1. Neil Oliver was born on 21 February 1967 and is a Scottish television presenter, author, and conspiracy theorist.
20 Facts About Neil Oliver
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Neil Oliver has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including A History of Scotland, Vikings and Coast.
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Neil Oliver is an author of popular history books and historical fiction.
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Neil Oliver was the president of the National Trust for Scotland from 2017 to 2020.
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Since 2021 Oliver has been a presenter for UK News channel GB News.
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Neil Oliver was born in Renfrew and raised in Ayr and Dumfries, where he attended Dumfries Academy and then the University of Glasgow.
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Neil Oliver obtained an MA in archaeology and then worked as a freelance archaeologist before training as a journalist.
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Neil Oliver first appeared on television in the 2002 BBC Two series Two Men in a Trench, in which he and archaeologist Tony Pollard visited historic British battlefields.
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Neil Oliver was a co-author of the two books accompanying the series.
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Neil Oliver was a co-presenter of the first series of Coast in 2005 and replaced Nicholas Crane as the show's main presenter for the second, third, fourth and fifth series.
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Neil Oliver presented Coast Australia and Coast New Zealand.
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From 2006 to 2018, Neil Oliver presented a number of history documentaries for the BBC, including A History of Scotland and Sacred Wonders of Britain.
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Neil Oliver wrote a weekly column for The Sunday Times from 2016 until 2022.
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Neil Oliver criticised the drive to vaccinate children in the UK against COVID-19, and likened the fight against government anti-COVID measures to the fight against Nazi Germany.
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Tom Holland, an advisory board member of These Islands, said that Neil Oliver's "current focus was not compatible with our own".
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In January 2024, on GB News Neil Oliver promoted the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus vaccine caused a condition called "turbo-cancer" in children.
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In May 2023, Neil Oliver retweeted an image featuring Bill Gates, writing "Bill Gates: the text book example of the danger posed by rich and powerful people utterly devoid of empathy or care for individual human life".
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In July 2023, Neil Oliver asserted on GB News that the "terrifying" temperatures reported during the heatwave in southern Europe were false and accused the BBC and others of fearmongering over climate change.
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Neil Oliver alleged that ground temperatures instead of air temperatures were being used.
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Neil Oliver was formerly listed as a patron of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers.