James Naughtie – Paris Spring

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An independent survey voted James Naughtie’s as the best voice to wake up to and it will be familiar to many. As one of the main presenters on Radio 4’s Today Programme he interviewed our most famous and infamous public figures for over twenty years.

James Naughtie – Paris SpringBefore the world of radio he was a newspaper journalist, beginning his career at The Aberdeen Press and Journal before moving on to The Scotsman, the Washington Post and finally the Guardian.

In 1988 James succeeded Sir Robin Day as presenter of The World At One and he has anchored every election results programme for BBC radio since 1997. James has also presented The Proms on television since 1992, opera programmes for Radio 3 as well as Radio 4’s Bookclub.

He is the author of three books including his latest, Paris Spring, which brilliantly recounts the revolutionary spirit of the 1968 student uprisings within the context of a cold war spy thriller