Gabriel Clarke is a British TV journalist and documentary filmmaker. Clarke earned an English Literature degree from the

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and began his journalistic career with local newspapers in

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and

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. He started his sports broadcasting career with Radio Trent in the East Midlands before moving into TV. Clarke joined

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'' television programme. He has worked across ITV Sport's output covering European Championships, World Cups, Rugby World Cups, the Boat Race and World Championship boxing, and also presenting ITV's Football League highlights show ''

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''. He was a roving reporter with the

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at the 2006 and

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, and

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. Clarke has been named the Royal Television Society Sports News Reporter of the Year three times: 2001, 2002 and 2005. He is also the winner of the Royal Television Society awards for Sports Feature (2002, 2005) and Sports Creative Sequence (2002).

Documentaries

Personal life

He is the son of Jane Harris and film director Alan Clarke (1935–90), whose work includes ''Scum'', ''Made in Britain'' and ''The Firm''. Clarke Snr., an Everton F.C. supporter named his son after Scotland and Everton forward

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* 1963 births Living people British sports journalists Alumni of the University of London English association football commentators {{UK-journalist-stub