Mark Easton
Home Editor, BBC

Mark is an award-winning broadcaster and writer who appears regularly on television, radio and online. His latest book ‘Islands: Searching for Truth on the Shoreline’ was published in 2022. Mark’s has won several awards for his television documentaries and news reports, including Royal Statistical Society awards for statistical excellence in 2009 and 2010. His BBC blog was a finalist at the prestigious international Online Journalism Awards in San Francisco. Mark’s role is to provide expert analysis and broad perspective on the issues and stories affecting modern Britain, chronicling the impact of rapid demographic, technological, economic and global change. A well-known facilitator and speaker within the housing sector, Mark presented the Radio 4 programme ‘Housing: Where Will We Live?’. Before taking up his current post in 2004, Mark was Home and Social Affairs Editor at Channel 4 Television and Political Editor at Channel 5 television.