Andrew Neil

About Andrew Neil

Straight Talk host for the BBC With Andrew Neil, who spent 11 years as an editor at The Sunday Times.

Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. He serves as chairman of The Spectator and GB News, which will launch in 2021. 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 formerly 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. Since July 2008, he has been the chairman of Press Holdings, whose titles include The Spectator, and ITP Media Group.

Notable credit(s)	This Week, Daily Politics, Sunday Politics, The Economist, The Spectator, Apollo magazine, Politics Live, The Andrew Neil Show
Alma mater	University of Glasgow Strathclyde University
Born	Andrew Ferguson Neil, May 21, 1949, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Occupation	Journalist, broadcaster
Nationality	British
Education	Paisley Grammar School

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Trivia

Andrew Neil was responsible for bringing The Simpsons to British television.

Andrew Neil before fame

He was the editor of the Glasgow University Guardian newspaper while at the University of Glasgow.

Achievement of Andrew Neil

He was the man behind the introduction of The Simpsons to British television.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Andrew Neil family life

He dated Susan Nilsson, an IT engineer, for several years.

Associations of Andrew Neil

Rupert Murdoch hired him as the editor of The Sunday Times.

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