Eddie Mair
| Eddie Mair | |
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Mair in 2009
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| Born |
12 November 1965 Dundee, Scotland |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter, political commentator |
| Notable credit(s) |
PM The World Eddie Mair Live Andrew Marr Show Newsnight |
Eddie Mair (born 12 November 1965 in Dundee) is a Scottish broadcaster who presents on national BBC radio and television. He hosts BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine PM, the Radio 4 Saturday iPM, and NewsPod. He occasionally presents Newsnight and Any Questions. Mair became a stand-in presenter for the Andrew Marr Show following Marr's stroke.
Mair was born in Dundee. His father was a lorry driver and his mother was a nurse. His amateur broadcasting career is reported to have started by using his public address system in his school, Whitfield High School, (now Braeview Academy School) in the Dundee housing scheme, Whitfield. Mair's professional career began after he rejected a university place in order to present on Radio Tay, a local Dundee station.
Mair joined the BBC in 1987 as a sub-editor for Radio Scotland. He moved on to present Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland, then Eddie Mair Live in the drive-time slot for Radio Scotland. In 1993 he hosted Breakaway, the weekly 'travel and leisure' programme on BBC Radio 4. He then joined Radio Five Live when it began in 1994 presenting the Midday with Mair news show. From 1996 to 2000 he presented the BBC/PRI programme The World.
Mair was the host of the weekly current affairs programme Broadcasting House from its launch in April 1998, until 2003, when he took over PM and the programme was handed to Fi Glover. On both programmes, Mair developed his trademark style of mixing serious journalism with witty and satirical commentary. After reading out the weather forecast, he would invariably encourage listeners with a jaunty "Do wrap up", whether the forecast was cold or warm. Since Nick Clarke died in 2006, Mair has substituted for Jonathan Dimbleby as the presenter of Any Questions. Standing in for Andrew Marr on his Sunday morning show on 24 March 2013, Mair interviewed London Mayor Boris Johnson asking critical questions about past known misdeeds such as lying to a minister and commenting: "...you're a nasty piece of work". Patrick Wintour in The Guardian commented that "Johnson's reputation had taken a severe pounding", while Dan Hodges in his Telegraph blog thought Mair's approach was a "disgrace". Johnson himself said that Mair had done a "splendid job".
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