Andrew David Bradley
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Andrew David Bradley | |
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| Born | 4 August 1988 Dundee, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Leonards School |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick (BA in Politics) City, University of London (MA in Political Journalism) |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcast journalist, television producer, author |
| Notable work | Animal Avenue |
Andrew David Bradley FRSA (born 4 August 1988) is a British author, broadcast journalist and consultant.[1]
He has worked with broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, and ITN, covering general elections, leadership contests and Royal weddings.[2]
Bradley is the author of 'Animal Avenue', a children's picture book, published in London in 2020.[3]
Early life
[edit]Bradley was born at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Scotland, and raised in St Andrews, Fife.[4]
He is the son of the Reverend Professor Ian Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Spiritual and Cultural History at the University of St Andrews, where he was Principal of St Marys College, St Andrews, and Lucy Patricia Bradley (née Blackburn), who worked as senior economist and assistant editor of Lloyds Bank Review at Lloyds Bank International.[citation needed]
His maternal grandfather was the Irish educationalist Robert Blackburn, who was instrumental in setting up the International Baccelaureate Curiculum and United World College movement[citation needed] and his great grandfather, Lt.-Cdr. Norman Ernest Archer, served as principal private secretary to Anthony Eden.[5]
Education
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Bradley attended Lawhead Primary School in Fife before his family did a locum on Berneray, North Uist.
He then returned to St Andrews to study at New Park School and St Leonards School, as one of the first four boys to enrol at the previously all-girls school, becoming head boy in 2005.[6]
Bradley went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from the University of Warwick in 2009.[7] He was awarded a Master of Arts in Political Journalism at City University London with distinction in 2011.[8]
Career
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Bradley began his journalism career in 2010 as a researcher for BBC News, contributing to the investigation Kids Who Care, looking into the number of children in the UK with caring responsibilities.[9]
Between 2011 and 2012, he worked first as an intern, then as marketing and research executive for BritainThinks, the strategy & insight consultancy set up by Deborah Mattinson, Baroness Mattinson, who would go on to become Keir Starmer's head of strategy.[10]
In 2016, Bradley joined ITV to help launch Peston on Sunday, hosted by Political Editor Robert Peston, who described Bradley as "creative, full of great ideas, a superb team player, a pleasure to work with".[11]
Before the 2018 United States elections, the Embassy of the United States, London selected Bradley for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). That year, he also attended the European Council in Brussels for ITV.[12]
Returning to London, Bradley was headhunted to join ITN Productions as a senior producer, covering the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, 2019 UK general election and 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "A night in the life of a broadcast journalist". 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Avenue-Andrew-Bradley/dp/1838335501
- ^ Selwyn, Flora. "Back Issues". St Andrews in Focus Archive.
- ^ O'Halpin, Eunan. "Spying on Ireland: British Intelligence and Irish Neutrality During the Second World War".
- ^ "TOK - TOK Talks programme".
- ^ "The Boar".
- ^ "English: Andrew David Bradley City MA Certificate Distinction" (PDF). 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Cameron warns against funding cuts for child carers". BBC News. 16 November 2010.
- ^ "DRNO by MrWeb - research appointment frame from email link". www.mrweb.com.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdavidbradley/
- ^ "Home".