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Thomas Sutcliffe (born 12 August 1956Thomas Sutcliffe, Esq
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and arts broadcaster. He has presented the
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arts show ''Saturday Review'' since 1999, and until 2022 was chairman of ''
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''.


Early life and education

Sutcliffe was educated at
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and studied English at
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.


Career

Sutcliffe joined the
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when he graduated from university. After editing the
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arts programme ''
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'', in 1986 he became the first arts editor of ''
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'' newspaper, a
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and television
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. Sutcliffe presented the
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
arts show '' Saturday Review'' from 1999 until it was scrapped in 2021. He was chairman of ''
Round Britain Quiz ''Round Britain Quiz'' (or ''RBQ'' for short) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. It was based on a format called ''Transatlantic Quiz'', a contest betwee ...
'' until 2022.


Awards

In 1995 Sutcliffe won the Peter Black Award for Broadcast Journalism.


References

1956 births Living people Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge BBC radio presenters Journalists from Yorkshire People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School {{UK-journalist-stub