Richard Drew > Presenter, Commentator, Journalist
contact: +44 (0)7815 201991 email: [email protected]
website: www.richarddrew.info
FREELANCE BROADCASTER | UK | 2009 - PRESENT
Commentary:
Winter Olympic Games, Sochi 2014 (OBS). Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Curling, Ice Hockey.
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 (SVGTV, used by BBC). Shooting.
Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014 (OBS). Table tennis, handball & diving.
Olympic Games 2012 London (Eurosport). Commentary on volleyball, handball, archery and football;
“English Breakfast” programme presentation.
Asian Winter Games, Kazakhstan 2011 (ski jumping); both for Host Broadcaster.
Asian Games, China 2010 (shooting).
Dutch & French football (IMG world feed). Champions and Europa Leagues (UEFA).
Premier League Productions – v/o. EPL comms and updates for digital platforms (Perform).
Eurosport (ski jumping, nordic combined, cross country, motor sport, archery).
Newspaper columnist:
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong.
FREELANCE COMMENTATOR AND PRESENTER | DUBAI | 2006 - 2009
ART (Middle East), Ten Sports (India), Showtime Arabia, Al Jazeera.
Football commentary (including Champions League and Uefa Cup, Qatari Cup finals, Japanese and Dutch
leagues). GP2 motor racing, tennis and Archery World Cup. Opening ceremonies for Rugby World Cup and
Ryder Cup. Presenter/producer ‘Drive Dubai’. Newspaper column and voice over work.
PRESENTER AND COMMENTATOR | ESPN STAR SPORTS | ASIA | JUNE 2002 - 2005
Host of Formula 1 television coverage.
Presented live shows to an audience approaching 100 million across Asia.
Football presentation and commentary:
Match coverage of the Premiership, Champions League, La Liga, etc. Also hosted World Cup
and Euro Championship magazine programmes.
Presented other sports including MotoGP, tennis, major golf, NBA and special on location programmes.
Commentary of football as well as other sports including tennis, golf and cycling.
Newspaper columnist:
Straits Times, Singapore and South China Morning Post, Hong Kong.
FREELANCE JOURNALIST | BRUNEI | AUGUST 2000 - JUNE 2002
Radio: Other: BFBS Brunei Sat Breakfast Show presenter. 3-hour music based sequence.
Magazine travel articles. Newspaper column. Corporate video production.
FREELANCE JOURNALIST | UK | SEPTEMBER 1994 - AUGUST 2000
Television: Producer, BBC News 24 Sport. Reporter, Sky Sports News
Documentary production and presentation, HTV Bristol.
Journalist, Dispatches, Channel 4. Reporter, BBC2 West ‘Out of Westminster’ programme.
Radio:
BBC Local Radio: Sports commentary and programme presentation.
News Bulletin reading, programme production and reporting.
BBC Network Radio: sport, news and features.
BBC RADIO CLEVELAND | SEPTEMBER 1992 - FEBRUARY 1994
Reporter and producer
BBC TRAINEE REPORTER SCHEME & REPORTER RESERVE | OCTOBER 1989 - SEPTEMBER 1992
BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY | 1986 - 1989
BA (Hons) Communication and Media Production (2:1). Gold Award for top first year student.