Ben McGrail (born 4 November)[1] is a British broadcast journalist, best known for his work at ITV News West Country as their Somerset Correspondent.
[4] After graduating, McGrail worked as a freelance journalist before joining Andover Sound in September 2008 as news editor and drivetime presenter.
[5] In 2011 McGrail was appointed as the drivetime presenter on BBC Somerset and in 2013 he took over the 9 am mid-morning phone-in programme.
[7] In 2010 McGrail and the Andover Sound news team won a silver at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in the Journalist of the Year category.
[9][10] Meanwhile in 2015 McGrail won a national Mind Media Award for his coverage of mental health in Somerset.