Glenn Campbell (born 1976) is a Scottish news and current affairs broadcaster, formerly political editor for

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. He grew up on

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and studied at the

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. His career began in commercial radio. A former head of news and sport at Scot FM, he also presented the station's news magazine 'Lunchtime Live' which won a silver Sony Award in 1999. Campbell joined BBC Scotland in 2001, originally working for their radio station,

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. Currently, he works for their television arm, and has regularly reported and presented on programmes such as '' Reporting Scotland'' and ''

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''. He also presented the network's coverage of the 2007 Scottish election and contributes regularly on ''

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''. He has been a stand-in presenter on Radio 4's '' PM'' programme. Campbell hosted BBC Scotland's coverage of the 2015 general election and anchored coverage of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. On 25 August 2014, Campbell moderated the second

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debate between

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and

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in Glasgow. He then hosted the referendum result programme on BBC One Scotland on 18 September 2014. On 15 December 2020, Campbell was announced as BBC Scotland's political editor, beginning in January 2021.

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