Sue Dougan

Sue Dougan (born October 29 in London) is a Northern Irish afternoon presenter on Radio Cambridgeshire.

Personal life

Her father was from Northern Ireland and her mother was from Scotland. She grew up in Belfast during the Troubles in a Catholic household. In Belfast she joined the Belfast Community Circus and trained with the Ulster Youth Theatre. In her early teens she had a crush on Philip Schofield, which awakened her interest in entering the world of media. She studied at the University of Manchester. She lived in Kent from 2000-5 in Sevenoaks and then Lenham. She met her husband in 2002 on a Sunday morning at Leeds Castle (where he was the special events manager) whilst presenting an outside broadcast. They married in 2006. She enjoys gardening and looking after her three cats.

Broadcasting career

She presented an hour and half programme on the Radio Royal radio station at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast at the age of 15. At 16, she worked as a presenter on Radio Top Shop in Belfast. At university she worked at Cool FM in Newtownards. After university, she worked at the commercial radio station Rock FM in Preston in Lancashire, then other commercial stations including Radio Mercury and Southern FM. She worked at BBC local radio stations in Lancashire, Northampton (joining in 2000 when living in Sevenoaks) and Sussex. From 2001, she began presenting a three-hour Sunday gardening show. From 2002-5, she was the main evening presenter for BBC local radio in the BBC South area, based at Radio Kent. She joined Radio Cambridgeshire on May 9 2005. Until 2006, she also drove to Kent every Sunday to present a gardening programme. From April 8 2007, she will present a two-hour gardening phone-in programme on Sundays.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2006/07/05/radio_cambridgeshire_profile_sue_dougan_feature.shtml Radio Cambridgeshire profile]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/05_may/05/cambs.shtml Sue joins Radio Cambridgeshire in 2005]
* [http://www.productionbloke.com/audio/sue.mp3 Voiceover promotion]