Andrew Marr
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Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator at the Scotsman, he subsequently edited the Independent newspaper from 1996 to 1998 and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 to 2005.
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Born | Andrew William Stevenson Marr (1959-07-31) 31 July 1959 (age 64) Glasgow, Scotland |
Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, broadcaster |
Years active | 1981–present |
Television | BBC News The Andrew Marr Show |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Donald and Valerie Marr |
In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme. He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, later called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One in September 2005.
In 2007, he presented Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, a BBC Two documentary series on the political history of post-war Britain, which was followed by a prequel in 2009, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, focusing on the period between 1901 and 1945. In September 2012, Marr began presenting Andrew Marr's History of the World, a series examining the history of human civilisation.
After suffering a stroke in January 2013, Andrew Marr spent two months in hospital before returning to his role as presenter of The Andrew Marr Show in September of that year.[1] Marr departed the BBC in December 2021, and in 2022 he launched his own regular programmes on LBC, Tonight with Andrew Marr, and Classic FM.[2] Additionally, he became Political Editor of the New Statesman.[3][4]