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Dougie
Donnelly
Television
Sports Presenter & After Dinner Speaker
Dougie Donnelly
Dougie Donnelly is one of the BBC’s top television
sports presenters with over 20 years experience of live
broadcasting from the country’s major sporting
occasions.
He was the first Scot to present Grandstand, in 1993,
while Athens 2004 will mark his sixth Olympic Games,
during which time he has become only the third BBC
commentator to have “done the double” of a British gold
medal in both Summer and Winter Games. His was the voice
which described both Stephanie Cook’s modern pentathlon
gold in Sydney and Great Britain’s women curlers, who
won gold so memorably in Salt Lake City.
In addition to his Olympic experiences, Dougie has
worked on 2 World Cups, 3 Commonwealth Games, 8 US
Masters,15 Open Championships and no fewer than 27
consecutive Scottish Cup Finals!
Dougie has been the face of BBC Sport Scotland since
1978, where football is his main responsibility. Network
viewers will also know him well through his long time
involvement with golf and snooker.
A former radio deejay and twice Scottish Radio
Personality of The Year, Dougie is a law graduate and a
popular, humorous after-dinner speaker who has
entertained a wide variety and mixture of audiences
everywhere from a North Sea Oil Platform to the House of
Lords!
His after-dinner performances rely heavily on his
broadcasting experiences and the personalities he has
encountered. At corporate golf events his anecdotes
include his experiences of working with some of the
biggest names in world golf: Tiger Woods, Ernie Els,
Seve Ballesteros and his long time friends, Colin
Montgomerie and Lee Westwood, to name just a few.
His versatility has been reflected with 2 chat show
series for BBC Scotland, including a one-off special
“Connolly with Donnelly” in which Billy reminisced about
the early days of their friendship, when Dougie used to
book him for the University Folk Club for a generous fee
of £40!
Dougie has also presented quiz shows for both BBC And
ITV, and recent TV appearances include “The Weakest
Link”, “Ready Steady Cook”, “Banzai” and “The Games”.
His rapport with major sporting figures has led to
Dougie being asked to write and direct dozens of
top-selling videos and DVDs - including biographies of
Ally McCoist, Paul Gascoigne, Gavin Hastings and many
others.
Nominated in 2003 for The Royal Television Society
Sports Presenter of the Year, Dougie will also be
honoured in October 2004 with a tribute dinner from The
Variety Club of Scotland.
Married with three daughters, Dougie lives in his native
Glasgow, enjoys food and wine, travelling, and playing
and speaking at corporate golf days across the UK.
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