John Pienaar | |
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Born |
John Adrian Pienaar 2 October 1956 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | BBC |
John Adrian Pienaar (born 2 October 1956) is a British journalist who is currently Deputy Political Editor for BBC News, and presenter of Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Pienaar began his journalistic career at South London Press, before becoming an Old Bailey correspondent. He was then a Political Correspondent at The Independent, the Press Association, The Guardian, and from 1992 the BBC, on a range of TV and radio news and current affairs programmes. In 2002 he became Chief Political Correspondent at Radio 5 Live, on which he hosts the Sunday morning programme Pienaar's Politics, and Question Time Extra Time (a radio supplement to BBC 1's Question Time) alongside Stephen Nolan.