Julyan Sinclair is an

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and

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. He won a BAFTA in 2002 for "Best New Television Presenter" for his work on various Scottish Television arts and entertainment programmes.

Television career

He has previously hosted ''

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'', along with

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and Sarah O, on

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. Both Sinclair and Sarah O'Flaherty left the programme in 2006, with Jim Delahunt leaving shortly after. Sinclair has also directed network television programmes. Julyan has appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show '' The Hour'' on a few occasions, alongside main anchor

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since November 2009. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 5pm.

Radio

Sinclair was an overseas correspondent for US and

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radio stations, having spent a year in the US working for a radio station, and being employed at Triple J (the Australian version of the UK's Radio 1) during his time down under. Sinclair hosted the

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breakfast show until 7 November 2008 when XFM Scotland became part of the

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and was renamed

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Writing

Sinclair also writes for tabloids and

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References

1976 births Living people People from Orkney Scottish television presenters {{Orkney-stub