Thomas Matthew Bradby (born 13 January 1967) is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ''

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''. He was previously political editor for

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from 2005 to 2015, and presented '' The Agenda with Tom Bradby'', a political discussion series, from 2012 to 2016.

Early life and education

Bradby's father served in the Royal Navy and as a result he was born in

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in 1967. He is an only child, and both parents are described by him as exemplary. After a short spell in

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he moved to Britain. He was privately educated at

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and

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, before studying history at the

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Career

Bradby has worked for ITN, producer of ITV News, since 1990 when he joined the organisation as an editorial trainee. He subsequently became producer for ITV's political editor

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in 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Bradby was ITV's Ireland correspondent, reporting on events including the

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, the

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and

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's visit to Ireland in November 1995. Bradby later became ITV's Asia correspondent from 1999 to 2001. In October 1999, he was injured whilst covering the riots in Jakarta against the newly elected President,

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. Bradby returned to Britain and began a stint as royal correspondent, covering a number of key stories, including the

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, as well as the deaths of

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and

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. He later became UK editor and then political editor, taking on the role in 2005. On 16 November 2010, Bradby carried out the first official interview of

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and

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after the couple's engagement was announced. It was reported that Bradby was chosen specifically to conduct the interview owing to a long-standing acquaintance with Prince William. He subsequently attended their wedding as a guest. In 2021, it was reported that Prince William had cut Bradby off for "siding with Harry" after the

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affair. Bradby had worked on a 2016 BBC documentary about Prince Harry's charity work in Lesotho and got to know him fairly intimately. Bradby has since transitioned from reporter to presenter for a variety of programmes: In February 2012, ITV launched a weekly political discussion programme, ''

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'', hosted by Bradby; in August 2013, Bradby presented an edition of '' News at Ten'' for the first time; and in May 2015, he presented ITV's main coverage of the 2015 general election. In October 2015, Bradby took over as the main newscaster of the flagship ''News at Ten''. In June 2016, Bradby led live coverage of the EU Referendum 2016 for ''

''. In November 2020, Bradby led through the night coverage of the US presidential election 2020 for

, live from Washington, D.C. On 17 April 2021, Bradby co-presented ITV's coverage of the

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with

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. Bradby's interview with Prince Harry, ''Harry: The Interview'', was broadcast on 8 January 2023 in advance of the publication of Harry's memoir, ''

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''.

Publications

Bradby has written nine novels: * ''Shadow Dancer'' (1998) * ''The Sleep of the Dead'' (2001) * ''The Master of Rain'' (2002) * ''The White Russian'' (2003) * ''The God of Chaos'' (2004) * ''Blood Money'' (2009) *''Secret Service'' (2019) *''Double Agent'' (2020) *''Triple Cross'' (2021) *''Yesterday's Spy'' (2022) ''Shadow Dancer'' was adapted by Bradby into a film of the same name starring

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and

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in 2012. It premiered at the

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. Bradby wrote the

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drama '' The Great Fire'', broadcast in 2014.

Personal life

In 1994, Bradby married Claudia, the daughter of vice-admiral Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton. Bradby lives in

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with Claudia, a jewellery designer, and their three children. Bradby stated in 2007 that he is

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with no "coherent set of political views". The couple attended in a personal capacity, both of the individual weddings of Prince William and Prince Harry. Kate Middleton (as she was) professionally collaborated with Claudia on a jewellery design.

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