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Gavin Esler is an award winning television and radio broadcaster, novelist and journalist. He is the author of five novels and a non-fiction book about the United States, “The United States of Anger”.
Gavin presented BBC’s Newsnight for eleven years between 2003 and 2014.
Born in Glasgow but brought up in Edinburgh, Gavin is also the main presenter on “Dateline London” on BBC World and the BBC News Channel. He’s also a regular newspaper and magazine writer and commentator.
Over the past two decades Gavin Esler has interviewed world leaders ranging from Mrs Thatcher to David Cameron and President Chirac to President Clinton. In the arts and culture programmes he anchors for BBC World he has also interviewed writers and artists ranging from V S Naipaul, Seamus Heaney, to Jose Carreras, Jane Fonda, Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz, plus numerous film-makers including John Boorman, Peter Bogdanovich, Terry Jones and Stephen Frears.
Gavin’s book “LESSONS FROM THE TOP” covers his fascination with leaders and leadership. In 2023 he published “Britain Is Better Than This: Why a Great Country is Failing Us All”.
In 2021 Gavin Esler appeared as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef UK. This was Series 16 of the show and he was the oldest male contestant that season at age 68
Gavin is host of “This Is Not A Drill” podcast, where he discusses global politics and current affairs. A recent episode from January 2025 tackled the implications of Donald Trump’s foreign policy moves
Gavin Esler is based in London and is available for hosting, facilitating and after dinner speaking.
