Tim Whewell is a radio and television journalist and foreign correspondent with the BBC.

He grew up in Manchester, where his father Harry Whewell worked for the Manchester Guardian,[1][2] then studied Russian and modern history at University College, Oxford,[1] then trained at Cardiff University's School of Journalism.

[1] In 1991, he broadcast live from the Russian parliament's White House, while it was under siege.

[1] He was foreign reporter for Newsnight for twelve years, until November 2013.

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