Gavin Esler

Gavin is one of the main presenters on BBC 2's Newsnight. He is also an anchor on BBC News 24 and hosts the arts and culture programme HARDtalk. For BBC Radio 4 he presents the foreign affairs series Four Corners.

Gavin began his career on the Belfast Telegraph in 1976, and in 1977 joined the BBC as a Northern Ireland reporter. Gavin was later made Washington correspondent, and then Chief North America correspondent, covering the administrations of both George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He was awarded a Royal Television Award for his report on the military build up in the Aleutian islands during the Reagan administration's ‘New Maritime Strategy'.

Gavin writes regular columns for several publications, including The Scotsman and The Independent, and has written three novels: Loyalties, Deep Blue and The Blood Brother. He has also written a book on American discontent: The United States of Anger.


CORPORATE

Department of Health Services Executive Conference - Chair, 2008
BDA Dental Conference - Facilitator and Speaker
RSA - Facilitator
Education Withouth Borders World Forum - Moderator
A World Civilisation or a Clash of Civilisations Conference - Moderator
University of Kent Open Lectures - Speaker
Irish Press Awards
PR Awards
Camelot Foundation

TELEVISION

Newnight - BBC2, 2003 - Ongoing
BBC News 24
Hardtalk Extra - BBC World
Dateline London - BBC News 24/BBC World
BBC 5 O'Clock News - BBC News 24
Newsroom South East - BBC1
Chief North American Correspondent - BBC
Washington Correspondent - BBC
Northern Ireland Correspondent - BBC


RADIO

Four Corners - BBC Radio 4


WRITING

JOURNALISM

The Scotsman - Columnist
The Independent - Columnist
The Belfast Telegraph - Columnist

LITERARY

A Scandolous Man - HarperCollins, 2008
The United States of Aner - Penguin, 1998
The Blood Brothers - HarperCollins, 1995
Deep Blue - HarperCollins, 1992
Loyalties - Headline, 1990


AWARDS

Gavin has won several awards, including a Royal Television Award for his report on the military build up in Aleutian Islands as part of the Reagan administration's 'New Maritime Strategy', and a Sony Gold Award for BBC Radio 4's Letters from Guantanamo Bay.

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Testimonials:

Gavin was great to work with. Not only did he answer the brief perfectly, but really chimed with the audience and managed to interject some humour as well. We shall use him again" Arthur D. Little

"Needless to say Gavin was well prepared, punctual and very professional and guests were impressed with him. My boss said that he didn't think it could have gone any better" Paul Rollins, CLA