About Tom Sutcliffe
Born 1956. Tom Sutcliffe is a British journalist and writer.
Thomas Sutcliffe (born 12 August 1956 in Yorkshire, England ) is a British journalist and arts broadcaster. He is one of the main presenters of the BBC Radio 4 shows Front Row and Start the Week. He also presented the Radio 4 arts show Saturday Review from 1999, and until 2022 was chairman of Round Britain Quiz.
Early life and education Sutcliffe was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. when he graduated from university. After editing the BBC Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope,
Sutcliffe presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show Saturday Review from 1999 until it was scrapped in 2021. He was chairman of Round Britain Quiz until 2022.
Awards In 1995, Sutcliffe won the Peter Black Award for Broadcast Journalism. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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British journalist and broadcaster
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Tom Sutcliffe was born on 12 August 1956.
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