Dominik Diamond
Dominik Diamond (born
1969) is a television and radio presenter from
Arbroath,
Scotland. He is best known as the original presenter of
Channel 4's pioneering
video gaming programme
GamesMaster.
Diamond co-hosted sports programme
Live and Dangerous in 1997, and
When Games Attack, aired in 2004. He writes a column in the
Daily Star.
Diamond presented
Sportscall on
BBC Radio Five Live in the 1990s and occasionally hosted the station's phone-in football show
6-0-6. He currently presents the breakfast show on
Xfm Scotland, having previously presented the weekend morning programme on its previous incarnation
Beat 106.
His presenting style is witty and slightly juvenile;
GamesMaster was riddled with innuendo from Diamond, along with his overuse of the word "pants". Series 4 included a compilation of such incidents, ending with Diamond receving a gift of underpants. He also shared a rivalry with co-commentator, bandana-wearing
Dave Perry.
In 1996, Diamond joined UK tabloid The Star as a columnist. He currently writes a twice-weekly column and had a regular column in the monthly magazine
PC Zone until the August 2006 edition.
Diamond is currently featured on a Discovery Real Time programme,
Rubble Trouble, which charts the development of his house extension.
In 2006, during the filming of
Crucify Me, a
Channel Five documentary, Diamond took part in the live annual
Holy week re-enactment of the
crucifixion at
San Pedro Cutud. However, he backed down at the last minute, breaking into tears (see [
1], [
2]).
Later on in the year, July 2006, he appeared in the satrical quiz show spoof, "Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive" where his career was parodied and one of the more noticible jokes was his expection of getting a column in The
Financial Times as a result of his apperence on the show.
*Caroline Davies and Sebastien Berger (see [
3]) "Crucify me? Sorry, I've changed my mind",
Daily Telegraph (April 2006).
* [
4] Corporate bio
* [
5] IMDB
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