, notably including the ''

Super League Show The ''Super League Show'' was a weekly television programme showing highlights from the Super League. The show was initially presented by Harry Gration, and from 2012 was presented by Tanya Arnold. Match commentary came from Dave Woods, Matt ...

'' on

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in regions in

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. He started his broadcast career in 1986 in commercial radio in

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. He joined the BBC in 1989 as a television producer, working for ''

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'' based in

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. He has also presented the sports news on ''

'' in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. He currently presents the sports news on the

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channel from

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Sports TV presenter

Johnson was a part of the BBC's TV coverage of the

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, presenting a series of magazine style mini-documentaries and interviews before and after matches - notably before England's crucial 2nd round tie with Germany. He has reported from three World Cup tournaments, three European Championships and six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. During that time he has interviewed the biggest names in the sport – top English players like David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, international stars like Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo as well as managerial giants Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Fabio Capello.

Voice over work

Johnson has narrated commercial sports DVDs. including “The Highbury Years” a retrospective on Arsenal's time playing at Highbury before moving to the Emirates Stadium, “Season Review 2005/2006” the story of Liverpool's remarkable campaign when they won what some say is the best FA Cup Final of the modern era beating West Ham United in Cardiff and travelled to Japan to contest the World Club Championship and “Ten Years of Super League” – a look back at the first decade of rugby league's ground breaking English club competition.

References

External links

Official WebsiteBBC profile
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