Andrew Neil

Andrew Neil FRSA
Neil in 2016
Born	Andrew Ferguson Neil (1949-05-21) 21 May 1949 (age 75) Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Alma mater	University of Glasgow (MA)
Occupation(s)	Journalist, broadcaster
Notable credits	This Week (2003–2019) Daily Politics (2003–2018) Sunday Politics (2012–2017) The Economist The Spectator Apollo magazine Politics Live (2018–2020) The Andrew Neil Show on BBC (2019–2020) The Andrew Neil Show on Channel 4 (2022–2023)
Spouse	Susan Nilsson ​ (m. 2015)​

Andrew Ferguson Neil FRSA (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator. He was editor of The Sunday Times from 1983 to 1994. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4.

Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of Glasgow. He entered journalism in 1973 as a correspondent for The Economist.

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 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 2008 he has been chairman of Press Holdings, whose titles include The Spectator, and ITP Media Group. Following his departure from the BBC, he became founding chairman of GB News and a presenter on the channel, but resigned in September 2021. He later joined Channel 4 in 2022 as presenter of The Andrew Neil Show, which shared the same name as his former BBC Two programme. In June 2024 he additionally began hosting a daily broadcast for Times Radio providing political analysis, commentary, interviews and debates.^[1][2]