Grant Stott

Grant Stott (born 13 May 1967) is a Scottish broadcaster from Edinburgh. He formerly worked as a DJ on Edinburgh radio station Forth 1 until January 2017. He then joined BBC Radio Scotland and now appears on the television soap opera ''River City''. Stott is the brother of television presenter John Leslie.

Television career

Grant's television career began with presenting the BBC Scotland educational series ''Let's See: Go 4 5'' with '' Sally Gray'' in 1992 and 1993, He also presented BBC Scotland's coverage of '' Children in Need'' for five consecutive years between 1992 and 1997.

In 1993 he joined ''Scottish Television'' and presented children's show ''Wemyss Bay 902101''. with ''Arlene Stuart'', The first children's series of '' Now You See it'' which aired as part of ''Wemyss Bay 90210'' and Vox-Pops on the lunchtime edition of ''Scotland Today''. In 1994–96, Grant presented '' Children's BBC Scotland'' with Gail Porter in the school holidays. From 1995 to 1997 He also used to present the first three series of BBC Scotland weekend children's show, ''Fully Booked'', the final two series of BBC Scotland magazine show ''MegaMag'' in 1995 and 1996 and guest presented an episode of '' Jackanory'' in 1995. For many years Stott presented BBC Scotland schools programme, ''See You See Me''. Many of the episodes were recorded with Wilma Kennedy. Episodes included studying maps, the Vikings, Romans and the 1960s.

Other television credits include Late Flyte, The Flyer, Backstage and Offside for BBC Choice Scotland. ''Take the High Road'', ''Scottish Passport'', Under the Hammer and Grow for it for ''Scottish Television'' and ''Grampian Television''.

Stott rejoined Scottish Television (now STV) in the Autumn of 2006, to co-host ''Scotsport'' alongside Andy Walker, after the departure of Jim Delahunt. The programme was cancelled in May 2008, due to increasing competition from BBC Scotland's ''Sportscene''. On Hogmanay 2007, Grant fronted a special programme, ''50 Years of Scotsport'', with Michelle Watt, Stott also presented STV's ''Hogmanay Live from Edinburgh'', which was broadcast for 20 minutes from 23:50.

Having focused on his radio career and regular pantomime appearances during the 2010's, Stott returned to a regular television role in 2021, playing Sam Spiller in the BBC Scotland soap opera ''River City''.

Stage credits

Pantomimes

Stott is also known for his yearly pantomimes at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh. In 2006, he starred alongside Allan Stewart and Andy Gray in a production of Cinderella. Appearances include:

*’’Robinson Crusoe’’ as Blackheart, 2009, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
*’’Jack and the Beanstalk’’ as Fleshcreep, 2010, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Cinderella'' as Gobina McPhlegm, 2011, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Mother Goose'' as Demon Vanity, 2012, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Peter Pan'' as Captain Hook, 2013, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*'' Aladdin'' as Abanazar, 2014, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*’’Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Queen Sadista, 2015, King’s Theatre Edinburgh
*''Jack and the Beanstalk'' as Fleshcreep, 2016, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Cinderella'' as Baroness Hibernia Hardup, 2017, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Beauty and the Beast'' as Flash Boaby, 2018, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
*''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' as Baron Von Winklebottom, 2019, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
*’’Sleeping Beauty’’ as Carabosse, 2021, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Other appearances

Stott writes a column for the ''Edinburgh Evening News'', and also writes another weekly column in the sports section commenting about his love of Hibernian FC.

He has also featured in an advertising campaign with the Edinburgh-based bus company Lothian Buses.

Stott performed a song at the Radio Forth Awards 2011 titled "That's Fife" (a cover of " That's Life") a tribute to Fife, mocking various towns, landmarks and famous Fife people. It since has had over 200,000 views on YouTube.

He had a show on Forth 1 on Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00 however, he left in January 2017.

Philanthropy

Grant raising money for Leukaemia Research in memory of Moray Fotheringham, by cycling and is a patron of the Edinburgh-based charity, 'It's good 2 give'.

References

External links

''Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective''
(BBC Radio Scotland)
Panto Villain website
at stv.tv
Grant Stott
on Forth one

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BBC Radio Scotland presenters
British radio DJs
Living people
Television personalities from Edinburgh
Scottish television presenters
Scottish association football commentators
1967 births