Frank Gilfeather
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Frank Gilfeather is a senior Scottish
journalist and broadcaster.
Gilfeather, a former Scottish amateur boxing champion from Dundee, moved to Aberdeen in April 1969 and began work on the Press & Journal
and the Evening Express
as a general news reporter. Later, when personnel was allocated to each paper, he was a news reporter on the P&J for some years before moving to the evening newspaper's sports desk as chief sportswriter and deputy sports editor.
His broadcasting career began in 1980 with the launch of the Grampian Television
(now STV North) regional news programme, North Tonight
. Gilfeather joined the programme as a sports correspondent although he would later also work on news coverage. As well as reporting for North Tonight, Gilfeather fronted the North Tonight spin-off Summer at Six and popular local quiz show Top Club which ran for nine years. He also worked on general election coverage for ITN and has been featured in out-takes on LWT's It'll be Alright on the Night
.
Gilfeather is now a freelance journalist and broadcaster, running his own public relations company Frank Gilfeather Associates, writing for several national newspapers, including The Times, The Herald and the Sunday Herald. He produces and presents a Sunday morning phone-in on local radio station Northsound 2
and writes a weekly current affairs column for the Evening Express. He can also be heard covering football for Gillette Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports.
His play "The Harp and the Violet", based upon a real-life incident in Dundee in May 1941, was given its first performance at Dundee Rep in November 1991. It was directed by Robert Robertson
and designed by Monika Nisbet. The cast was as follows -; Martin McCardie [Frank McGarrity], Carol Brannan [Bridget McGarrity], Frank Ellis [L/Cpl. Bert Leitch], Morgan Petrie [Pte. Stephen Cosgrove], Martyn James [Gino Esposito], John Yule [Neep Thomson], Eric Barlow [Norman Hughes], Richard Low [Hughie McDonald], Anne Bain [Nellie Gribben], Ali de Souza [PC McLeish].
In November, 2009, his first book - "Confessions of a Highland Hero" - a ghost-written autobiography of Steve Paterson, the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Aberdeen football manager whose career was beset by gambling and alcohol addiction, was published by Birlinn. The book, later released in paperback, entered the Scottish bestsellers list soon after its publication.
In the summer of 2010, Birlinn published Gilfeather's second book - 'Ross County: From Highland League To Hampden'. The book charted the Highland League side's remarkable Scottish Cup run of 2009-10, during which they dumped Celtic and Hibs out of the competition before falling to Dundee United in the final.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
journalist and broadcaster.
Gilfeather, a former Scottish amateur boxing champion from Dundee, moved to Aberdeen in April 1969 and began work on the Press & Journal
Press and Journal (Scotland)
The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness...
and the Evening Express
Evening Express (Scotland)
The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a...
as a general news reporter. Later, when personnel was allocated to each paper, he was a news reporter on the P&J for some years before moving to the evening newspaper's sports desk as chief sportswriter and deputy sports editor.
His broadcasting career began in 1980 with the launch of the Grampian Television
Grampian Television
Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife...
(now STV North) regional news programme, North Tonight
North Tonight
North Tonight was a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North .-History:North Tonight began on 7 January 1980 with presenters John Duncanson and Selina Scott...
. Gilfeather joined the programme as a sports correspondent although he would later also work on news coverage. As well as reporting for North Tonight, Gilfeather fronted the North Tonight spin-off Summer at Six and popular local quiz show Top Club which ran for nine years. He also worked on general election coverage for ITN and has been featured in out-takes on LWT's It'll be Alright on the Night
It'll be Alright on the Night
It'll be Alright on the Night is a British television bloopers show screened on ITV and produced by London Weekend Television. It was one of the first shows created with the specific purpose of showing behind the scenes bloopers from film and TV and it has been running since 18 September 1977...
.
Gilfeather is now a freelance journalist and broadcaster, running his own public relations company Frank Gilfeather Associates, writing for several national newspapers, including The Times, The Herald and the Sunday Herald. He produces and presents a Sunday morning phone-in on local radio station Northsound 2
Northsound 2
Northsound 2 is a commercial local radio station serving Aberdeen and surrounding area on 1035 kHz on the medium wave band. Owned and operated by Bauer Radio, Northsound 2 plays music mainly from the 1960s and 1970s, alongside talk, news and sports coverage...
and writes a weekly current affairs column for the Evening Express. He can also be heard covering football for Gillette Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports.
His play "The Harp and the Violet", based upon a real-life incident in Dundee in May 1941, was given its first performance at Dundee Rep in November 1991. It was directed by Robert Robertson
Robert Robertson (actor)
Robert Robertson was a Scottish actor and director. He was best known for playing Doctor Stephen Andrews in the television show Taggart....
and designed by Monika Nisbet. The cast was as follows -; Martin McCardie [Frank McGarrity], Carol Brannan [Bridget McGarrity], Frank Ellis [L/Cpl. Bert Leitch], Morgan Petrie [Pte. Stephen Cosgrove], Martyn James [Gino Esposito], John Yule [Neep Thomson], Eric Barlow [Norman Hughes], Richard Low [Hughie McDonald], Anne Bain [Nellie Gribben], Ali de Souza [PC McLeish].
In November, 2009, his first book - "Confessions of a Highland Hero" - a ghost-written autobiography of Steve Paterson, the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Aberdeen football manager whose career was beset by gambling and alcohol addiction, was published by Birlinn. The book, later released in paperback, entered the Scottish bestsellers list soon after its publication.
In the summer of 2010, Birlinn published Gilfeather's second book - 'Ross County: From Highland League To Hampden'. The book charted the Highland League side's remarkable Scottish Cup run of 2009-10, during which they dumped Celtic and Hibs out of the competition before falling to Dundee United in the final.