Tom Sutcliffe (broadcaster) Tom Sutcliffe (broadcaster) Thomas Sutcliffe (born 12 August 1956 in Yorkshire, England) is a British journalist and arts broadcaster. He has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show "Saturday Review" since 1999, and is also chairman of "Round Britain Quiz". Sutcliffe was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Sutcliffe joined the BBC when he graduated from university. After editing the BBC Radio 4 arts programme "Kaleidoscope", in 1986 he became the first arts editor of "The Independent" newspaper, a columnist and television reviewer. Sutcliffe has presented the BBC Radio 4 arts show "Saturday
Material World (radio programme) Material World (radio programme) Material World was a weekly science magazine programme on BBC Radio 4 broadcast on a Thursday afternoon. The programme's regular presenter was Quentin Cooper, with contributions from scientists researching areas under discussion in each programme. The programme began as "The Material World" in April 1998. It was presented by Trevor Phillips, a chemistry graduate of Imperial College. In September 2000 Phillips was told that he could no longer work at the BBC due to his close links with the Labour Party, which broke BBC rules of impartiality. He was one of the few regular black broadcasters