Sheena McDonald
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Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born 25 July 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.
Early life
She was the daughter of Very Rev
She was a pupil at
Broadcasting
In 1978 she began her professional broadcasting career as a producer and presenter at
Accident
In February 1999 she was struck by a police van on its way to a 999 call in Clerkenwell, London.[5] She sustained head injuries, and it was almost five years before she returned to television, in a biographical documentary in which she spoke of her recuperation process and coming to terms with the psychological effects of her injury.[6][7]
In 2019 she wrote a book Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury: Dreamtalk for a series presenting brain injury survivor stories, describing in detail her injury and the progression of her recovery, with contributions and commentary from her husband Allan Little and her rehabilitation specialist Gail Robinson.
Personal life
She married BBC reporter Allan Little in 2006. The two have been together since 1993.[8]
Presenting roles
McDonald's presenting roles have included:
Television
- The Afternoon Show, BBC Scotland (1981)
- What's Your Problem? STV, (1981 - 1984) [9]
- Scotland Today, STV (1984–1987)
- Votes for Woman (1988) 14 episodes
- The World This Week (1989–93)
- Scottish Women (1989–1992)
- After Dark (1989-2003) 3 episodes
- Fighting Talk, (1991)
- Right to Reply (1982-2001), 1991-93
- On the Record, BBC, circa 1993
- Channel 4 News
- Gimme Health, (1994)
- House to House (1995–98) [10]
- Powerhouse (1998)
- Brain Injury - The Road to Rehabilitation, Disabilities Trust (2002)
- Who Am I Now?, Storyville, BBC Four(2004)
- Talking Point, Teachers' TV. (2005-6)[11]
- Need to Know, Teachers' TV. (2007-8)
- General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (highlights), BBC Scotland (2007-2022)[12]
Radio
- Mayfield community hospital radio (1970s, as a teenager) [4][13]
- Joy to the World, Radio 4, (with Allan Little; Christmas morning broadcast, 1999)
- Something Understood, Radio 4, (2001-2)
- Talking Politics, Radio 4, (2000-08)
- The World Today, BBC World Service
- also isolated editions of The World This Weekend, The World Tonight (1994, 1996, 2000-03) and Pick of the Week(2002-07)
- Child of the Manse, Radio Scotland (2008) (subject)
References
- ^ "Tribute to former Moderator of the General Assembly the Very Rev Dr William McDonald". www.churchofscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016.
- ^ Sheena McDonald (Class of 1972), George Watson's Ladies College 150th Anniversary website. Accessed 2022-11-02
- ^ Brian Wheeler The Gordon Brown story, BBC News, 27 June 2007
- ^ a b CastleFM application for the Edinburgh Radio Licence Archived 25 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 2004; page 7
- ^ Sheena McDonald, Am I still me?, BBC News, 16 January 2004
- ^ Sheena McDonald, Is that me in the mirror?, The Observer, 18 January 2004
- Storyville, BBC Four, 20 January 2004, repeated 1 August 2004
- Sunday Post, 2 May 2022
- ISBN 978-0-906391-31-0.)
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- ^ Talking Point Archived 9 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Teachers TV
- BBC Programme Index. Accessed 2022-11-02
- ^ Boyd McAdam, Mayfield Radio's half century, Grapevine, Mayfield Salisbury Parish, July/August 2021, pp 8-11
External links
- Sheena McDonald in the BFI database
- Sheena McDonald in the BBC programme index
- Allan Little, Sheena McDonald & Gail Robinson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Book Festivalvia youtube, August 2019.