Gavin Esler (born Glasgow, February 27, 1953) is a BBC television presenter. For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ...

Gavin Esler is currently one of the three main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight. He joined the programme in January 2003; he replaced Jeremy Vine who left to take over from Jimmy Young on Radio 2. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and the first British television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. ... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22. ... Jeremy Vine (born May 17, 1965, Epsom, England) is a current affairs presenter on BBC radio and television. ... Sir Jimmy Young (born probably September 21, 1921) is a well-known British disc jockey and radio interviewer. ...

Educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, Esler completed a BA in English and American literature and a further MA in Irish literature at the University of Kent. He first entered journalism on the Belfast Telegraph in 1976. George Heriots School is a private primary and secondary school on Lauriston Place in Edinburgh, Scotland, with around 1500 pupils. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ... BA or Ba may stand for: // Abbreviations Bachelor of Arts, see Bachelors degree barium (Ba), the chemical symbol for the chemical element Bashkir language (ISO 639 alpha-2, ba) Boston and Albany Railroad (AAR reporting mark BA) Corporations & institutions Boeing Company (stock symbol) British Airways British Association for the... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... MA may stand for: Master of Arts, a post-graduate academic degree Master of Arts, an undergraduate degree in Scotland MA (complexity), a complexity class, comprising the languages decidable by interactive proof systems of the Merlin-Arthur type Madagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code) Main Assist: in MMORPGs (massively multiplayer... For a comparatively small country, Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to world literature in all its branches. ... The University of Kent is a plate glass campus university in Kent, UK. // Disambiguation The original and main campus of the University is in Canterbury, and for many years it was known as the University of Kent at Canterbury (or UKC). ... The Belfast Telegraph is a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News and Media. ...

Following this Esler joined the BBC in 1977 as Northern Ireland reporter, he extended this role upon joining Newsnight in 1982. Esler was then made Washington correspondent and later chief North America correspondent for the BBC, in charge of shaping coverage across the whole continent for the corporation and was accredited with covering both the Bush sr and later Clinton administrations. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... Clinton may refer to a number of persons or places. ...

He delivered coverage for the BBC's rolling news service BBC News 24 (which he was involved in from its outset) on the Clinton/Lewinsky scandals. His report on the military build up in the Aleutian islands as part of the Reagan administration's New Maritime Strategy earned him a Royal Television award. BBC News 24 is BBC News 24-hour news television channel in the UK, its international counterpart being BBC World. ... Time Magazines special report. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... President Reagan, with his Cabinet and staff, in the Oval Office (February 4, 1981) Headed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989, the Reagan Administration was conservative, steadfastly anti-Communist and in favor of tax cuts and smaller government. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...

Esler also spent several years during the mid 1980s as presenter of BBC One's regional news programme for London and the South East of England - Newsroom South East. Viewing Figure History BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... South East England is one of the official regions of England. ... The last incarnation of the Newsroom South East titles in 2000 BBC Newsroom South East was the name of the BBCs regional news programme from 1990 until 2000. ...

Esler's journalistic credentials extend further across the globe however, he has reported for news and documentary programmes across Europe, Russia, China and North and South America. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Esler is the author of three novels - Loyalties, Deep Blue and The Blood Brother. He has also written a book on American discontent, The United States of Anger, published in October 1997 (Penguin). He writes a regular column for The Scotsman, The Independent and other publications. Access to health insurance Main article: Health care in the United States The United States does not have a national health care or system of socialized medicine, although programs such as Medicare and Medicaid provide basic health insurance to elderly, disabled, and poor residents. ... The Scotsmans offices in Edinburgh The Scotsman is a Scottish newspaper published in Edinburgh. ... For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ...

He is married with two children and his hobbies include camping, hiking and skiing. Car camping with all the comforts Camping is an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent, primitive structure, a travel trailer or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... Members of the US Air Force skiing (and snowboarding) at Keystone Resorts 14th Annual SnoFest An alpine skier Deep powder skiing Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. ...

His confrontational interviewing technique is controversial, and because of his interviews he has been labeled at the same time a "left-wing anti-american" and a "neo-con apologist". His successor as the BBC's Washington Correspondent, Stephen Sackur, is continuing that tradition and has recently joined BBC Radio 4's flagship morning political analysis show, the Today programme. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Anti-American sentiment is a hostility towards or disapproval of the government, culture, history, and/or people of the United States of America. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ...