Dougie Anderson
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Dougie Anderson is a Scottish radio and television presenter and voice-over artist.
In 2003 Scotland on Sunday
ranked him Scotland's 26th "Most Eligible Man".
's Fighting Talk
, where he has affectionately been nicknamed "Dougie Six Answers Anderson" by the show's host Colin Murray
, due to his habit of having multiple answers to every question. It started off as two answers originally, then, by the 2007/8 series this had expanded to "Three Answers" which again lead to "Four Answers", then "Five Answers", and finalised with his "Six Answers" status. He has acquired something of a cult following through the shows various fan sites. After co-presenting Crufts with Clare Balding
he is now always introduced as The Husky Voiced Scotsman. In 2008 he contributed to the book to accompany the series.
. The regular night in Camden, London called Clip Joint, part standup part review show, featured a heady mix of archive television shows, audience participation, special guests and Liptons Ice Tea. Special guests have included Josie Long
, Miles Jupp
and writer of The Inbetweeners
Iain Morris
. Clip Joint received mixed reviews with the Camden New Journal commenting "Anderson's deeply Scottish go-for-broke performance that would become —and I‘m not exaggerating – legendary, a benchmark by which other flameout gigs are measured , whilst irksome ThisisLondon commented "The room was a good size, relitavely large for London, it was also clean & well decorated, however the ambience was ruined when messers Lee and Anderson took to the stage"
on Channel 4
, That Was So Last Week on Five, the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury Festival
and T in the Park
the BBC Three
programme Stars in Fast Cars
, Air on Radio Scotland
, and was one of the presenters on the Channel 4
game show Boys and Girls
for Chris Evans's production company.
In 2007 he presented "Grovesnor UK Poker Tour" and in 2008 Anderson presented the Red Bull Air Race World Series
alongside Konnie Huq
for Channel 4
. The show was nominated in the Best Sports Programme category at the 2009 Broadcast Television Awards but lost out to the BBC
's 2008 Grand National
coverage. Later that year Anderson presented the Scottish BAFTA awards ceremony with Lorraine Kelly
.
In 2009, Anderson went on tour with the England cricket team as part of a series of films entitled The Nightwatchman for Vodafone
to commemorate the 2009 Ashes. Anderson was investigative reporter at the 2010 and 2011 DFS Crufts
Dog Show for More 4, from the NEC
in Birmingham, alongside the BBC sports presenter Claire Balding Anderson's coverage of these events was presented from the point of view of a beginner who was keen to learn more about the events.
on the promotional film "Belle & Sebastian Write About Love", launched to coincide with the release of the album of the same name. Playing the dual roles of host and the group's stressed but pragmatic manager, the film also features the band performing songs from the album. The Guardian selected the show as a Pick Of The Week, calling it "brilliantly filmed, edited and slightly oddball".
Anderson reprised his role by introducing the band onstage for their headline slot at the All Tomorrows Parties Festival in December 2010 in Minehead
. Anderson has talked about working with the band as well as his passion for music.
Anderson has written, directed and starred in various short films. In 2009 he made "The Skills Of Conversation - The Heartburn Pause". The film is a comedic self help guide to enable people to become better conversationalists in an increasingly technology obsessed world by pretending they have heartburn halfway through a sentence and how this can be used to ones advantage. Other techniques devised by Anderson for the series of films include a "Left Handed Cross Torso Chat Swoop", "a 45 Degree Head Cock" and the "Anecdote Joy Pull Back Switch in to Full Body Question Launch".
"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. In 1996 his "Getting Out The House" won second prize in the "Borders Short Film Festival" and was described by the judges as having "the artistic flow of The Sound of Music
and the camera angles of Debbie Does Dallas
".
In 2011 Anderson completed an international distribution deal for his latest short film "Timber!" which as a result will be shown in the USA and Europe. The film is a comedic look at loneliness, and in particular one man's quest to find and understand love. Written and directed by Anderson, the film also stars Miles Jupp
and Emily Bevan.
. The show made by Screenpop, a subsidiary of Fremantle Media featured predictions by pundits Scott Minto
and Jason Cundy
and the online Facebook audience on the forthcoming weekend Premier League matches with Douglas chairing the informative and humorous debates.
Anderson runs club events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. He is currently resident DJ at Dirty Little Secret at Madame 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.
Anderson has written for The Scotsman, The Herald and BBC Online. He has written articles on various cultural figures including Serge Gainsbourg
, The Beta Band
, Harvey Pekar
, Bob Monkhouse
and Bob Lind
.
In 2003 Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...
ranked him Scotland's 26th "Most Eligible Man".
Radio
Dougie Anderson is notable for his regular guest appearances on BBC Radio Five LiveBBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
's Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. Its first series aired in October 2003, and was presented by Johnny Vaughan. The second series featured Christian O'Connell. It is currently hosted by Colin Murray and is aired on Saturday...
, where he has affectionately been nicknamed "Dougie Six Answers Anderson" by the show's host Colin Murray
Colin Murray
Colin Murray is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. He is the current host of the BBC Television show Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, and the BBC Radio 5 Live shows 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk, as well as a show on BBC Radio Ulster. He has previously hosted regular...
, due to his habit of having multiple answers to every question. It started off as two answers originally, then, by the 2007/8 series this had expanded to "Three Answers" which again lead to "Four Answers", then "Five Answers", and finalised with his "Six Answers" status. He has acquired something of a cult following through the shows various fan sites. After co-presenting Crufts with Clare Balding
Clare Balding
Clare Balding is a BBC sports presenter, journalist and jockey.-Early life:In 1989 and 1990, Balding was a leading amateur flat jockey and Champion Lady Rider in 1990....
he is now always introduced as The Husky Voiced Scotsman. In 2008 he contributed to the book to accompany the series.
Stand Up
2011 saw Anderson launch on to the standup comedy scene, alongside old co-host and radio DJ Iain LeeIain Lee
Iain Lee is a British comedian, and a television and radio presenter. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 and RI:SE...
. The regular night in Camden, London called Clip Joint, part standup part review show, featured a heady mix of archive television shows, audience participation, special guests and Liptons Ice Tea. Special guests have included Josie Long
Josie Long
Josie Long is an English comedian.-Background:Long spent her early life in Orpington, South East London, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Swift House. She also attended GIFT Ltd. summer schools. She began performing stand-up comedy at 14, winning the BBC New Comedy Awards at...
, Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a British actor and comedian, probably best known as Archie in the children's television series Balamory....
and writer of The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners is a British sitcom which aired for three series from 2008 to 2010 on E4. Created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, the show follows the life of suburban teenager Will , and three of his friends at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The Inbetweeners Movie was...
Iain Morris
Iain Morris
Iain Morris is an English writer and comedian. Morris is best known for writing The Inbetweeners with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up Jimmy Carr...
. Clip Joint received mixed reviews with the Camden New Journal commenting "Anderson's deeply Scottish go-for-broke performance that would become —and I‘m not exaggerating – legendary, a benchmark by which other flameout gigs are measured , whilst irksome ThisisLondon commented "The room was a good size, relitavely large for London, it was also clean & well decorated, however the ambience was ruined when messers Lee and Anderson took to the stage"
Television
Dougie Anderson started his television career as a music reporter for UK Play’s The Phone Zone. His early work included RI:SERI:SE
RI:SE was a breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with BSkyB for Channel 4 in the UK. It was scheduled to replace The Big Breakfast after declining ratings. It launched on 29 April 2002...
on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely 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...
, 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 even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
and T in the Park
T in the Park
T in the Park is a major British music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire...
the BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
programme Stars in Fast Cars
Stars in Fast Cars
Stars in Fast Cars was a humorous motoring-themed celebrity game show, in which celebrities competed at motoring challenges, including recreating movie stunts and racing modified armchairs...
, Air on Radio Scotland
Radio Scotland
Radio Scotland was an offshore pirate radio station broadcasting on 1241 kHz mediumwave , created by Tommy Shields in 1965. The station was located on the former lightship M.V...
, and was one of the presenters on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely 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...
game show Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls (TV series)
Boys and Girls was a British television gameshow broadcast in 2003 by Channel 4.The series was produced by Chris Evans, but the format was created by a Young Woman from Hertfordshire who was not paid for her creation. The show was presented by Vernon Kay...
for Chris Evans's production company.
In 2007 he presented "Grovesnor UK Poker Tour" and in 2008 Anderson presented the Red Bull Air Race World Series
Red Bull Air Race World Series
The Red Bull Air Race, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of air races in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time. Pilots fly individually against the clock and have to complete tight turns through a slalom course...
alongside Konnie Huq
Konnie Huq
Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq is a British television 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 British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely 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...
. The show was nominated in the Best Sports Programme category at the 2009 Broadcast Television Awards but lost out to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's 2008 Grand National
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
coverage. Later that year Anderson presented the Scottish BAFTA awards ceremony with Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Lorraine.-Early life:...
.
In 2009, Anderson went on tour with the England cricket team as part of a series of films entitled The Nightwatchman for Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
to commemorate the 2009 Ashes. Anderson was investigative reporter at the 2010 and 2011 DFS Crufts
Crufts
Crufts is an annual international Championship conformation show for dogs organised and hosted by the Kennel Club, currently held every March at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. It is the largest annual dog show in the world, as declared by Guinness World Records, and lasts...
Dog Show for More 4, from the NEC
NEC
, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
in Birmingham, alongside the BBC sports presenter Claire Balding Anderson's coverage of these events was presented from the point of view of a beginner who was keen to learn more about the events.
Film
In 2010 Anderson worked with Belle & SebastianBelle & Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...
on the promotional film "Belle & Sebastian Write About Love", launched to coincide with the release of the album of the same name. Playing the dual roles of host and the group's stressed but pragmatic manager, the film also features the band performing songs from the album. The Guardian selected the show as a Pick Of The Week, calling it "brilliantly filmed, edited and slightly oddball".
Anderson reprised his role by introducing the band onstage for their headline slot at the All Tomorrows Parties Festival in December 2010 in Minehead
Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park...
. Anderson has talked about working with the band as well as his passion for music.
Anderson has written, directed and starred in various short films. In 2009 he made "The Skills Of Conversation - The Heartburn Pause". The film is a comedic self help guide to enable people to become better conversationalists in an increasingly technology obsessed world by pretending they have heartburn halfway through a sentence and how this can be used to ones advantage. Other techniques devised by Anderson for the series of films include a "Left Handed Cross Torso Chat Swoop", "a 45 Degree Head Cock" and the "Anecdote Joy Pull Back Switch in to Full Body Question Launch".
"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. In 1996 his "Getting Out The House" won second prize in the "Borders Short Film Festival" 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 by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
and the camera angles of Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas is a 1978 pornographic film starring Bambi Woods. The plot of the film focuses on a team of cheerleaders attempting to earn enough money to send the title character to Dallas, Texas, to try out for the famous “Texas Cowgirls” cheerleading squad. The fictional name "Texas...
".
In 2011 Anderson completed an international distribution deal for his latest short film "Timber!" which as a result will be shown in the USA and Europe. The film is a comedic look at loneliness, and in particular one man's quest to find and understand love. Written and directed by Anderson, the film also stars Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a British actor and comedian, probably best known as Archie in the children's television series Balamory....
and Emily Bevan.
Other work
In 2011 Douglas presented Scoreboard, the first ever football show to be broadcast on FacebookFacebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. The show made by Screenpop, a subsidiary of Fremantle Media featured predictions by pundits Scott Minto
Scott Minto
Scott Christopher Minto is an English former footballer who played as a left back in the Football League and the Premier League for Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, West Ham United and Rotherham United, and for Benfica in Portugal...
and Jason Cundy
Jason Cundy
Jason Cundy is a former English footballer.-Football career:During his career, Cundy played for Chelsea , Tottenham Hotspur , Crystal Palace , Bristol City , Ipswich Town and...
and the online Facebook audience on the forthcoming weekend Premier League matches with Douglas chairing the informative and humorous debates.
Anderson runs club events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. He is currently resident DJ at Dirty Little Secret at Madame 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.
Anderson has written for The Scotsman, The Herald and BBC Online. He has written articles on various cultural figures including Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
, The Beta Band
The Beta Band
The Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene...
, Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar
Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.Pekar described American Splendor as "an...
, Bob Monkhouse
Bob Monkhouse
Robert Alan "Bob" Monkhouse, OBE was an English entertainer. He was a successful comedy writer, comedian and actor and was also well known on British television as a presenter and game show host...
and Bob Lind
Bob Lind
Bob Lind is an American folk music singer-songwriter who reached the height of his success during the 1960s...
.