Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson has been the BBC's Political Editor since October 2005. He returned to the BBC where he began his career after spending just under 3 years as Political Editor of ITV News.

Outside of his work as political editor, Robinson has also worked on politics-related programmes, such as The Daily Politics, Newsnight, and Today on BBC Radio 4. He joined David Dimbleby, Jeremy Paxman, Jeremy Vine, and Emily Maitlis to report and provide analysis on the 2010 United Kingdom general election night. He has also appeared as guest on other television programmes, including Children in Need, Have I got News for You, and Top Gear. In May 2011 he presented the documentary The Street that Cut Everything - a programme in which residents of a street in Preston, Lancashire had all their council services withdrawn for six weeks as an experiment. He presented in 2010 a series for Radio 4 called Decision Time and a documentary for BBC 2 called Tax and Spend.

A former Deputy Editor of both Panorama and On the Record, Nick is a rare example of someone who's switched from working behind the camera to working in front of it. In 1996 Nick moved in front of the camera to become a political correspondent, covering his first General Election for BBC Radio in 1997.

Nick joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1986 and worked on Brass Tacks, This Week, Next Week, Newsround, Pamela Armstrong Show and Crimewatch. He joined On the Record as an assistant producer and worked his way up to become Deputy Editor. He then moved to Panorama where he was Deputy Editor for three years.

Nick Robinson was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1963. He attended Cheadle Hulme School, followed by University College, Oxford where he studied Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. He was inspired to go into broadcasting by the legendary Today programme presenter Brian Redhead, a family friend. His first broadcasting job was as an unpaid gofer on Piccadilly Radio in Manchester working for a man who's now a BBC colleague - Jim Hancock of BBC North West.

During the 1992 General Election campaign, Nick was the Editor of The Vote Race, a special series examining the marketing of politics and America's influence on British campaigning.

He is married to Pippa and they have 3 children. He Lives in North London and is a lifelong Manchester United fan, and enjoys sailing and theatre.