British journalist and arts broadcaster (born 1956)

Thomas Sutcliffe (born 12 August 1956 in Yorkshire, England) is a British journalist and arts broadcaster. He has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show Saturday Review since 1999, and until 2022 was chairman of Round Britain Quiz.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Awards
• 4 References

Early life and education

Sutcliffe was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Career

Sutcliffe joined the BBC when he graduated from university. After editing the BBC Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope, in 1986 he became the first arts editor of The Independent newspaper, a columnist and television reviewer.

Sutcliffe has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show Saturday Review since 1999, and was chairman of Round Britain Quiz until 2022.

Awards

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

References