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Steve Richards
British TV presenter and political columnist
For other people with similar names, see Stephen Richards (disambiguation).
Steve Richards (born 6 June ) is a British TV presenter and political columnist, who has written columns for the Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, of which he was political editor for a time.
He regularly presents Radio 4's Week in Westminster and hosts a podcast and a one-man show, Rock N Roll Politics.[1]
Richards has also authored several books on politics and British political history, including The Prime Ministers We Never Had and The Prime Ministers, both of which received critical acclaim.
His most recent work, Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from to Truss, was published by Macmillan in
Early life
Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and graduated in history at the University of York in [2] before securing a place on a journalism course at the London College of Printing.
Journalism career
Richards worked in local radio and regional TV in Newcastle, before becoming a BBC political correspondent in In , he became Political Editor for the New Statesman while continuing to present on radio and TV. In , he became a political columnist at The Independent and Independent on Sunday.
Steve richards independent biography template word What Steve Richards's clients say. This article related to a BBC television programme is a stub. Read Edit View history. Add to Shortlist Remove from Shortlist.Richards presented GMTV's The Sunday Programme, BBC Two's Despatch Box and BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster.
In early , he presented a series of television talks on modern Prime Ministers entitled Leadership Reflections, with episodes about Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron, broadcast on BBC Parliament.
In late , Richards presented another series of reflections, this time on major political "Turning Points". There are six episodes and they are about the following topics: the general election; the rise of the SDP; the death of John Smith; the financial crash of ; the Brexit referendum; and the general election.
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In , he presented another series of episodes for BBC Parliament, entitled Reflections: The Prime Ministers We Never Had, which profiled Rab Butler, Denis Healey, Tony Benn, Roy Jenkins, Neil Kinnock, Michael Heseltine, Kenneth Clarke, Michael Portillo, and David Miliband and Ed Miliband.
Personal life
He lives in North London with his wife and two children.
Richard’s son, Jake Richards, is the Labour MP for Rother Valley, elected in the general election. As well as this, he serves as a barrister in the North of London, where he lives with his partner and Sky News presenter, Liz Bates.[3][4][5]