Andrew Cotter
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Andrew Douglas Millar Cotter (born 20 July 1973) is a Scottish
Personal life
Cotter is from Troon in Ayrshire and has a degree in French and Philosophy from the University of Glasgow.[4] He played golf for Scottish Schools and Scottish Universities.[5][6] He now lives in Cheshire.
Cotter owns two Labrador dogs, Olive and Mabel. Videos of Cotter commentating on his dogs went viral in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
Career
Radio
Cotter started his broadcasting career at Scot FM, a commercial radio station based in Edinburgh, in 1997. In 2000 he moved to London to work at both BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky News. It was at BBC Radio that he began his commentary career, in both rugby and golf covering The Six Nations and Rugby World Cup as well as the Masters Tournament, The Open Championship,[8] the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup. At the same time he was presenting sports bulletins across BBC Radio.
Television
Cotter's work in television began in 2001, presenting sports bulletins on
In 2008, he began commentating on tennis and is a regular voice for the
Since 2013, Cotter has been part of BBC Sport's commentary team for athletics, working on several
Cotter took over as lead commentator on The Boat Race,[2] when it returned to BBC from ITV in 2011.[13]
Publications
- Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs. Edinburgh: Black & White, 2020. ISBN 978-1785303227.
- Dog Days: A Year with Olive & Mabel. Edinburgh: Black & White, 2021. ISBN 978-1785303654.
References
- ^ "Statutory registers - Births". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- ^ a b "The Boat Race - 80 Years Through the Lens". bbc.com.
- ^ Lynam, Des (22 July 2011). "Rising star of BBC sport's commentary Andrew Cotter is not 'jack of all trades' ... but could be a master of them" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "About Andrew » Home". www.andrewcotter.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC profile".
- ^ "Sorry there was a problem..." www.andrewcotter.co.uk.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "The Open 2016: BBC's Andrew Cotter knows Royal Troon better than anyone". Today's Golfer.
- ^ "Access all areas with commentator Cotter". 28 May 2011 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Interview: BBC's Andrew Cotter on the art of commentating". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ English, Paul (27 June 2015). "Andrew Cotter: Andy Murray doesn't have to worry about independence backlash". Daily Record.
- ^ "BBC - Rio 2016: Opening Ceremony - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Sport Editors: Boat Race returning to the BBC". BBC. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2020.