Andrew William Stevenson Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959 and was educated in Scotland at Craigflower Preparatory School, the independent High School of Dundee; and at Loretto School, also an independent school in Musselburgh. He read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a first class honours degree.

He is a journalist and presenter for radio and television. 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.

In 2007, he presented Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain, a BBC Two documentary series on the political history of post-war Britain, which was 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 series examining the history of human civilisation.

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