Television
Dougie Anderson started his television career as a music reporter for UK Play’s The Phone Zone. His early work included RI:SE on Channel 4, That Was So Last Week on Five, the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury Festival and T in the Park the BBC Three programme Stars in Fast Cars, Air on Radio Scotland, and was one of the presenters on the Channel 4 game show Boys and Girls for Chris Evans's production company.
In 2007 he presented "Grovesnor UK Poker Tour" and in 2008 Anderson presented the Red Bull Air Race World Series alongside Konnie Huq for Channel 4. The show was nominated in the Best Sports Programme category at the 2009 Broadcast Television Awards but lost out to the BBC's 2008 Grand National coverage. Later that year Anderson presented the Scottish BAFTA awards ceremony with Lorraine Kelly.
In 2009, Anderson went on tour with the England cricket team as part of a series of films entitled The Nightwatchman for Vodafone to commemorate the 2009 Ashes. Anderson was investigative reporter at the 2010 and 2011 DFS Crufts Dog Show for More 4, from the NEC in Birmingham, alongside the BBC sports presenter Claire Balding Anderson's coverage of these events was presented from the point of view of a beginner who was keen to learn more about the events.
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