Robin Markwell

Political Producer, Reporter, Presenter & Series Editor @Bbc News

Bristol, GB

I film and edit pieces about politics for BBC Points West and BBC Politics West. Most enjoy a ramble with a camera down your street. Always trying to make politics more accessible. Report, produce and sometimes present the show. Producer and presenter of digital debates on the BBC iPlayer during the coronavirus crisis (pubs, schools, masks). Devised and co-hosted the BBC\'s Election West podcast in 2021 and 2022. As the Series Editor of BBC Politics West – I have produced editions on location in Strasbourg, Brussels and Westminster as well as taking the show on the road throughout the West. Presented a special from Glastonbury in 2019. Produced and co-presented a COP26 outside broadcast in 2021. Maker of special debate programmes for BBC West television - including the hustings “A Mayor for the West” (2017) and the round-table devolution debate “What Next For The West?” (2015). Presenter of a double feature on BBC Inside Out West about missing artefacts at Bristol’s Empire & Commonwealth Museum, picked up by the Guardian, Mail Online and Radio 4’s You and Yours. I also produced a film about Arron Banks campaign during the Brexit referendum that ran on the One O\'Clock News.

University of Bristol

Master's degree, Geography