Mark Stephen is one of Scotland’s most prolific and popular broadcasters. He studied at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Glasgow University. After a year spent as a commercial producer in local radio he joined the BBC where he spent 20 years on their staff in a wide range of jobs - floor manager, researcher, trails director, newsreader, senior announcer, instructor, producer and presenter. He left the corporation 7 years ago to set up his own multi-media production company, Nevismark Ltd.

He and his associates still do a lot of work for the BBC, both presenting and producing programmes.

He lives with his wife Jean and their daughters Rebecca and Jessica on a 10 acre small-holding in rural Aberdeenshire.