Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty MBE (born 1947,[1][2][3] Belfast) is a Northern Irish broadcaster, known for his work on BBC Radio 3.

Rafferty was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and spent his childhood in Newcastle, County Down, as an adopted child.

[5][4] In the 1970s and 1980s, Rafferty became a regular presenter on the BBC Northern Ireland television news programmes, Scene Around Six and Inside Ulster.

[1] The programmes features a mix of live and recorded classical and jazz music, interviews with musicians, and arts news,[7] and Rafferty served as its principal presenter for 27 years.

[9] Rafferty stated that he felt "shell-shocked" about Jackson's decision to remove him from In Tune, and that he had turned down the offer of an alternative Sunday presenting slot, choosing instead to leave the station entirely.

Sean Rafferty with André Previn (left) in the In Tune studio in 2012