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erage on the corporation s flagship tv and radio news programmes the bbc news channel its website and on radio 4 s today 8 while no impropriety on the part of peston was implied it was claimed in the observer 13 on 19 october 2008 that the serious fraud office sfo could enquire into the source of one of peston s scoops which in september 2008 in the fraught atmosphere of the 2008 financial crisis revealed that merger talks between hbos and lloyds tsb were at an advanced stage in the minutes before the broadcast buyers purchased millions of hbos shares at the deflated price of 96p in the hour following it they could be sold for 215p the conservative mp greg hands had written to the sfo about this on 4 february 2009 peston appeared as a witness at the house of commons treasury select committee along with alex brummer city editor daily mail lionel barber editor of the financial times sir simon jenkins the guardian and sky news business editor jeff randall to answer questions on the role of the media in financial stability and whether financial journalists should operate under any form of reporting restrictions during banking crises 14 on 28 august 2009 peston had a highly publicised row with james murdoch following the latter s mactaggart lecture 15 16 in 2010 2011 he repeatedly broke stories relating to news international s involvement with phone hacking at times which were perceived as advantageous to the company this combined with his relationship with senior news international figures led to articles and comments regarding his close relationship to the organisation 17 in 2010 peston founded futures for all formerly speakers for schools a pro bono education venture which organises speakers from the worlds of business politics media the arts science engineering and sports to give talks for free in state schools 4 18 19 on 17 october 2013 peston was appointed economics editor of bbc news replacing stephanie flanders who was appointed as chief market strategist at jp morgan asset management 20 he continued as business editor as well until his replacement kamal ahmed took over the post on 24 march 2014 20 on 4 october 2015 it was announced that peston would leave the bbc to join itv news as their political editor replacing tom bradby who became the main presenter of news at ten peston made his last appearance on bbc news on 25 november 2015 and his first appearance on itv s news at ten on 11 january 2016 21 22 he had a significant scoop in april 2016 when prime minister david cameron stated in an interview he had profited from his father s offshore blairmore holdings trust after information about the trust had been disclosed in the panama papers release 4 he presents itv s weekly political discussion show peston on sunday which started on 8 may 2016 4 in 2018 the programme moved to a wednesday night timeslot rebranded as peston 23 in december 2019 peston apologised for incorrectly tweeting without verification that a labour activist had punched a conservative party adviser footage was soon released showing that this was not true he later apologised for his remarks and retracted them 24 25 in 2020 he said that boris johnson s government had become socialistic and was more castro than castro 26 27 28 awards edit peston reporting for the bbc 2009 at the royal television society s television journalism awards 2008 09 peston won both specialist journalist of the year and television journalist of the year for his coverage of the credit crunch and a string of scoops associated with it 29 also his scoop on lloyds tsb s takeover of hbos won the royal television society s scoop of the year award he was voted best performer in a non acting role in the broadcasting press guild s 2009 awards 30 peston won the work foundation s broadcast news journalism award and the foundation s radio programme of the year award for his file on 4 the inside story of northern rock 31 his blog won the digital media category in the private equity and venture capital journalist of the year awards 32 peston received an honorary doctorate from heriot watt university in 2010 33 in 2011 he was honoured as a fellow of aberystwyth university in recognition of his success in journalism his insightful writing and his contribution to the local community 34 delivery style edit peston s delivery on radio and television news has attracted comment tim teeman in the times described his intonation as raggedy and querulous in 2008 35 and ann treneman described peston as excruciatingly hard to listen to in 2009 36 elizabeth grice in the daily telegraph identified strangulated diction and repetition of small words among his traits in the same article maintaining he is loads better than he was peston himself conceded he is still not as polished as some 37 books edit peston published his biography of gordon brown brown s britain in january 2005 it details the rivalry between brown and the then prime minister tony blair brown s britain was described by sir howard davies former director of the london school of economics as a book of unusual political significance the cover of the book describes how peston was given unprecedented access to gordon brown and his friends and colleagues 9 in february 2008 hodder stoughton published peston s book who runs britain how the super rich are changing our lives in the guardian polly toynbee said of it reading peston s book you can only be flabbergasted all over again at how labour kowtowed to wealth glorified the city and put all the nation s economic eggs into one dangerous basket of fizzy finance 38 in september 2012 hodder stoughton published how do we fix this mess the economic price of having it all and the route to lasting prosperity the observer described it as a must read mandatory reading for anyone who wants to have a voice in where we go from here 39 his book wtf was published by hodder stoughton in november 2017 and charts the events that led up to the 2016 brexit referendum whistleblower his first novel appeared in september 2021 the protagonist is a lobby journalist political reporter for the fictional financial chronicle and the colourful background to the story set at the time of the 1997 general election in britain reflects peston s detailed knowledge of his subject 40 41 in september 2024 hodder stoughton published how to run britain therapy for a traumatised nation peston co wrote the book with kishan koria 19 personal life edit peston in june 2007 peston married british canadian writer siân busby in 1998 and the two had a son named maximilian 42 they had known each other since their teenage years and only rekindled their relationship after her friend peston s sister juliet was hospitalised following a car crash 43 in the intervening years busby had been married and divorced peston became the step father of her son from that marriage busby died in september 2012 at the age of 51 of lung cancer 44 45 in september 2018 peston said he felt guilty after falling in love with another woman several years after his wife s death and revealed that he was then in a relationship with author and journalist charlotte edwardes 46 in february 2025 edwardes and peston split up 47 48 peston previously lived in the muswell hill area of london after his home was burgled in december 2012 he made an appeal for the return of rings that had belonged to his late wife 49 peston is a member of a band called centrist dad peston who is the vocalist is accompanied by john wilson on bass guitar and ed balls on drums 19 peston was born into a non religious jewish family 4 and has described himself as culturally jewish rather than religiously so 7 his father was a patron of the british humanist association and an honorary associate of the national secular society 50 filmography edit year title role notes 2008 super rich the greed game presenter 2012 the great euro crash presenter 51 2013 robert peston goes shopping presenter 52 2014 how china fooled the world presenter 53 2015 have i got news for you guest host 1 episode 2015 quelle catastrophe france presenter 54 2016 the great chinese crash presenter 55 2016 the agenda with tom bradby guest presenter 2016 2018 peston on sunday presenter 2017 red nose day actually himself 2018 cunk on britain himself 3 episodes 2018 present peston presenter 2021 love your weekend with alan titchmarsh himself 2024 celebrity chase contestant style and titles edit robert james kenneth peston 1960 87 the honourable robert james kenneth peston since 1987 he doesn t use this even though he is entitled to see also edit courtesy titles in the united kingdom courtesy prefix of the honourable references edit robert peston itv news sherwin adam 30 june 2023 robert peston and steph mcgovern to launch the rest is money podcast focused on cost of living the i paper retrieved 7 june 2026 grice elizabeth 24 january 2008 robert peston i m not going to become smooth and phoney the daily telegraph london retrieved 8 october 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 calkin jessamy 8 may 2016 robert peston on finding love after the death of his wife being a single father and the bbc versus itv the daily telegraph retrieved 10 may 2016 beckett andy 23 february 2017 ppe the oxford degree that runs britain the guardian retrieved 19 november 2020 plante robert peston lynda la 7 may 2013 you may have a first class degree but lord winston doesn t want you the daily telegraph issn 0307 1235 retrieved 29 april 2020 cite news cs1 maint multiple names authors list link 1 2 robert peston the bbc reporter who means business the jewish chronicle 21 february 2008 retrieved 8 march 2020 1 2 white dominic 10 december 2005 peston in line as bbc voice of business the daily telegraph london retrieved 28 february 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 silver james 19 december 2005 this man means business at the bbc the guardian london retrieved 28 february 2009 robert peston thorn in darling s side the first post 8 october 2008 retrieved 28 february 2009 dead link kellaway lucy 12 august 2011 the networker financial times archived from the original on 11 december 2022 retrieved 18 may 2015 robert peston bbc 14 july 2006 retrieved 28 february 2009 helm toby sfo probe the guardian london retrieved 16 september 2014 treasury committee treasury committee press list benzine adam 29 august 2009 murdoch peston in edinburgh bust up c21 media holmwood leigh robinson james 30 august 2009 bbc s robert peston in furious face to face row with james murdoch the observer london burrell ian 13 july 2011 bbc in a spin over robert peston s inside track to news international the independent london that event and mr peston s role at it are indicative of the business editor s status although he had previously clashed with james murdoch at a dinner in edinburgh in 2009 shortly after the news corp scion had made a public attack on the bbc mr peston s relations with mr lewis with whom he formerly worked at the financial times go much deeper none of this would be a problem for the bbc if it were not for the suggestion that mr peston s scoops this month were helpful to mr murdoch s media organisation or factions within it speakers for schools speakers4schools org retrieved 16 september 2014 1 2 3 williams zoe 17 september 2024 it s an astonishingly fragile time robert peston on inequality identity politics and how to heal britain the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved 17 september 2024 1 2 robert peston to become bbc economics editor bbc news 17 october 2013 retrieved 24 october 2013 robert peston joins itv news expert line up as political editor itv com 7 october 2015 retrieved 6 july 2016 hello and welcome to my new home as itv political editor 9 january 2016 retrieved 6 july 2016 waterson jim 6 june 2018 robert peston moves to midweek itv slot after poor viewing figures the guardian retrieved 26 october 2018 mayhew freddy 10 december 2019 bbc and itv political editors apologise for false hospital punch claim in tweets press gazette the tories have punched truth in the face joel golby the guardian 10 december 2019 asemota jed 13 november 2020 why free school meals is a political choice varsity online retrieved 27 november 2020 tyrone nick 23 october 2020 defending robert peston s the government is socialist tweet nicktyrone com retrieved 27 november 2020 bilsborough joe 26 november 2020 austerity just by another name tribune retrieved 27 november 2020 bbc s robert peston scoops awards bbc 27 january 2009 retrieved 6 july 2016 2009 awards broadcasting press guild 30 january 2009 retrieved 16 september 2014 winners of the workworld media awards announced the work foundation 28 january 2008 archived from the original on 17 july 2011 retrieved 21 april 2009 bvca private equity and venture capital journalist of the year award winners bvca retrieved 21 april 2009 permanent dead link design science engineering and sport among heriot watt honorary degrees heriot watt university 8 july 2010 retrieved 6 july 2016 robert peston honoured as fellow aberystwyth university 12 july 2011 retrieved 19 january 2022 teeman tim 2 april 2008 bianca barrels back on to eastenders the times retrieved 13 june 2017 agggh what is it with robert peston s raggedy querulous intonation treneman ann 5 february 2009 appalling delivery rambling replies but the robert peston show is a masterclass the times retrieved 13 june 2017 but this was the peston show because pesto as he is called has had a very very good credit crunch his stories have made him a star almost it must be said despite himself for this is a man who can be excruciatingly hard to listen to many is the morning when i shout at the radio spit it out man robert peston interview the daily telegraph london 24 january 2008 archived from the original on 25 march 2008 retrieved 16 september 2014 toynbee polly 19 february 2008 labour s election hopes rely on things they don t control the guardian retrieved 28 february 2009 www theobserver co uk peston robert september 2021 the whistleblower bonnier zaffre isbn 9781838775247 dex robert 7 september 2021 the whistleblower by robert peston review evening standard retrieved 19 january 2022 obituary siân busby telegraph co uk 6 september 2012 grice elizabeth robert peston i m not going to become smooth and phoney the daily telegraph 24 january 2008 retrieved 3 september 2019 obituary siân busby the daily telegraph london 6 september 2012 retrieved 16 september 2014 robert peston leave of absence bbc news 5 september 2012 retrieved 5 january 2014 peston i felt guilt after falling in love again bbc news 23 september 2018 retrieved 23 september 2018 smith julia llewellyn robert peston midlife crisis mine has lasted for decades the times grenby ed itv s robert peston ai revolution will be possibly be the most important radio times radiotimes com retrieved 30 september 2026 marsden sam 20 december 2012 bbc business editor robert peston appeals for return of late wife s stolen rings the daily telegraph london retrieved 12 august 2013 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