Andrew Marr
In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme. He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, later called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One in September 2005.
In 2007, he presented Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, a BBC Two documentary series on the political history of post-war Britain, which was followed by a prequel in 2009, Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, focusing on the period between 1901 and 1945. In September 2012, Marr began presenting Andrew Marr's History of the World, a series examining the history of human civilisation.
After suffering a stroke in January 2013, Andrew Marr spent two months in hospital before returning to his role as presenter of The Andrew Marr Show in September of that year. Marr departed the BBC in December 2021, and in 2022 he launched his own regular programmes on LBC, Tonight with Andrew Marr, and Classic FM. Additionally, he became Political Editor of the New Statesman.
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Election
Great Paintings of the World with Andrew Marr
New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr's History of the World
Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
Britain from Above
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Scotland and the Battle for Britain
Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes
The Andrew Marr Show
The Diamond Queen
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