(Alexander) James Naughtie - Biography

Journalist and broadcaster, born in Milltown of Rothiemay, Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, UK. He studied at Aberdeen University and Syracuse University, NY, then worked on various British newspapers, including The Scotsman (1977–84) and The Guardian (1984–8). He then became presenter of the BBC's The World At One (1988–94), and joined the team of Today in 1994. He has also presented several documentary series, such as A Nearby Country (1991) and The Thin Blue Line (1993), and was Sony Radio Awards Personality of the Year in 1991.

James ("Jim") Naughtie (born August 9, 1952) is a BBC journalist and radio news presenter.

Biography

James Naughtie was born and brought up in Milltown of Rothiemay, near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He then, in 1981, worked for The Washington Post as the Laurence Sterne Fellow on its national staff. Naughtie joined The Guardian in 1984, and became Chief Political Correspondent there in 1985.

In 1986, he moved into radio journalism, presenting The Week In Westminster, and in 1988 joined The World At One. He has also made several radio documentaries and series, and has written three books, Playing the Palace: A Westminster Collection, The Rivals - The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage, and The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency.

He has been a presenter of the televised Proms since 1992, and has also presented opera programmes such as Radio 3's Opera News. Naughtie is also the current host of Radio 4's The Book Club.

Voted Radio Personality of the Year in 1991 as part of the Sony Radio Awards and Voice of the Listener and Viewer Award in 2001, Naughtie is married to Eleanor Updale, author of the award-winning Montmorency books and a former producer of The World at One.

On 31 December 2004, he appeared on a Radio 4 Hamish and Dougal Hogmanay special. We could all see the shape of the cat in the bag, but Mr Naughtie has now let it out for all to see.”

Besides this it is also notable that Naughtie often manages to insert his personal and professional interest in Classical Opera into the programme. In December 2005 in a week when UK politics were consummed by two party leadership contest Naughtie was covering the re-opening of La Scala. The Rivals: The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage Fourth Estate, ISBN 1-84115-473-3 Naughtie, James (2004). The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency Macmillan, ISBN 1-4050-5001-2