Tom Bradby is a journalist and novellist. He has been political editor for ITV News since July 2005. ITV News is broadcast on British TV channel ITV1. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early years

He was born in Malta in 1967 but was educated in Britain at Sherborne School and the University of Edinburgh . 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The school buildings Sherborne School is a public school for boys in the affluent town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

Career

Tom joined ITN as an editorial trainee in 1990 and subsequently became Michael Brunson's (who was then the Political Editor) producer in 1992. ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This article is about the year. ... Michael Brunson is a well-known British political journalist. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Tom spent three years (1993-96) as Ireland correspondent, during which time he covered the the peace process, the IRA ceasefire and Bill Clinton's visit to Ireland in November 1995. When discussing the history of Northern Ireland, the peace process is generally considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 IRA ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of The Troubles, the Belfast (or Good Friday) Agreement, and subsequent political developments. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the RA) is an Irish Republican paramilitary organisation dedicated to the end of British rule in Northern Ireland and to a United Ireland. ... A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war, or any armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1999-2001, he was ITV's Asia correspondent. In October 1999, Tom was injured whilst covering the riots in Jakarta against the newly-elected President, Abdurrahman Wahid. He was hit in the leg by a flare attached to a chain as demonstrators clashed with armed police in the Indonesian capital. He underwent a three-hour operation for a compound fracture of his fibula and spent several days in a Jakarta hospital before flying home to Hong Kong to convalesce. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Motto: Jaya Raya (Indonesian): Prosper and Great Founded 22 June 1527 Governor Sutiyoso Area 661. ... Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid (also known as Gus Dur) (born August 4, 1940) was President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, and leader of the National Awakening Party, which he founded after the fall of Suharto. ...

After recovering from his injury, he was Royal Correspondent for ITV News, covering a number of key stories, including the Queen's Jubilee year, as well as the death of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms (and has previously been Queen of sixteen others). ... Queen Elizabeth II makes an official appearance at the CBC Headquarters as part of her Jubilee goodwill tour, October 2002. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as Queen Elizabeth. ... The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones, née Windsor) 21 August 1930–9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She also later held the title Countess of Snowdon by...

He was subsequently ITV News' UK editor and then Political editor.

Publications

As well as being a journalist, Tom is the author of the following novels:

• Shadow Dancer (1998) ISBN 0552145866
• The Sleep of the Dead (2001)ISBN 0552145874
• The Master of Rain (2002) ISBN 055214746X
• The White Russian (2003) ISBN 0552149004
• The God of Chaos (2004) ISBN 0593052676

Personal

Tom is married with three children.