Occupation Journalist Education University of Bradford Role Journalist | Name John Pienaar Children 4 | |
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Full Name John Adrian Pienaar Born 2 October 1956 (age 68) ( 1956-10-02 ) Nationality British (of Dutch descent) Spouse(s) Denise Walsh (1980-?;divorced)Penny Davies (present) Similar People Stephen Nolan, Garry Richardson, James Landale, Tony Livesey Profiles |
John Pienaar - Keynote Speaker - Politics and Current Affairs
John Adrian Pienaar (born 2 October 1956) is a British journalist who is currently Deputy Political Editor for BBC News, and presenter of Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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- John Pienaar Keynote Speaker Politics and Current Affairs
- John Pienaar Power of the Master Class Programme
- Career
- References

John Pienaar - Power of the Master Class Programme
Career

Pienaar began his journalistic career at South London Press, before becoming an Old Bailey correspondent. He was then a Political Correspondent at The Independent, the Press Association, The Guardian, and from 1992 the BBC, on a range of TV and radio news and current affairs programmes. In 2002 he became Chief Political Correspondent at Radio 5 Live, on which he hosts the Sunday morning programme Pienaar's Politics, and Question Time Extra Time (a radio supplement to BBC 1's Question Time) alongside Stephen Nolan.



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