About Douglas

Douglas Anderson was born in Edinburgh and currently lives in London. A polymath, he is a broadcaster, feature film music consultant, writer and film-maker. As a broadcaster Douglas has presented for the BBC, Channel 4 and BAFTA among others specialising in music and film but also including sport and entertainment.

His short films have been screened at the BFI as well as internationally. They include Looking Up, a meditative filmic essay on the search for calm and The London Nobody Knows Now which sees Douglas retracing the steps of James Mason from his documentary about the unknown London in 1967.

A successful podcaster, Douglas presents and produces the critically acclaimed Stories from St Paul’s, celebrating over 1000 years of history at the world famous landmark with the series being named Pick Of The Day in The Sunday Times. We’re never far away from music though and his mix series Seven Floors Up goes from strength to strength on the Mixcloud platform, combining all manner of songs with esoteric audio interludes.

He’s also known to many for letting his humour and opinions run loose as a regular on BBC Radio 5Live’s award winning Fighting Talk where he has attained something of a cult following. All of this and more is detailed in his books Never Save a Good Idea and Left of the Mainstream with his latest The Great, the Good and the Misunderstood completing the loose trilogy. He would be rather lost without music or something good to read.