Phil MacHugh (born 20 March 1987 in
Glasgow, Scotland) is an occasional Scottish television presenter, and media consultant.
Early life
MacHugh's uncle is
Mick MacNeil of
Simple Minds
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. From the aged of 15 he appeared on local on Gaelic television. Later he was involved with the now-axed ''
Smash Hits TV'',
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
's ''@Ire'' and ''
Dè a-nis?
''Dè a-nis?'' (pronounced: Jaay a-neash) is a Scottish Gaelic-language children's program produced by BBC Gàidhlig. It is broadcast on BBC Alba on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm. "Dè a-nis" is Gaelic for "What Now?"
History
Launched on 30 Septe ...
'', and
BBC Choice's ''
Beyond 2000
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''. He also had presenting jobs on ''Splaoid'' and ''Nochd Gun Chadal''.
Career
After a career break to study
journalism at
Edinburgh's
Napier University
, mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain
, established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College
, type = Public
, academic_staff = 802
, administrative_staff = 562
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, MacHugh had a brief seasonal stint for
E4 Edinburgh Festival coverage and contributed to entertainment news at
Channel 5. He worked on strands for short-lived Scottish TV magazine show ''You have to do this...'', and appeared in the VisitScotland
Tartan Week in
New York City for
NBC, presenting live segments from
Grand Central Station. He oncepresented a segment for the
BBC One countryside show ''
Landward
''Landward'' is a long-running Scottish television programme focusing on agricultural and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland.
Overview
BBC Scotland had first produced its own farming programme, ''Farm Forum'', in 1965. This w ...
'', while it was at the
Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.
In 2022 Martin Compston was given a BBC travel show ''
Martin Compston's Scottish Fling'' where he travelled the country with longterm friend McHugh.
MacHugh played a lead in CBBC Scotland's children's programme ''SNAS'', based around a Scottish rock band. He also had a role as "James in the BBC Drama ''Consider the Lilies''.
As a
Highland dancer McHugh has been involved in
VisitScotland and
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...
promotions at International Celtic festivals, and in November 2007 worked for the Lithuanian Television Network
LNK and businessman
Vladimir Romanov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Romanov ( rus, Владимир Николаевич Романов, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ rɐˈmanəf, lt, Vladimiras Romanovas; born 15 June 1947) on the Baltic version of the popular TV show ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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'' as a "creative director". Romanov won the Celebrity Dance competition.
In 2013 MacHugh joined the Yes Campaign as a PR and Events Manager for the unsuccessful Independence campaign. In 2016 he set up SKAPA, specialising in brand PR with clients including Pentahotels Group, Living Ventures, Principal Hotels, Barbour and Toni & Guy.
Personal life
In 2009 MacHugh was the 50th on ''
The Scotsman''s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.
One of the local Torch Bearers for the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he ran in Edinburgh as part of the UK torchbearing celebrations.
References
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1985 births
Living people