Mark Carruthers
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Mark Carruthers | |
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| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupations | Broadcaster and journalist |
Mark Carruthers OBE is a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He has presented a number of television and radio programmes for BBC Northern Ireland.
Early life and education
[edit]Mark Carruthers was born in Derry, grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry.[1]
He studied at Coleraine Academical Institution[1] and went on to study for degrees in political science and Irish politics at Queen's University Belfast.[2]
Career
[edit]Broadcasting work
[edit]Carruthers first joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1989, contributing to Good Morning Ulster and PM Ulster on BBC Radio Ulster.[3]
In addition to having presented BBC Newsline, he has also presented Spotlight and Let's Talk for television and Evening Extra on BBC Radio Ulster.[2]
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.[4]
In 2015 he was the presenter of The View[5] and Sunday Politics on BBC One Northern Ireland.[6] He also presents[when?] the weekly politics podcast Red Lines on BBC Sounds.[citation needed]
Theatre
[edit]Carruthers was a co-founder of the Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1988,[1] along with Lalor Roddy, Tim Loane, and others.[7]
He took part in drama groups at college and university, including a stage appearance in a Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, production of Oliver! alongside James Nesbitt.[1]
He was chairman of the Lyric 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.[2][8]
Selected publications
[edit]Carruthers is co-editor of Stepping Stones - The Arts in Ulster 1971-2001, which was published by Blackstaff Press in 2001.[9]
In 2013 Alternative Ulsters – Conversations on Identity was published by Liberties Press, a series of interviews by Carruthers with leading writers, actors, journalists, and politicians.[citation needed]
Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers, was published by Merrion Press in November 2025.[citation needed]
Accolades
[edit]Carruthers was appointed an OBE for services to drama in Northern Ireland in the 2011 New Year Honours list.[citation needed]
In 2014, Alternative Ulsters was shortlisted for the prestigious Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.[citation needed]
In July 2019 Carruthers was awarded an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Literature) from Queen's University Belfast for distinction in broadcasting. In November 2023 he was awarded a Visiting Professorship in Media at Ulster University.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "My passion". The Belfast Telegraph. 29 December 1998. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- 1 2 3 BBCi: BBC Newsline - Meet The Team: Mark Carruthers' profile
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Mark: 'I'm a real morning person'"; dated 31 August 2009, accessed 7 April 2010
- ↑ BBC Press Office: "Radio Ulster makes presenter changes to news and current affairs programmes" dated 11 August 2009; accessed 6 April 2010
- ↑ "The View - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sunday Politics Northern Ireland - Mark Carruthers - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Coyle, Jane (17 August 2005). "Best Actor of Our Generation?". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015.
In 1988, Roddy met actor and director Tim Loane, then a student at Queen's University. With a small group of like-minded people – BBC presenter Mark Carruthers, BBC drama producer Stephen Wright and Angela McCloskey of the Lyric – they founded Tinderbox
- ↑ Lyric Theatre - Education Programme Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine: accessed 9 February 2009
- ↑ "Mark Carruthers: Confessions of a political anorak". 17 September 2016.
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