Andrew Marr
British journalist
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| 2022 | Described himself as 'a fairly centrist social democrat' and expressed qualified support for Sir Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party. |
| March 7 2022 | Marr aired his first show on LBC, marking the start of his new role at Global media and beginning his 'fast-paced political journalism' in his own voice. |
| 2021 | Joined the New Statesman as its chief political commentator. |
| December 2021 | Departed from the BBC. |
| November 19 2021 | Andrew Marr announced his departure from the BBC and his move to Global media, revealing plans to host new programmes on LBC and Classic FM, create a podcast, and write a column. |
| May 2021 | Spoke about his frustration with maintaining impartiality at the BBC, expressing a desire to 'use his own voice again' and suggesting the difficulty of remaining completely neutral. |
| December 1 2019 | Interviewed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, discussing Islamic terrorist Usman Khan and sentencing rules, with the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit later finding he misled viewers. |
| May 2018 | Marr underwent a hospital operation to remove a malignant kidney tumor, with expectations of full recovery. |
| April 8 2018 | Made a controversial statement on BBC Sunday news programme about Palestinian casualties, later found by BBC management to breach editorial guidelines. |
| 2015 | In the New Statesman, Marr expressed opinions about Jeremy Corbyn's potential electability, initially considering a Labour election victory under Corbyn unlikely. |
| March 2014 | Faced criticism for allegedly expressing personal opinion while interviewing Scottish politician Alex Salmond on BBC Television about Scottish independence and EU membership. |
| September 1 2013 | Marr returned to presenting The Andrew Marr Show. |
| April 14 2013 | Marr appeared as a guest on The Andrew Marr Show and interviewed David Miliband and Prime Minister David Cameron. |
| April 8 2013 | Narrated a memorial documentary about former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following her death. |
| March 3 2013 | Marr left the hospital after his stroke and hoped to return to work later in the year. |
| January 8 2013 | Marr suffered a stroke at home and was taken to hospital. |
| September 2012 | Began presenting Andrew Marr's History of the World, a series exploring human civilization's history. |
| April 26 2011 | Marr revealed in a Daily Mail interview that the super-injunction had covered an extra-marital affair with a female journalist, following legal action by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop. |
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