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Eddie Mair
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Eddie Mair (born November 12, 1965) is a British BBC radio and television presenter. He presents BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine PM and the BBC's NewsPod, is an occasional presenter of Newsnight, and was the original host of the BBC Two programme Time Commanders.
Eddie Mair was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was a lorry driver and his mother was a nurse. His career began with Radio Tay, a local Dundee station. He joined the BBC in 1987 as a sub-editor for Radio Scotland. He moved on to present Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland. Mair joined Radio Five Live when it began in 1995 presenting the Midday with Mair news show. From 1996 to 2000 he presented the BBC /PRI programme The World [1].
Mair was the host of the light-hearted weekly current affairs programme Broadcasting House when it was launched in April 1998, until 2003 when he took over PM and the programme was handed to Fi Glover. On both programmes Mair developed his trademark style of mixing serious journalism with witty and satirical commentary.
In 2005 Mair won the News Journalist award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. He was also listed as the 5th most powerful person in British radio in a 2005 poll in the Radio Times.
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- ^ "The World - where are they now?" retrieved April 1, 2006
