Andrew Marr is a Scottish journalist and political commentator. He edited The Independent for two years, until May 1998, and was the political editor for the BBC from 2000 until 2005. He then began hosting a political programme called The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005 onwards. In 2007, he presented a political history of post-war Britain on BBC Two, Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain.