Allan Little

James Allan Stuart Little (born 11 October 1959) is a former BBC researcher, reporter and, latterly, special correspondent. He left the BBC at the end of 2014, "to pursue other projects".

Little was born on 11 October 1959 in Dunragit, a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. He attended Stranraer Academy before attending and graduating from the University of Edinburgh, where he read history and politics.

In 1983, Little joined BBC Scotland to work as a news and current affairs researcher, and in 1985 transferred to London in order to train as a radio reporter. After two years at BBC Radio Solent, Little moved to BBC Radio 4's Today programme in 1988. Here, he specialised in foreign reporting, including the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.

Between 1990 and 1995, Little worked as a BBC News reporter, during this period reported from Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf war and from Kuwait following the war, covering the Shia rebellions. From 1991 to 1995, he reported on the break-up of Yugoslavia. He co-wrote (with Laura Silber) the acclaimed book The Death of Yugoslavia, which accompanied the television series of the same name, produced by Norma Percy at Brook Lapping. In 1995, Little moved to Johannesburg as the BBC's South Africa correspondent. While based in Johannesburg, he reported on the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide and the overthrow of Zaire's President Mobutu. Between 1997 and 1999, he served as the BBC's Moscow correspondent during Boris Yeltsin's tenure as Russian president.

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