Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr
2014 Winter Olympics interview with Vladimir Putin
Born	Andrew William Stevenson Marr (1959-07-31) 31 July 1959 (age 57) Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Education	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupation	Journalist, Television presenter, political commentator
Notable credit(s)	BBC News The Andrew Marr Show
Salary	£580,000
Spouse(s)	Jackie Ashley (m. 1987–present)
Children	1 son and 2 daughters

Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and television presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent (1996–98), and was political editor of BBC News (2000–05). He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, now called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme .

In 2007, he presented a political history of post-war Britain on BBC Two, Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, followed by a prequel in 2009, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, focusing on the period between 1901 and 1945. In 2010, he presented a series, Andrew Marr's Megacities (the title distinguishes it from another Megacities series), examining the life, development and challenges of some of the largest cities in the world. In early 2012 he presented The Diamond Queen, a three-part series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In late September 2012, Marr began presenting Andrew Marr's History of the World, a new series examining the history of human civilisation.

Following a stroke in January 2013, Marr was in hospital for two months. He returned to presenting The Andrew Marr Show on 1 September 2013.

Marr was born on 31 July 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Donald and Valerie Marr. His father was an investment trust manager. Regarding his upbringing, he has said: "My family are religious and go to church... [a]nd I went to church as a boy". Marr was educated in Scotland at Craigflower Preparatory School, the independent High School of Dundee; and at Loretto School, also an independent school in Musselburgh, East Lothian, where he was a member of Pinkie House. He went to read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a first class honours degree.