| First Name |
Andrew
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| Middle Name |
William Stevenson
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| Last Name |
Marr
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| Full Name at Birth |
Andrew William Stevenson Marr
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| Alternative Name |
Red Andy (University nickname), The Andrew Marr Show
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| Birthday |
31st July, 1959
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| Birthplace |
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Grey
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Light
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| Distinctive Feature |
Wan And Wiry, He looks so worryingly iron-deficient, His skin is the colour of a household candle, His Body As Tenuously Constructed As One Of Those Elastic-Jointed Wooden Toys
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
High School of Dundee, Craigflower Preparatory School in Torryburn near Dunfermline, Scotland, Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian
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| University |
Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1st class English degree)
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| Occupation Text |
Journalist, Presenter, Political Commentator, Author
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| Occupation |
Journalist
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| Music Genre (Text) |
British Modern History, British Modern Politics & Current Affairs, World History, Classical Music
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| Year(s) Active |
1996 > 1998
(editor: The Independent newspaper), 2000 > 2005
(political editor: for the BBC), 2005 > present
(tv presenter: The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC One), 2007 > 2007
(documentary presenter: Andrew Marr`s History of Modern Britain), ???? > ????
(member: of the socialist group Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory while at Cambridge University), 1987 > present
(husband: of Jackie Ashley), 1989 > present
(father: of Harry Cameron), 1991 > present
(father: of Isabel Claire), 1994 > present
(father: of Emily Catherine), 199? > present
(father: of child from affair with journalist Alice Miles), 1995 > 1995
(Awardee: Columnist of the Year at the What the Papers Say Awards), 1995 > 1995
(Awardee: Columnist of the Year at the British Press Awards), 2001 > 2001
(Awardee: Journalist Award in the Channel 4 Political Awards), 2004 > 2004
(Awardee: the Richard Dimbleby Award at the British Academy Television Awards), 2008 > 2008
(Awardee: the award for Best Specialist Factual Programme (for his 'History of Modern Britain') at the British Academy Television Awards), 2009 > 2009
(Awarded: honorary doctorates from Staffordshire University), 2002 > ????
(radio host: Start The Week on Radio 4), ???? > ????
(Awarded best presenter: the Broadcasting Press Guild), 1981 > ????
(journalist then political correspondent: for The Scotsman newspaper), 1986 > 1986
(co-founder: The Independent newspaper), ???? > ????
(editor: The Independent newspaper), ???? > ????
(journalist: The Economist magazine), ???? > 2000
(columnist: for The Express and The Observer newspapers), ???? > ???? (author:, ???? > present
(columnist: weekly column in The Daily Telegraph)
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| Record Label |
Macmillan (book publisher)
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| Pets |
Jackie Ashley (wife), Abyssinian guinea pig called Mr Snuffles
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| Favorite People |
Peter Cook, The Queen, Jonathan Miller, John Cleese, Richard Ingrams (editor of Private Eye), Alan Bennett, Dudley Moore, David Frost
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| Favorite Movies |
Passport to Pimlico
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| Favorite TV Shows |
Monty Python's Flying Circus, Little Britain, The Goons
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| Favorite Books |
Private Eye (satire magazine)
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| Favorite Places |
East Sheen, London (residence), Richmond Park, London
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| Favorite Foods |
Rare-Beef Sandwiches, Whisky, Cream Cakes
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Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and a television and radio presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent newspaper (1996–1998) and was political editor of BBC News (2000–2005). 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.
