Paul Clark (presenter)
{{Short description|Northern Irish television presenter and journalist}}
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| honorific_suffix = MBE
| name = Paul Clark
| image = Paul Thompson Clark MBE.jpg
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| birth_name = Paul Thompson Clark
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|04|df= y}}
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| occupation = Broadcaster
Journalist
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| spouse = Carol
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Paul Thompson Clark MBE{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article1067889.ece |title=Ten things you didn't know about.. - imported - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |website=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724134935/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article1067889.ece |archive-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/presenter-paul-clark-presented-with-mbe-from-queen-1-5741339 |title=Presenter Paul Clark presented with MBE from Queen - Belfast Newsletter |website=Newsletter.co.uk |date=2013-12-11 |accessdate=2016-11-13 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703065650/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/presenter-paul-clark-presented-with-mbe-from-queen-1-5741339 |url-status=dead }} (born 4 December 1953, Belfast){{cite web |url=http://www.u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=14 |title=Paul Clark's profile on u.tv |accessdate=2009-04-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030116122215/http://www.u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=14 |archivedate=January 16, 2003 }} is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist. He is currently a presenter and reporter for UTV Live.
Broadcasting career
Clark was among the original presenters on RTÉ Radio 2 in 1979{{cite web|url=http://tvpresenters.thetvroomplus.com/channel-40.html |title=The TV Room + |accessdate=2009-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120716103336/http://tvpresenters.thetvroomplus.com/channel-40.html |archivedate=2012-07-16 }} and later presented on BBC Radio Ulster.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/He39s-back-George-in-return.1802694.jp |title=He's back! George in return to airwaves - Belfast Newsletter |website=Newsletter.co.uk |date=2006-10-04 |accessdate=2016-11-13 |archive-date=14 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914020836/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/He39s-back-George-in-return.1802694.jp |url-status=dead }} Other early television programmes Clark presented were Green Rock in 1979 with Caron Keating and Advice Line for the BBC.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97806?view=credit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928162249/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97806?view=credit |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-28 |title=Paul Clark | BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-11-13}}
Clark moved from presenting and reporting for BBC Northern Ireland's Inside Ulster to Ulster Television in 1989. In his time at UTV, he has been a presenter and reporter on the evening news magazines Six Tonight and UTV Live, Witness Review and UTV School Choir of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article907012.ece |title=Paul and son hope to hit high note with school choir - imported - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |website=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724153635/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article907012.ece |archive-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} He has also contributed to historical and religious documentaries including We Were Brothers,{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/40418 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928162259/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/40418 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-28 |title=We Were Brothers Too (TV series) | BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-11-13}} and memorial services for the 10th anniversary of the Remembrance Day bombing in 1997 and Belfast's hosting of Holocaust Memorial Day in 2004.
Personal life
He was born in Belfast and attended St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Paul |title='I am uncomfortable with the terms Catholic and Protestant… |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/i-am-uncomfortable-with-the-terms-catholic-and-protestant-i-see-myself-as-a-christian-what-i-believe-with-utvs-paul-clark-40527193.html |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=11 June 2021}} He is married to Carol and has two children, sons Peter and David. He is a practising Presbyterian, though he was brought up Roman Catholic.{{cite web|last=Hardy |first=Jane |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/weekend/the-celeb-side-of-christmas-14113456.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419201001/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/weekend/the-celeb-side-of-christmas-14113456.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-19 |title=The celeb side of Christmas |website=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |date=2008-12-20 |accessdate=2016-11-13 }} Clark is patron of the Northern Ireland Hospice.{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article764450.ece |title=Talking shop.... - imported - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |website=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719022018/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article764450.ece |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}
In June 2015, Clark was awarded an honorary degree by the Ulster University for services to broadcasting and his charity work with UNICEF.{{cite web |last=Brankin |first=Una |url=http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/when-we-met-it-was-just-a-case-of-love-at-first-sight-30986978.html |title=When we met, it was just a case of love at first sight |website=M.belfasttelegraph.co.uk |date=2015-02-14 |accessdate=2016-11-13 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Television presenters from Northern Ireland
Category:Journalists from Belfast
Category:Television personalities from Belfast
Category:UTV (TV channel) people
Category:Presbyterians from Northern Ireland