Peter Marshall (journalist) explained

Peter Marshall (born 1952) is a British journalist and broadcaster who has worked across national and international media since 1978, primarily for the BBC.[1]

Education

He was educated at Rhyl Grammar School, De La Salle College, Jersey, and the pioneering Communication Studies course at Birmingham Polytechnic.[2]

Career

After reporting for the Birkenhead News and Radio City in Liverpool, he joined BBC Radio 4 in 1978.[3]

He joined BBC TV's Newsnight in 1987, specialising in investigative reporting from the UK and around the world, with particular focus on the U.S. He covered Ronald Reagan's 1980 election for BBC Radio 4's The World at One and reported on America at key points throughout the George H. Bush, George W. Bush[4] [5] and the Bill Clinton[6] administrations. He also covered the election and first term of the Obama presidency.[7] [8]

A Liverpool F.C. fan, Marshall was in attendance at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, and ended the day reporting on the tragedy for the BBC Ten O'Clock News.[9]

He has made numerous long-form documentaries, including Digging the Dirt on the 2000 US election campaign,[10] The Trillion Dollar Conman on football and international fraud,[11] Cops On Drugs,[12] To Catch A Cop,[13] Tragedy at Smolensk,[14] The King Of Corruption[15] and Hillsborough: How They Buried The Truth [16]

He now works as a freelance for broadcast and print, presenting investigative documentaries on BBC Radio 4,[17] [18] [19] for BBC TV,[20] and ITV.[21]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Marshall . IMDb.
  2. Book: Debrett's People of Today 2015 . 1 December 2014 . Debrett's . 099293480X.
  3. Web site: Peter Marshall . BBC Newsnight . BBC . 6 July 2006.
  4. Web site: Q&A with Peter Marshall about 2000 US Presidential election . BBC Newsnight . BBC.
  5. Web site: BBC Newsnight blog post by Peter Marshall – analysis of Oliver Stone's 'W' film, with reference to Peter Marshall's meeting with George W Bush . BBC Newsnight . BBC .
  6. Web site: The Clinton years . BBC News . BBC . 2001.
  7. Web site: Peter Marshall's BBC Newsnight blog about the 2008 US presidential election . BBC Newsnight . BBC .
  8. Web site: Obama: Remaking America . BBC Newsnight . BBC . 2009.
  9. Book: Domeneghetti . Roger . Everybody Wants To Rule The World: Britain, Sport & The 1980s . . 9781787290594 . 370.
  10. Web site: Digging the Dirt . BBC Panorama . BBC . 22 October 2000.
  11. Web site: The Trillion Dollar Con-Man . BBC Panorama . BBC . 18 April 2011.
  12. Web site: Cops on Drugs . BBC Panorama . BBC . 15 November 1999.
  13. Web site: To Catch a Cop . IMDb . 19 October 1998.
  14. Web site: Tragedy at Smolensk . BBC News . BBC . 9 April 2011.
  15. Web site: The King of Corruption . BBC World Service . BBC . 28 June 2012.
  16. Web site: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth . BBC Panorama . BBC . 20 May 2013.
  17. Web site: The Spy Who Came in from Al-Qaeda . BBC Radio 4 . BBC . 3 March 2015.
  18. Web site: The Report, Islamic State . BBC Radio 4 . BBC . 8 January 2015.
  19. Web site: The Report, Litvinenko: The Miniature Nuclear Attack . BBC Radio 4 . BBC . 13 March 2018.
  20. Web site: I'm Broken Inside: Sara's Story . BBC Panorama . BBC . 11 April 2016.
  21. Web site: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth . ITV Exposure . ITV . 12 December 2016.
  22. Web site: Televisual Bulldog Award Winner! . Silk . 20 May 2014.

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