James Naughtie
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Alexander James Naughtie
From 1994 to 2015, he was one of the main presenters of
Early life and career
James Naughtie was born to Alexander and Isabella Naughtie and brought up in
Naughtie began his career as a journalist in 1975 at the
Radio presenter
In 1986, Naughtie moved into radio presenting, hosting The Week In Westminster before moving to
Naughtie has been a presenter of the televised
In 1994 he became one of the main presenters of
Throughout June, July and August 2012, and in early September 2012, he presented The New Elizabethans on Radio Four, a programme about notable people under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. It has dealt with various famous names, including Richard Doll, Philip Larkin, Elizabeth David, Margot Fonteyn, Peter Hall, Cicely Saunders, John Lennon and Paul McCartney and Tim Berners-Lee. The final week of the programme dealt with Tony Blair, Fred Goodwin, Rupert Murdoch, Simon Cowell and finished with the Queen herself.[8]
On 16 July 2013, it was announced that Naughtie's presentational role on Today would be temporarily reduced, as he was to become a presenter of Good Morning Scotland for two days a week in the run up the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.[9][10] He returned to his usual role on Today in time for the 2015 general election.[11]
In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he would retire from regular presenting duties on the programme and would, instead, be its 'Special Correspondent' with 'responsibility for charting the course of the constitutional changes at the heart of the UK political debate', as well as the BBC News's Books Editor, contributing a book review to the Saturday morning editions of Today.
In 2016–17, Naughtie earned £150,000 – £199,999 as a BBC contributor.[14] In 2018–19, his BBC earnings were in the £170,000 – £174,999 band.[15]
In 2024, James Naughtie made an appearance as himself on ITV's drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office.[16]
Jeremy Hunt gaffe
On 6 December 2010, Naughtie was co-presenting the Today programme, and trailing the guests who would be interviewed after the 8 am news bulletin. Introducing Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, he inadvertently replaced the "H" at the beginning of "Hunt" with a "C". Choking on his words, he was clearly embarrassed by the mistake, and gave a full apology once he had recovered. However, only an hour later, another BBC presenter, Andrew Marr, made the same mistake when discussing Naughtie's error.[17][18]
Awards and positions
Naughtie was named as journalist of the year at the 1984
Naughtie was given an
Naughtie chaired the judges of the inaugural 2010 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.
In 2017 Naughtie gave the Hugh Cudlipp Lecture.[21] In his speech he referred to the Trump presidency thus: "There hasn’t been in living memory in western democracy a threat to freedom of the press of the kind we see there."
Naughtie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.[22]
Personal life
Naughtie is married to Eleanor Updale, author of the Montmorency series of books and a former producer of The World at One. They have three children, and live in London and Edinburgh.[23]
Works
- Naughtie, James (2001) 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
- Naughtie, James (2007) The Making of Music, John Murray, ISBN 0-7195-6254-6
- Naughtie, James (2012) The New Elizabethans, Collins, ISBN 0-0074-8650-2
- Naughtie, James (2014) The Madness of July, Head of Zeus, ISBN 978-1-7818-5599-7
- Naughtie, James (2016) Paris Spring, Head of Zeus, ISBN 978-1-7840-8021-1
References
- ^ a b c d "Debrett's - The trusted source on British social skills, etiquette and style". Debrett's.
- ^ a b c Elgot, Jessica (16 December 2015). "Jim Naughtie leaves BBC Radio 4's Today programme after 21 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ a b Singh, Anita (6 December 2010). "James Naughtie: no stranger to the political gaffe" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Bookclub". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Jefferies, Mark (13 May 2011). "Presenter James Naughtie named as best voice to wake up to". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Culbertson, Alix (7 July 2015). "Today programme's James Naughtie's best clangers - including the infamous 'Jeremy C***'".
- ^ "The New Elizabethans". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Victoria Ward "Today programme appoints Mishal Husain to replace James Naughtie", telegraph.co.uk, 16 July 2013
- ^ "James Naughtie joins BBC's Good Morning Scotland". BBC. 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ Jason Deans and Josh Halliday "BBC's Mishal Husain to join Today", guardian.co.uk, 16 July 2013
- ^ James Naughtie to leave Radio 4 Today programme, BBC News, 7 July 2015. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
- ^ Jim Naughtie to leave BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Anita Singh, Daily Telegraph, London, 7 July 2015. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
- ^ "How much the BBC pays its stars". BBC News Online. 19 July 2017.
- ^ "BBC pay: The 2018-19 list of star salaries". BBC News Online. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30744022/reference/
- ^ Adam Gabbatt and John Plunkett (6 December 2010). "James Naughtie blames Dr Spooner after renaming Jeremy Hunt". The Guardian.
- ^ Joe Murphy (6 December 2010). "BBC's James Naughtie and Andrew Marr make C-word slips over Jeremy Hunt". London Evening Standard.
- ^ "1984 press award winners". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1984. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Dr James Naughtie". University of Stirling. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Bartlett, Nicola (30 March 2017). "Trump waging 'culture war' on the free press: James Naughtie's Cudlipp Lecture". mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "RSE Welcomes 60 New Fellows" (Press release). Royal Society of Edinburgh. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Tony Kane (25 August 2010). "James Naughtie: Many Hats". Time and Leisure. Retrieved 25 September 2011.