Allan Little

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James Allan Stuart Little (born 11 October 1959) is a Special Correspondent for BBC News, based at New Broadcasting House, London.

Early life

Little was born on 11 October 1959 in Dunragit, a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.[1][2] He attended Stranraer Academy before attending and graduating from the University of Edinburgh, where he read history and politics.[3]

Career

In 1983, Little joined

Today programme in 1988. Here, he specialised in foreign reporting, including the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.[5]

Between 1990 and 1995, Little worked as a

Mobutu.[4] Between 1997 and 1999, he served as the BBC's Moscow correspondent during Boris Yeltsin's tenure as Russian president.[4][5]

In early 1999, Little began work on a number of current affairs projects and to present the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.[5] He worked as the BBC's Africa correspondent from 2000 to 2001. He was then sent to be the BBC's correspondent in Paris, where he remained until 2005.[4][5] Little's final role at the BBC was as a special correspondent. In this role, he reported on

Scottish independence referendum.[4][6] The BBC announced in December 2014 that he would be leaving the broadcaster at the end of 2014.[4] Little stated: "I am leaving the staff of the BBC to pursue other projects and hope to continue working in broadcasting in the future".[6]

In June 2015, it was announced that he would succeed Susan Rice as the chair of the Edinburgh International Book Festival in October 2015.[7] He has continued to work as a freelance journalist, and in September 2022 led commentary from Westminster Abbey of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II for BBC Radio.[8]

Awards

Little has won several awards including a Gold

Bayeux-Calvados Radio War Correspondent of the Year in 1994, a Sony Documentary Gold Award in 2000, and the Grierson Premier TV Documentary Award in 2001.[1]
In 2008 Little won the UACES/Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe prize.[9] In 2012 he was the fourth recipient of the Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism.

Personal life

He married journalist and broadcaster Sheena McDonald on 21 June 2006.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "(James) Allan Stuart LITTLE". People of Today. Debretts. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 11 October 2014. p. 55.
  3. ^ "Scots journalist Allan Little to leave BBC". The Herald. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Veteran reporter Allan Little to leave the BBC". BBC News. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Allan Little". Newswatch. BBC News. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b "'Iconic' BBC reporter Allan Little leaves corporation after 30 years to 'pursue other projects'". Press Gazette. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Brian (30 June 2015). "Allan Little to be new Edinburgh book festival chair". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. ^ BBC confirms plans for the Queen's funeral, TV Zone, 15 September 2022
  9. ^ "2008". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2022 – via Time Back Machine.

External links

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