Marr-ed

The Press Gazette tells us that John Neal has been confirmed as Editor of The Andrew Marr Show on BBC1. John, a Derby County fan, studied English Lit at Birmingham University and then took a course at the London College of Communication. That landed him a job as a producer at BBC Radio Nottingham. After two years he headed north to Salford and Five Live, before London and The Today Programme beckoned.

As Assistant Editor there, he ran the Christmas guest editors, including Prince Harry. He was left with a stickier end of the stick when writing letters to listeners defending the booking of Lord Lawson on climate change. Later, both the BBC and Ofcom thought the interview was not a good thing.