Mark Mardell had previously served as BBC News's Europe editor, and provided coverage for each United Kingdom general election between 1992 and 2005, before he became North America editor.
11 Facts About Mark Mardell
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Mark Mardell began his career reporting and reading the news for commercial station Radio Tees.
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Mark Mardell then worked at Radio Aire in Leeds before moving to Independent Radio News in London, where he became industrial editor covering the miners' strike and then the Wapping print dispute.
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Mark Mardell first appeared on television on Channel 4's The Sharp End.
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Mark Mardell joined the BBC in 1989 as political correspondent for the BBC Six O'Clock News.
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From 1992 to 2000, Mark Mardell worked as political editor for BBC Two's Newsnight programme.
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Mark Mardell returned to the Six O'Clock News, before becoming chief political correspondent and moving to the BBC Ten O'Clock News in 2003.
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Mark Mardell regularly presented The World at One on BBC Radio 4, and presented a humorous review on This Week, BBC One's political chat show.
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Mark Mardell left his post as Europe editor to replace Justin Webb as BBC North America editor when Webb became a presenter on Radio 4's Today programme.
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On BBC Radio 4's Today programme, broadcast on 3 October 2022, Mark Mardell spoke freely of his illness with presenter Nick Robinson, and highlighted that presenter Jeremy Paxman had likewise been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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Since March 2023 Mark Mardell has contributed to a podcast 'Movers and Shakers' which is "about life with Parkinson's".