Jonathan Sutherland (born 1977) is a Scottish

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and

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and producer, currently the main presenter of

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's Sunday night ''

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'' on

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. He occasionally hosts the ''Sportscene'' Results show on Saturday afternoons and regularly appears on ''

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''.

Education

Sutherland was born in

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in the

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. He left the islands to study politics at

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and subsequently graduated with his degree in 1999 before landing 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 was hired by

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as a broadcast journalist but left the

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briefly for a spell to take up the role of Deputy Editor at the Shetland Weekly newspaper. He returned to the BBC soon after to work on various productions as a freelancer before landing the job of assistant producer of ''Sportscene''.

Presenting career

Jonathan is the main presenter of the Sunday night SPFL highlights show, ''Sportscene''. He is also a regular presenter of Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland. Jonathan is one of two Shetlanders working for

sport, the other being Phil Goodlad, who is from

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Personal life

Jonathan lives in Glasgow with his wife, the BBC Alba presenter, Siobhan Macinnes. He has a son from a previous marriage, and a son from his current relationship. Sutherland : Birth
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References

Living people Scottish television presenters Alumni of the University of Aberdeen People from Shetland BBC sports presenters and reporters 1977 births {{BBC-stub