Peter Marshall (journalist)
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[edit]
He was educated at Rhyl Grammar School, De La Salle College, Jersey, and the pioneering Communication Studies course at Birmingham Polytechnic.[2]
Career[edit]
After reporting for the Birkenhead News[2] 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[edit]
- Peter's Hillsborough: How They Buried The Truth won the Bulldog Award for investigative journalism [22]
- His investigation into the wrongful dismissal of Metropolitan Police Sergeant Gurpal Singh Virdi won the Commission for Racial Equality's Race in the Media Award (RIMA).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Peter Marshall". IMDb.
- ^ a b Debrett's People of Today 2015. Debrett's. 1 December 2014. ISBN 099293480X.
- ^ a b "Peter Marshall". BBC Newsnight. BBC. 6 July 2006.
- ^ "Q&A with Peter Marshall about 2000 US Presidential election". BBC Newsnight. BBC.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Clinton years". BBC News. BBC. 2001.
- ^ "Peter Marshall's BBC Newsnight blog about the 2008 US presidential election". BBC Newsnight. BBC.
- ^ "Obama: Remaking America". BBC Newsnight. BBC. 2009.
- ^ Domeneghetti, Roger. Everybody Wants To Rule The World: Britain, Sport & The 1980s. Yellow Jersey Press. p. 370. ISBN 9781787290594.
- ^ "Digging the Dirt". BBC Panorama. BBC. 22 October 2000.
- ^ "The Trillion Dollar Con-Man". BBC Panorama. BBC. 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Cops on Drugs". BBC Panorama. BBC. 15 November 1999.
- ^ "To Catch a Cop". IMDb. 19 October 1998.
- ^ "Tragedy at Smolensk". BBC News. BBC. 9 April 2011.
- ^ "The King of Corruption". BBC World Service. BBC. 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth". BBC Panorama. BBC. 20 May 2013.
- ^ "The Spy Who Came in from Al-Qaeda". BBC Radio 4. BBC. 3 March 2015.
- ^ "The Report, Islamic State". BBC Radio 4. BBC. 8 January 2015.
- ^ "The Report, Litvinenko: The Miniature Nuclear Attack". BBC Radio 4. BBC. 13 March 2018.
- ^ "I'm Broken Inside: Sara's Story". BBC Panorama. BBC. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth". ITV Exposure. ITV. 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Televisual Bulldog Award Winner!". Silk. 20 May 2014.