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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 ''

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''.

Early life

He attended the independent

Hutchesons' Grammar School Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent 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 It is a selective school, ...

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

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

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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. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu. The p ...

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

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''. 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 BBC Radio 5 Live, having covered for Richard Bacon,

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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 television presenter, radio personality, film critic and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on weeknights on BBC Two. Since ...

. 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 singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis until their split in 2009. After leaving Oasis, he formed ...

in which he asked him to comment on Jay-Z's being booked as a headline act for the Glastonbury festival. Gallagher replied saying that hip-hop 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 Oasis frontman before his headline set on the main stage at Glastonbury. In 2011, Paterson relocated to the BBC's new centre at MediaCityUK in

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

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. 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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