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Jim White

Jim White

An award-winning columnist with the Daily Telegraph - for which he has covered all the world's major sporting events - Jim is well known and highly regarded in all parts of the media.

A long-serving contributor to Radios 4 and 5, he consistently appears on BBC television and Sky for which he has recently written, and presented, documentaries on Jose Mourinho and Sven-Goran Eriksson. Most recently he fronted coverage of Celtic's Champions' League campaign on STV. He is also a regular on BBC2's What the Papers Say, and a presenter of the Travel Show.

His radio work includes Saturday morning's Fighting Talk, the hosting of Back Row - BBC Radio 4's film magazine show - and, often, he contributes to Front Row and Saturday Review on Radio 4.

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He presents many other live studio programmes for Radio 5 Live, including when standing in for Nicky Campbell and on 'Sport on Five'. Presenter of seven documentary series for Radio 5 Live - including the Live Obituary Show and Dream Team. Won Sony Gold Award for the station's Wembley Obituary Show in 2001.

He has also written several successful books - often involving the great sporting passion of his life, Manchester United, the subject of a 500,000 word publication from Kraken Opus. Jim acted as lead writer alongside James Lawton and Jonathan Northcroft.

Books Published

Are You Watching Liverpool, the inside story of Manchester United's 93/94 season
Always In The Running, the Manchester United Dream Team
The Diary of Darren Tackle
The Rough Guide to Manchester United
The Manchester United Book of Elevens
The Manchester United Opus (contributing writer)
You'll Win Nothing With Kids

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