Andrew William Stevenson Marr is a British journalist and broadcaster. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent newspaper from 1996 to 1998 and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 to 2005.
Marr in 2014
Andrew Marr (left) meeting the former Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou in 2010
Andrew Marr (left) interviewing Vladimir Putin ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
Theresa May gave her first interview as Prime Minister with Andrew Marr.
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 Journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed.
Television News moved to BBC Television Centre in September 1969.
Angela Rippon, pictured in 1983, became the first female news presenter in 1975.
The combined newsroom for domestic television and radio was opened at Television Centre in West London in 1998.
The new newsroom in Broadcasting House
