| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Norman Smith |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | 30th April 1959. As of 2024, he is around 65 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse / Partner / Dating | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| When did Norman Smith leave BBC? | After working for the BBC for more than three decades, he bid farewell to the network in July 2020. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 2 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | British |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Norman Smith is a retired journalist, political correspondent, radio reporter, news reporter and editor from England.
- Multi-talented and hard-working, Norman worked for more than three decades and built quite an illustrious and successful career.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Smith was born in Kensington in London on April 30, 1959.
- He is married and has two children. Norman enjoys making toys for his children from scratch.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Smith attended Oundle School before moving to St Peter’s College in Oxford from where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Modern History.
- He also graduated from Cardiff University’s Center for Journalism Studies with a Journalism Studies Post Graduate Diploma in 1985.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- After graduating from Cardiff University, Norman’s career began in Bristol and Birmingham where he worked for local newspapers. In 1986, he eventually moved to join the BBC as a local reporter for their radio station.
- In 1993, Norman’s career expanded and he was chosen to be a Parliamentary Correspondent on BBC’s Radio 4 channel. As a Parliamentary Correspondent, he presented two programmes called ‘Yesterday in Parliament’ and ‘Today.’
- In 1999, he moved on to become a BBC reporter, based at the Palace of Westminster.
- Smith remained on BBC Radio and in 2010, he became Radio 4’s Chief Political Correspondent.
- July of 2011 saw Norman be promoted to become the BBC News Channel’s Chief Political Correspondent. He took the job as a replacement for Laura Kuenssberg after she’s accepted a new post at the ITN network.
- After working for three years as the Chief Political Correspondent, Smith was promoted to become the BBC News Channel’s Assistant Political Editor. He held the position for more than 4 years and retired in July 2020.
- Aside from being an Assistant Political Editor and radio contributor, Norman also worked as a stand-in presenter on BBC News and BBC Two for Victoria Derbyshire from 2015 onwards.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Norman has over 150,000 followers on Twitter (now called X) and uses his account as a platform to discuss current social and political events in addition to posting updates of ongoing current events for his followers.
- In 2018, he found himself in the middle of a sexism row after he made a comment about British Prime Minister, Theresa May being a ‘tough old bird.’ The comment was branded as offensive and sexist in nature and less than an hour after he made the comment, Norman issued an apology on air. He went on to call his language ‘familiar’ and apologised for any harm caused.
- Smith was also attacked by followers on Twitter (now called X) who labelled his comment to be sexist and way too common in society.
- In 2016, he was asked to stop an on-air broadcast while he was in parliament after a group of protestors interrupted proceedings inside the Central Lobby. Smith was informed that he could not film any footage of what was going on due to parliament rules.
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We were dismayed to hear that Norman was leaving the News at 1 team. Without a doubt, he was the best at summing up the main issues, very often with his wry sense of humour.
We’ve wished he could have stood as P. M, so clear in his thinking, and speaking.
We do wish him well in retirement, but if he could make a comeback, I’m sure there would be loud cheer! Feeling genuine sadness, at not seeing him each day, without doubt he’s been the one personality on the whole T. V, that I would ‘run’ to watch, whenever he appeared. From a desolate fan, of 85 yrs.
Audrey Anstead
I find the reporting of Norman Smith the most negative in all the BBC reporting. It would be nice FOR ONCE if he were to say something good about the government who are trying so hard to help everyone in this crisis. Yes they do not always get it right but this is a national crisis. SO PLEASE NORMAN FOR ONCE CAN YOU PLEASE SAY SOMETHING NICE,
Francesca
I am saddened by the premature retirement of the peerless Norman Smith BBC News Assistant Political Editor.
We all stop to listen at around 6.30 when he broadcasts. We are confident in the accuracy and honesty of his reporting and his good judgment. He is outstanding and is quite irreplaceable.
Thank you Norman for your reliability and telling it as it is!
C. Atkinson