- Andrew Neil has finally left the BBC. After 25 years of service at the public broadcaster, the political interrogator has finally admitted he’s no longer cut out for impartial broadcasting and has joined what appears to be a new, right-leaning news network called ‘GB News’.
- Neil, whose Andrew Neil Show is aired on BBC Two and who is also a presenter on Politics Live, took to Twitter to complain about a sketch song featured in an archive selection of Horrible Histories.
Andrew Neil is a British journalist with many titles; he is the chairman and editor-in-chief of Press Holdings Media Group, chairman and joint owner of World Media Rights (WMR), and chairman of ITP. The journalist can be described as a formidable political interviewer who is forensic, unrelenting, and quick-witted. Neil is equipped with a great CV that would make anyone in the media industry green-eyed.
Like many other journalists, Neil’s career in the industry kicked off with a gig editing the student newspaper at his university. Today, he is regarded as one of the most hard-hitting political interviewers on earth, and rightfully so.
In a picture posted on Twitter showing Andrew Neil, Nigel Farage and Julia Hartley-Brewer, Lineker posted a laughing emoji much to the delight of his followers. Ahead of the channel's launch, Mr. Andrew Neil made the comments on Twitter (Image: Twitter) Dozens of social media users agreed with the broadcaster and pointed out Remainers' repeated inability to accept the result was why they.
Profile summary
- Full name: Andrew Ferguson Neil
- Date of birth: May 21, 1949
- Age: 71 years old
- Place of birth: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Height: 5 feet 9 inches
- Spouse: Susan Nilsson (August 8, 2015)
- Occupation: Journalist
How old is Andrew Neil?
The British journalist was born on May 21, 1949. At the moment, he is 71 years old.
Family
Andrew was born as one of two sons. His dad was an electrician and a member of the Territorial Army, while his mom worked in the local cotton mills.
Education
The journalist grew up in the Glenburn area and attended the local Lancraigs Primary School. When he was 11 years old, she passed his 11-plus examinations and obtained entrance to the then selective Paisley Grammar School.
He later attended the University of Glasgow, where he edited the student newspaper, the Glasgow University Guardian, and dabbled in student television.
Andrew Neil young was also a member of the Dialectic Society and the Conservative Club in the university. He also participated in Glasgow University Union inter-varsity debates.
In 1971, he was chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students.
He graduated from the university in 1971 with an MA with honours in Political Economy and Political Science. After his graduation, he became an adviser to a Tory minister.
Career
After his graduation, Neil briefly worked as a sports correspondent for the local newspaper, the Paisley Daily Express. He then worked for the Conservative Party as a research assistant.
In 1973, he joined The Economist as a correspondent, and he was later promoted to editor of the publication’s Britain section.
The Sunday Times
From 1983 to 1994, Neil worked as the editor of The Sunday Times. His appointment to the position was controversial, as it was argued that Rupert Murdoch appointed him over more experienced colleagues such as Hugo Young and Brian MacArthur.
In 1986, Neil helped oversee the paper’s move to Wapping.
Sky
In 1989, he was made launch chairman of Sky TV, and he helped bring The Simpsons to Britain TV.
Post-news corporation career
In 1994, Neil left The Sunday Times after becoming too high profile for Murdoch’s liking. In 1996, he became editor-in-chief of the Barclay brothers’ Press Holdings Group of newspapers (The Scotsman, Sunday Business, and The European). He later became chairman of Press Holdings in July 2008.
In 1996, Neil published his memoirs, Full Disclosure.
In June 2008, he led a consortium that bought talent agency Peters, Fraser & Dunlop (PFD) from CSS Stellar PLC.
Broadcast
While working for The Economist, he provided news reports to American networks.
While he was working at The Sunday Times, he contributed to BBC – both radio and TV – by commenting on various controversies that provoked the paper when he was its editor.
In the 1990s, he fronted political programs for the BBC, such as Despatch Box on BBC Two and Is This Your Life?
From 2007 to 2010, he presented Straight Talk with Andrew Neil on the BBC News Channel.
He began presenting Sunday Politics on BBC One in 2012 and has occasionally guest-presented Newsnight on BBC Two ever since Jeremy Paxman’s departure in 2014.
The journalist has also presented other political shows like This Week on BBC One, Daily Politics on BBC Two, and The Andrew Neil Show. This Week was axed in July 2019 after Andrew Neil stepped down from late-night presenting.
The Andrew Neil Show is a BBC political program that dissected Brexit every Wednesday.
What happened to The Andrew Neil Show?
This Andrew Neil Brexit show came off air after March 11, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was later cancelled in July 2020 due to budget cuts within the BBC.
Andrew Neil net worth
According to trendcelebs.com, Neil’s estimated net worth is $1 – $5 million.
Andrew Neil political views
Neil’s former job as a Conservative Party research assistant is among one of the many things that people have taken to be ‘proof’ of him being Conservative.
While the question “Is Andrew Neil a Tory?” cannot be conclusively answered, there are several things that people, including The Guardian’s Owen Jones, have taken to mean that the man is a supporter of the Conservative Party:
- As editor of the Sunday Times in 1992, he hired Britain’s foremost Holocaust denier, Nazi apologist David Irving, to work on the Goebbels diaries.
- Not long after becoming a high-profile BBC presenter, Neil made a speech in homage to rightwing radical Friedrich Hayek.
Andrew Neil wife
Neil is married to Susan Nilsson, the director of communications for an engineering firm. Susan and Neil got married on August 8, 2015, and at the time, Andrew was 66 and Susan 44.
After dating for several years, the two got hitched at Neil’s villa in the South of France.
Andrew has 14 godchildren and no children of his own.
Andrew Neil is a formidable political interviewer who can easily win the title of the best political interviewer on the planet. His rich resume is proof of his prowess in the journalism industry.
© Provided by The Telegraph Simon McCoy anchoring BBC newsSimon McCoy has announced he is leaving his anchor role on BBC News after almost 18 years.
The presenter's departure was confirmed on Thursday morning, after colleagues wished him well on social media.
Andrew Neil, chairman of GB News, announced on Twitter on Thursday afternoon that Mr McCoy will be joining the television news channel due to launch this year.
GB News is set to be the biggest news TV channel to start in the UK since Sky News, which launched 30 years ago.
In a press release posted on Twitter, GB News said: 'One of Britain's best-loved and most charismatic journalists, Simon McCoy, is joining GB News with an afternoon programme.'
'He is widely known for his dry wit and comic banter with colleagues on air, moments which invariably go viral on social media,' the statement adds.
The press release concluded with remarks about the new hire from John McAndrew, Director of News and Programmes for GB News, in which he said: 'Simon's journalistic integrity, warmth and personality is a perfect fit for what we're doing at GB News.
'He's a brilliant journalist with an exceptional ability to relate to people in an upbeat way, so we're keen to get him out from behind a desk and talking to people from all parts of the United Kingdom.'
The 59-year-old, who joined the BBC from Sky in 2004, presented the News at One for the last time on Thursday.
The veteran journalist became renowned in recent years for his occasional dry commentary and humour when reading the news, particularly reporting on Royal headlines.
Sam Taylor, head of live and breaking for BBC News, said: 'Sharp, funny and a great colleague - it has been a delight to have Simon at the helm of the BBC News Channel and BBC News at One.
'We'll miss his one-liners, pregnant pauses and commitment to breaking news in every form, and wish him the very best for the future.'
Collection of Simon McCoy's best on-air moments
His iconic Royal baby announcement, complete with his well-known lack of enthusiasm for reporting minor Royals stories.
As @BBCSimonMcCoy has said he is leaving BBC News, here is a thread of his best bits.
Starting with this iconic Royal Baby announcement: pic.twitter.com/GKb4nQOp7J
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021
Another legendary Royal baby segment from outside St Mary's Hospital London when the Duchess of Cambridge was giving birth: 'The news is, there's no news.'
The infamous viral moment in 2013, when he began presenting a live broadcast while brandishing a ream of paper, rather than his iPad.
And… the *iconic* time he started a news report by holding a packet of photocopier paper. pic.twitter.com/75iJzicuSa
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021The moment when he wrapped up 2020 with a 'special programme' showing the best moments of the year to his viewers, only for nothing to appear on the screen behind him. 'Exactly,' he said, 'it's farewell to 2020'.
When he said this on the BBC News Channel in the closing moments of 2020 pic.twitter.com/XLTgmTX9Vc
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021Andrew Neil Twitter
Here is the segment where he can't stop laughing while reporting on a man who plays the piano to monkeys.
When he absolutely lost it whilst reporting on this man who plays the piano to monkeys pic.twitter.com/U91pSMgaSX
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021
The moment where too many dog puns appeared in his autocue for him to bear, so he turned it around so that the viewer could 'see what I have to deal with'.
When someone kept putting dog puns in the autocue so he turned the cameras round and showed us what was on them pic.twitter.com/Gw1y7PuNBH
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021The segment where Boris Johnson said he paints cardboard buses 'to relax' and Simon McCoy responded with the witty one-liner: 'I wonder what he writes on the side of it'.
Andrew Neil Twitter
When Boris Johnson said that he paints cardboard buses in his spare time and he followed it up with “I wonder what he writes on the side of it” pic.twitter.com/ouDs0wrtY3
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021Another dry take on Royal news when he opened a report on the Queen's garden parties being cancelled with: 'Breaking news that may affect you, but it doesn’t affect me.'
When he reported that The Queen’s garden parties had been cancelled, opening the report with “it may affect you, but it doesn’t affect me.” pic.twitter.com/be8FtDPUaY
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021Here is a moment of him cracking up on-air when a colleague put words in his autocue that he couldn't say.
When someone on his team put words in the autocue just to troll him pic.twitter.com/ces1tx0LCe
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021The time when he had to report that Pippa Middleton had given birth 'to a baby'.
When he reported that Pippa Middleton had given birth … “to a baby” pic.twitter.com/1LSotCJpQV
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021Afneil
When he wasn't too pleased to report on the second annual world dog surfing championships in California, opening the segment with: 'Just bear in mind it is August'.
When he despaired having to report on the world dog surfing championships pic.twitter.com/954zt0MmMu
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021Here is another witty one-liner when reporting on a homemade contactless 'trick or treat' system: 'This is entirely contactless...as will be her social life.'
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When he came out with *brutally* sassy line whilst reporting a socially distant trick or treat concept pic.twitter.com/dEMZpLRYM7
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021The time when the BBC cameras went the wrong way and he made his viewers wait.
When the BBC News cameras went wrong and he made us all wait pic.twitter.com/kHIF3Hsm5E
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021When he reported on the Swiss Defence Ministry having to apologise after their air display team accidentally flew over some shocked yodellers.
When he reported on an air display team that accidentally flew over some startled yodellers pic.twitter.com/mMyUskf9IK
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 25, 2021