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Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British broadcaster and journalist. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited ''The Independent'' (1996–98), and was political editor of BBC News (2000–05). He began hosting a political programme—''Sunday AM'', now called ''The Andrew Marr Show''—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running ''Start the Week'' Monday morning discussion programme . In 2007 he presented a political history of post-war Britain on BBC Two, ''Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain'', followed by a prequel in 2009, ''Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain'', focusing on the period between 1901 and 1945. In 2010, he presented a series, ''Andrew Marr's Megacities'' (the title distinguishes it from another Megacities series), examining the life, development and challenges of some of the largest cities in the world. In early 2012 he presented ''The Diamond Queen'', a three-part series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In late September 2012, Marr began presenting ''Andrew Marr's History of the World'', a new series examining the history of human civilisation. Following a stroke in January 2013, Marr was in hospital for two months. He returned to presenting ''The Andrew Marr Show'' on 1 September 2013. ==Early life== Marr was born on 31 July 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Donald and Valerie Marr, his father being an investment trust manager. He described his upbringing thus: "My family are religious and go to church... ()nd I went to church as a boy". Marr was educated in Scotland at Craigflower Preparatory School, the independent High School of Dundee and at Loretto School,〔 also an independent school in Musselburgh, East Lothian, where he was a member of Pinkie House. He went to read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a first class honours degree.〔 He was once a member of the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory (an offshoot of the International-Communist League, now known as the Alliance for Workers' Liberty). At Cambridge, Marr says he was a "raving leftie", and he acquired the nickname 'Red Andy'.〔Michael White ("Robinson poached from ITN as BBC name successor to Marr", ) ''The Guardian'', 21 June 2005. Retrieved on 28 April 2007.〕〔(Politicians interview pundits: George Osborne and Andrew Marr ), ''The Guardian'', 26 September 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Marr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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