BBC Radio Scotland
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BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland
's national English-language radio network
. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news
, sport
, light entertainment
, music
, the arts
, comedy
, drama
, history
and lifestyle. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4
opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978.
BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts 24 hours, delivering archive programming under the name, the zones, through the night.
(previously the Scottish Home Service and then Radio 4 Scotland). The establishment of a separate network was only made possible when Radio 4 became a fully UK-wide network and moved from medium wave to long wave.
Opt-out stations were established in Inverness
(BBC Radio Highland) on 25 March 1976, followed by Radio Aberdeen
in April 1976, BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in May 1977, Selkirk (BBC Radio Tweed) on 11 April 1983 and Dumfries
(BBC Radio Solway) on 16 April 1983. Only the Orkney and Shetland stations still exist; the others had all closed by the early 1990s and are now served by Radio Scotland with four opt-out news bulletins a day. Previously planned opt-outs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee were never realised.
The most famous and controversial head of Radio Scotland in recent years was James Boyle
.
, debate
, music
drama, comedy and sport
commentaries.
Good Morning Scotland
(weekdays, 0600–0845) is Scotland's longest-running radio programme and one of the most popular in the country, providing regular news, sport, business, travel and weather bulletins along with interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to BBC Radio 4's Today programme
, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot Thought for the Day, again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme.
The other daily news and current affairs strands are the Call Kaye phone-in with Kaye Adams
(0850–1030), John Beattie (1200–1315), Newsdrive (1600–1800) and the political programme Scotland at Ten (2205–2230). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Ministers Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu,1200-1230 (MW)) and Brian Taylor's Big Debate hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to Question Time
(Fri, 1215–1300).
Weekend current affairs programming includes Newsweek Scotland (Sat, 0800–0900), Shereen (Sun, 0900–1000) and The Business (Sun, 1000–1030).
From Monday to Friday, the 2000–2200 slot on FM is held by various music programmes through the week. On Monday, Vic Galloway hosts new bands and new music. Tuesday is home to Mary-Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering with music from around the world. The Jazz House on Wednesday presents a range of jazz music and from September 2010, Bruce MacGregor presents Travelling Folk every Thursday evening which features traditional music old and new, as well as The Music Cafe that he broadcasts from the studio in Inverness on Wednesday afternons. The week is rounded off with The Music Bed, with modern music and interviews.
Weekend programming includes The Greetings Programme (Sun, 0700–0800) with a lively mix of music, past and present, Janice Forysth (Sat, 1000–1130) with music and celebrity guests, Take the Floor
(Sat, 1900–2030) and Reel Blend with cèilidh
music, Pipeline (Sat, 2100–2200) with piping music and Classics Unwrapped with a classical mix.
nationally, BBC Radio Scotland carries most, if not all, of the major sporting events linked to its coverage area, holding exclusive rights to the Scottish Premier League
and producing several editions of its Sportsound
programme on a multitude of frequencies on Saturdays during the season. The station also broadcasts live commentaries from both of Scotland's domestic football cup competitions, Scotland football internationals and European games affecting Scottish teams and the rugby union Six Nations
championships.
Alongside the main live coverage, Radio Scotland also produces popular sporting magazine shows such as football fanzine Off the Ball, phone-in forum Your Call with Jim Traynor and the multi-sports programme Sports Weekly, presented by former Scotland rugby player, John Beattie. A 15-minute bulletin, Sports Report, reporting in-depth sport stories from Scotland and beyond at 12:45pm on weekdays. Every weekday evening, Sportsound also broadcasts on MW, 1810–2000, looking at different aspects of Scottish football each evening.
and BBC Radio Shetland
both air a half-hour daily news programme - Around Orkney (0730–0800) and Good Evening Shetland (1730–1800). During the winter months, this is supplemented for both areas by an hour long programme, broadcast Monday-Friday, between 1805–1900.
Local news and weather bulletins are broadcast from news studios in Selkirk, Dumfries, Aberdeen and Inverness on weekdays at 6:54am, 7:50am, 12:54pm and 4:54pm with additional bulletins from Inverness at 9:58am, 11:59am, 3:58pm and 5:58pm. Aberdeen opt-out bulletins are also broadcast on Radio Orkney and Radio Shetland.
News
Travel
Sport
Music
Lifestyle, features and documentaries
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
's national English-language radio network
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
, light entertainment
Light entertainment
Light entertainment is a term used to describe a broad range of usually televisual performances. These include comedies, variety shows, quiz/game shows, sketch shows and people/surprise shows.-Light entertainment in Britain:...
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, the arts
The arts
The arts are a vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "art", which as a description of a field usually means only the visual arts. The arts encompass visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts – music, theatre, dance and...
, comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and lifestyle. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978.
BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts 24 hours, delivering archive programming under the name, the zones, through the night.
History
BBC Radio Scotland was founded as a full-time radio network in 1978, although the name had been used since 1974 for the Scottish opt-out version of BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
(previously the Scottish Home Service and then Radio 4 Scotland). The establishment of a separate network was only made possible when Radio 4 became a fully UK-wide network and moved from medium wave to long wave.
Opt-out stations were established in Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
(BBC Radio Highland) on 25 March 1976, followed by Radio Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
in April 1976, BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in May 1977, Selkirk (BBC Radio Tweed) on 11 April 1983 and Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
(BBC Radio Solway) on 16 April 1983. Only the Orkney and Shetland stations still exist; the others had all closed by the early 1990s and are now served by Radio Scotland with four opt-out news bulletins a day. Previously planned opt-outs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee were never realised.
The most famous and controversial head of Radio Scotland in recent years was James Boyle
James Boyle (broadcasting)
James Boyle is one of the leading public figures in the British arts world with a long track record in broadcasting in particular. His take-no-prisoners style has earned him numerous plaudits, but also resulted in controversy, most famously at BBC Radio 4....
.
Programmes
The station broadcasts a wide range of programming, including newsNews
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
drama, comedy and sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
commentaries.
News and current affairs
News and current affairs programming has always constituted the dominant part of BBC Radio Scotland's schedules, especially on weekdays. In addition to regular, mostly hourly, news bulletins, the station broadcasts a wide range of longer, more in-depth news and current affairs strands.Good Morning Scotland
Good Morning Scotland
Good Morning Scotland is a Scottish breakfast radio news programme. It is broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland weekdays from 06:00 to 08:45. Established in 1973, it is the longest-running radio show broadcast from Scotland and remains one of the most popular....
(weekdays, 0600–0845) is Scotland's longest-running radio programme and one of the most popular in the country, providing regular news, sport, business, travel and weather bulletins along with interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to BBC Radio 4's Today programme
Today programme
Today is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, now broadcast from 6.00 am to 9.00 am Monday to Friday, and 7.00 am to 9.00 am on Saturdays. It is also the most popular programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks...
, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot Thought for the Day, again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme.
The other daily news and current affairs strands are the Call Kaye phone-in with Kaye Adams
Kaye Adams (presenter)
Kaye Adams is a Scottish television presenter, best known for presenting Loose Women from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
(0850–1030), John Beattie (1200–1315), Newsdrive (1600–1800) and the political programme Scotland at Ten (2205–2230). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Ministers Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu,1200-1230 (MW)) and Brian Taylor's Big Debate hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to Question Time
Question Time
Question time in a parliament occurs when members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers , which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled in exceptional circumstances...
(Fri, 1215–1300).
Weekend current affairs programming includes Newsweek Scotland (Sat, 0800–0900), Shereen (Sun, 0900–1000) and The Business (Sun, 1000–1030).
Music
Radio Scotland's music output is designed to cater for a wide range of tastes. Daily programmes include The Tom Morton Show (1400–1600), Get It On (1800–2000 (FM)) and The Iain Anderson Show (2230–0030).From Monday to Friday, the 2000–2200 slot on FM is held by various music programmes through the week. On Monday, Vic Galloway hosts new bands and new music. Tuesday is home to Mary-Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering with music from around the world. The Jazz House on Wednesday presents a range of jazz music and from September 2010, Bruce MacGregor presents Travelling Folk every Thursday evening which features traditional music old and new, as well as The Music Cafe that he broadcasts from the studio in Inverness on Wednesday afternons. The week is rounded off with The Music Bed, with modern music and interviews.
Weekend programming includes The Greetings Programme (Sun, 0700–0800) with a lively mix of music, past and present, Janice Forysth (Sat, 1000–1130) with music and celebrity guests, Take the Floor
Take the Floor (Scottish radio programme)
Take the Floor is the name of a radio programme airing on BBC Radio Scotland. It is the longest-running radio programme in Scotland, dating back to the 1930s when it was called Scottish Dance Music and broadcast by the Scottish Home Service. It features live sessions from top dance bands,...
(Sat, 1900–2030) and Reel Blend with cèilidh
Céilidh
In modern usage, a céilidh or ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diasporas...
music, Pipeline (Sat, 2100–2200) with piping music and Classics Unwrapped with a classical mix.
Sport
As with BBC Radio 5 LiveBBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
nationally, BBC Radio Scotland carries most, if not all, of the major sporting events linked to its coverage area, holding exclusive rights to the Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
and producing several editions of its Sportsound
Sportsound
Sportsound is BBC Radio Scotland's main radio sports show. It provides coverage to listeners on medium wave, FM, DAB Digital Radio and via the internet. It is best known for its exclusive live commentary of Scottish Premier League football games. It is broadcast 7 days a week, and on on-match days...
programme on a multitude of frequencies on Saturdays during the season. The station also broadcasts live commentaries from both of Scotland's domestic football cup competitions, Scotland football internationals and European games affecting Scottish teams and the rugby union Six Nations
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
championships.
Alongside the main live coverage, Radio Scotland also produces popular sporting magazine shows such as football fanzine Off the Ball, phone-in forum Your Call with Jim Traynor and the multi-sports programme Sports Weekly, presented by former Scotland rugby player, John Beattie. A 15-minute bulletin, Sports Report, reporting in-depth sport stories from Scotland and beyond at 12:45pm on weekdays. Every weekday evening, Sportsound also broadcasts on MW, 1810–2000, looking at different aspects of Scottish football each evening.
Local opt-outs
BBC Radio OrkneyBBC Radio Orkney
BBC Radio Orkney is a local opt-out of BBC Radio Scotland for the Orkney Islands, which is based in Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland....
and BBC Radio Shetland
BBC Radio Shetland
BBC Radio Shetland is an opt-out service of BBC Radio Scotland, covering the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The station airs from studios located in Pitt Lane, Lerwick.- Programming :...
both air a half-hour daily news programme - Around Orkney (0730–0800) and Good Evening Shetland (1730–1800). During the winter months, this is supplemented for both areas by an hour long programme, broadcast Monday-Friday, between 1805–1900.
Local news and weather bulletins are broadcast from news studios in Selkirk, Dumfries, Aberdeen and Inverness on weekdays at 6:54am, 7:50am, 12:54pm and 4:54pm with additional bulletins from Inverness at 9:58am, 11:59am, 3:58pm and 5:58pm. Aberdeen opt-out bulletins are also broadcast on Radio Orkney and Radio Shetland.
Presenters
Radio Scotland presenters include:News
- Derek Bateman
- Eileen Clarke
- Gillian Marles
- Aasmah MirAasmah Mir-Early life:Mir was born to first-generation Pakistani immigrants and brought up in the middle class suburb of Bearsden, near Glasgow. She graduated from the University of Bristol with an honours law degree in 1993...
- Shereen NanjianiShereen NanjianiShereen Nanjiani is a radio presenter with BBC Radio Scotland.Before launching her radio career in 2006, Nanjiani was the chief news anchor at STV Central, having presented the news programme, Scotland Today since 1987...
- Lesley RiddochLesley RiddochLesley Riddoch is a British radio broadcaster and journalist who lives in Perth.-Early career:Lesley Riddoch was born in England in 1963, spent her childhood in Belfast then moved to Glasgow in 1973 where she attended a local fee-paying private school...
- Gary Robertson
- Graham StewartGraham StewartGraham Stewart is a Scottish broadcaster who currently presents The Business on BBC Radio Scotland. He was previously a presenter on Edinburgh radio station Talk 107. Stewart is also a presenter of the shorter Reporting Scotland programmes.-References:...
- Mhairi Stuart
- Bill Whiteford
- Kaye AdamsKaye Adams (presenter)Kaye Adams is a Scottish television presenter, best known for presenting Loose Women from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
Travel
- Sarah CruickshankSarah CruickshankSarah Cruickshank is a Scottish Gaelic broadcaster from the Isle of Skye who works for BBC Scotland. She is a travel reporter and regularly does the outdoor weather conditions in the evening on BBC Radio Scotland and weather presenter on BBC Alba Gaelic news programme An Là.She was a regular...
- Debbie Oates
- Judith RalstonJudith RalstonJudith Ralston trained as a musician from an early age. She continued her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Royal Northern College of Music and in Canada. She received a number of awards....
(also Weather Presenter) - Gillian Smart (also Weather Presenter)
- Theresa Talbot (also News and The Beechgrove Potting Shed Presenter)
Sport
- John Beattie
- Stuart CosgroveStuart CosgroveStuart Cosgrove is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television executive. As a journalist Cosgrove served on the NME and The Face during the 1980s, before joining Channel 4 in April 1994, serving for eight years as Controller of Arts and Entertainment and currently as Head of Programmes...
- Tam CowanTam CowanTam Cowan is a Scottish football journalist, radio and television presenter. Educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell, he writes a twice weekly article in the Daily Record newspaper and was presenter of Scottish football comedy TV show Offside.He reviews Scottish restaurants in the Daily...
- Richard GordonRichard Gordon (broadcaster)Richard Gordon is a Scottish radio and television presenter.Gordon, an ex-banker, was educated in Aberdeen at Skene Square Primary, Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen College of Commerce....
- Kenny MacIntyre
- Annie McGuireAnnie McGuireAnnie McGuire is a Scottish reporter and presenter on BBC Scotland programmes including football phone-in show 'Your Call' and Sportsound. Occasionally links Radio Scotland's New Music Zone and T in the Park coverage and stood in for presenter Vic Galloway. She also wrote occasionally for the...
- Jim Spence
- Jim TraynorJim TraynorJames 'Jim' Sexton Traynor is a sports journalist with the Scottish newspaper the Daily Record and presenter of BBC Radio Scotland's football-based phone-in show Your Call....
- Chick Young
Music
- Iain Anderson
- Bryan Burnett
- Bruce MacGregor
- Stephen Duffy
- Archie FisherArchie FisherArchie Fisher MBE is a Scottish folk singer and song writer.-The early years:Archie Fisher was born in Glasgow on 23 October 1939 into a large singing family. His sister Cilla Fisher is also a professional singer, as was his late sister Ray. In 1960 he moved to Edinburgh and appeared regularly at...
- Janice Forsyth
- Vic GallowayVic GallowayMichael "Vic" Galloway is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 1, Vic presents a self-titled show on Radio Scotland every Monday from 8:05pm-10pm and does the BBC Introducing Scotland Radio 1 programme Wednesday evenings/Thursday mornings from 12:00-2:00am...
- Jim GellatlyJim GellatlyJim Gellatly is a Scottish radio presenter and DJ. He currently presents the New Music show In:Demand Uncut across Scotland, and a weekly showcase on the UK-wide DAB digital radio station Amazing Radio.-Biography:...
- Cathy MacDonaldCathy MacDonaldCathy MacDonald is a Scottish broadcaster who is known for hosting many Scottish Gaelic language television programmes such as Dotaman and has also presented BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland....
- Tom MortonTom MortonTom Morton is a Scottish writer, broadcaster, and musician. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands.Morton currently presents a BBC Radio Scotland show, broadcast each weekday afternoon...
- Robbie ShepherdRobbie ShepherdRobbie Shepherd MBE is a presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, hosting the shows Take the Floor and The Reel Blend.He was born in Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is a fluent Doric speaker, having contributed Doric Columns to the Aberdeen Press and Journal .He has, for many years, been a...
- Ricky RossRicky Ross (musician)Ricky Ross, born Richard Alexander Ross is a Scottish singer-songwriter and broadcaster, most famously for his work with the rock band, Deacon Blue.-Biography:...
Lifestyle, features and documentaries
- Clare English
- Mary Ann Kennedy
- Fred MacAulay
- Colin Mackay
- Sally MagnussonSally MagnussonSally Magnússon,, is a Scottish broadcaster and writer, currently working for BBC Scotland. She also presents Tracing Your Roots on BBC Radio 4.-Early life:...
- Euan McIlwraith
- Freida Morrison
- Edi Stark
- Mark Stephen
- Gary West
Past presenters
- Dougie AndersonDougie AndersonDougie Anderson is a Scottish radio and television presenter and voice-over artist.In 2003 Scotland on Sunday ranked him Scotland's 26th "Most Eligible Man".-Radio:...
- Alex Bell
- Colin BellColin Bell (journalist)Dr Colin J. Bell is a journalist, broadcaster and author.Colin J. Bell was a journalist, with newspapers including The Scotsman and former editor of The Scots Independent. He made the transition to broadcasting with BBC Radio Scotland in 1984....
- Ken BruceKen BruceKenneth Robertson Bruce is a British broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9:30am until 12 noon.-Early life and career:...
- Andy CameronAndy CameronAndy Cameron is a Scottish comedian, television and radio broadcaster. He was born in London while his father, Hugh Cameron, was serving in the Army during World War II. Cameron was raised by his grandmother, Isabella 'Bella' Cameron, in the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen, south east of Glasgow,...
- Dougie Campbell
- James Cook
- Gordon Cruickshank
- Peter Easton
- Jan Fairlie
- Colin Bell
- Tom Ferrie
- Neville Garden
- Robin Hall
- Armando IannucciArmando IannucciArmando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy....
- Danny Kyle
- Jimmie MacGregorJimmie MacGregorJimmie Macgregor is a Scottish folksinger and broadcaster.He was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, becoming a potter and teacher....
- Anne MacKenzie
- Jimmy MackJimmy Mack (broadcaster)Jimmy Mack MBE was a Scottish broadcaster, best known for his work on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio Clyde.Jimmy was born in Greenock, Scotland on 26 June 1934. He was educated at Lenzie Academy and Bathgate Academy...
- Eddie MairEddie MairEddie Mair is a British BBC radio and television presenter. He presents BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine PM also the Radio 4 Saturday only iPM and the BBC's NewsPod, is an occasional presenter of Newsnight, the stand-in presenter for Any Questions replacing the late Nick Clarke, and was the...
- Gerry McKenzie
- John Milne
- Mark Percival
- Iain Purdon
- Lesley Riddoch
- Kenneth Roy
- Art Sutter
- Ken Sykora
- Siobhan Synnot
- Kirsty YoungKirsty YoungKirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television presenter and radio presenter. She is the main presenter of Crimewatch and Desert Island Discs. She is married to millionaire club owner Nick Jones.- Career :...