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Dougie Anderson (born Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 c.1976, as Douglas Anderson) is a Scottish
Scotland

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 radio and television presenter and voice-over artist He is the son of musicians David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
 and Tina Turner
Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an United States singer and actress whose career has spanned over 50 years and who has won numerous awards. Her achievements in the Rock genre have led to her being referred to as "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"....
, although much of his childhood was spent in the care of Boy George
Boy George

Boy George is an England singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s....
.

ie Anderson is notable for his regular guest appearances on BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio Five Live

BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. It is the principal radio station Broadcasting of sports events in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors....
's Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk

Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English association football season. Its first series aired in October 2003, and was presented by Johnny Vaughan....
, where he has affectionately been nicknamed "Dougie six Answers Anderson" by the shows host Colin Murray
Colin Murray

Colin Murray is a BBC radio presenter and Five television presenter from the Ballybeen estate in Dundonald, east Belfast, Northern Ireland....
, due to his habit of having multiple answers to every question.






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Dougie Anderson (born Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 c.1976, as Douglas Anderson) is a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 radio and television presenter and voice-over artist He is the son of musicians David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
 and Tina Turner
Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an United States singer and actress whose career has spanned over 50 years and who has won numerous awards. Her achievements in the Rock genre have led to her being referred to as "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"....
, although much of his childhood was spent in the care of Boy George
Boy George

Boy George is an England singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s....
.

Television and radio career

Dougie Anderson is notable for his regular guest appearances on BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio Five Live

BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. It is the principal radio station Broadcasting of sports events in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors....
's Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk

Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English association football season. Its first series aired in October 2003, and was presented by Johnny Vaughan....
, where he has affectionately been nicknamed "Dougie six Answers Anderson" by the shows host Colin Murray
Colin Murray

Colin Murray is a BBC radio presenter and Five television presenter from the Ballybeen estate in Dundonald, east Belfast, Northern Ireland....
, due to his habit of having multiple answers to every question. He has acquired something of a cult following through the shows various fan sites.. In 2008 he contributed to the book to accompany the series

Most recently Dougie Anderson has presented the Red Bull Air Race World Series
Red Bull Air Race World Series

The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of Air racing in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in the fastest time....
 2008 alongside Konnie Huq
Konnie Huq

Kanak "Konnie" Huq is a British Asian Presenter, who is best known for being the longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, having presented it from 1 December 1997 until 23 January 2008....
 for Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
. The show has recently been nominated in the Best Sports Programme category at the 2009 Broadcast Television Awards but eventually lost out to the BBC's 2008 Grand National coverage.

Dougie has long been interested in UFO's and Extra Terrestrials. His study into the subject was recently documented on BBC One's topical local news show Inside Out London where he investigated recent UFO sighting over the capital.

Dougie started his television career as a music reporter for UK Play’s The Phone Zone His early work included RI:SE
RI:SE

RI:SE was a breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with British Sky Broadcasting for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom....
 on Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
, That Was So Last Week on Five, the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is one of the largest music and performing arts festivals in the world....
 and T in the Park
T in the Park

T in the Park is a major music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents....
the BBC Three
BBC Three

BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, Freeview , IPTV and Satellite television platforms. The channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for 'New drama, talent, comedy, films, and accessible news'....
 programme Stars in Fast Cars
Stars in Fast Cars

Stars in Fast Cars was a relatively short-lived humorous motoring-themed celebrity gameshow series, in which various celebrities compete at motoring challenges, including recreating movie stunts and racing modified armchairs....
, and he was one of the presenters on the Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 game show Boys and Girls for Chris Evans's production company.

As a member of BAFTA Scotland
BAFTA Scotland

BAFTA Scotland is the national organisation for Scotland of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1997, they hold an annual awards ceremony to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film and television....
, Dougie has presented the Scottish BAFTA'S awards ceremony alongside Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly

Lorraine Kelly is a Scotland television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for GMTV, the ITV morning television station. She currently resides in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, previously living inBlairgowrie, Perthshire....
 for BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the BBC, the Public broadcasting 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 are advised in Scotland, by the Audience Council Scotland....
 and is on the judging panel for the BAFTA New Talent Award category

He has presented the "Air" show on BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
, and has worked with radio personalities including Edith Bowman
Edith Bowman

Edith Eleanor Bowman is a Scotland music critic and presenter of radio and television. She is mostly known for hosting a weekday afternoon radio slot on BBC Radio 1 and for presenting a variety of music related television shows and music festivals ....
.

In 2007 he presented "Grovesner UK Poker Tour".

Early Career


A young Dougie Anderson was an extra in the video for Russ Abbot's 80's hit Atmosphere. Although tall and aged just 9 at the time he can clearly be made out at around 1 minute 23 seconds. This was first picked up on by five tv's "Celebrity Starters" show which aired in 2008The appearance came about as his father (a life long friend of Russ Abbot) also starred in the video and can be seen at the start wearing a white tuxedo.

Film-making

Anderson has written, directed and starred in short films including "Getting Out The House", a wry look at how to entertain yourself during the summer months on a stringent budget, and "Fist of Fernandez" in which he plays the evil Tango Fernadez, conspiring to kill a clean-living Kung Fu master. Taking his extensive knowledge of film from his formative years working in Titles videos in Leith
Leith

Leith is a district and former municipal burgh in the north of the city of Edinburgh at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is the Seaport of Edinburgh, Scotland....
 "Getting Out The House" won some critical acclaim scooping second prize in the "Borders Short Film Festival" 1996 and was described by the judges as having "the artistic flow of The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical theater with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse....
 and the camera angles of Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas

Debbie Does Dallas is a 1978 in film pornographic movie starring Bambi Woods and Christie Ford ....
".

Music

Anderson has played in several bands as singer, guitarist and drummer. He also runs club events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. He is currently resident DJ at Dirty Little Secret at Madamme Jo Jo's in Soho, London. He can be heard singing and playing bass on the track Columbo and Coffee written by Milo McLaughlin and himself. He has written for The Scotsman, The Herald and BBC online.

Celebrity status

He was nominated as Scotland's 26th "Most Eligible Man" in the Scotsman
Scotsman

Scotsman may mean:* a man from Scotland, in common parlance - see also Scottish people.* No true Scotsman, a common logical fallacy.*The Scotsman, a national newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland....
 newspaper in 2003.The official Dougie Anderson appreciation society can be found on facebook entitled "A Wee Bit Tony Bennett: A Dougie Anderson Group"

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