Andrew Neil

This article is about the journalist and broadcaster. For the Scottish footballer, see Andy Neil (footballer). For the English cricketer, see Andrew Neal.

Andrew Neil
FRSA
Neil in profile
Neil in 2016
Born
Andrew Ferguson Neil

(1949-05-21) 21 May 1949 (age 75)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (MA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • broadcaster
Notable credits
Spouse
Susan Nilsson
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(m. 2015)​

Andrew Ferguson Neil FRSA (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He was editor of The Sunday Times from 1983 to 1994. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of Glasgow. He entered journalism in 1973 as a correspondent for The Economist.

Neil was appointed editor of The Sunday Times by Rupert Murdoch in 1983, and held this position until 1994. After this, he became a contributor to the Daily Mail. He was chief executive and editor-in-chief of Press Holdings Media Group. In 1988, he became founding chairman of Sky TV, also part of Murdoch's News Corporation. He worked for the BBC for 25 years until 2020, fronting various programmes, including Sunday Politics and This Week on BBC One and Daily Politics, Politics Live and The Andrew Neil Show on BBC Two. From 2008 until 2024[1] he was the chairman of Press Holdings, whose titles include The Spectator, and ITP Media Group. Following his departure from the BBC, he became founding chairman of GB News and a presenter on the channel, but resigned in September 2021. He later joined Channel 4 in 2022 as presenter of The Andrew Neil Show, which shared the same name as his former BBC Two programme. In June 2024 he additionally began hosting a daily broadcast for Times Radio providing political analysis, commentary, interviews and debates.[2][3]

  1. ^ Croft, Alex (10 September 2024). "Andrew Neil steps down as Spectator chair after £100m sale to GB News investor". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (31 May 2024). "Andrew Neil to start at Times Radio one month ahead of election". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ Collins, Steve (21 May 2024). "Andrew Neil joins Times Radio to host daily show". RadioToday. Retrieved 13 June 2024.