Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary Society 

Peter Snow CBE is one of Britain's best known journalists and broadcasters. Born in Dublin in 1938, he is the cousin of Channel 4 News' Jon Snow and brother-in-law of historian-writer Margaret MacMilla.

Peter Snow started his broadcasting career at ITN in 1962 as a script-writer and reporter and began newscasting the same year. He was appointed Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent in 1966, and for the next decade reported from all round the world. In 1979 he moved to the BBC to become one of the first (and regular) presenters of Newsnight when it began in January 1980. After 18 years he retired from his post and went on to present Tomorrow's World (from 1997 to 2001).

Peter is also well known for his inimitable style he brought to the live general election results broadcasts, presenting statistical analyses of the results using the "Swingometer". In 2005 he announced he would be standing down from this to concentrate more on journalism.

In 2002, he made a programme for BBC TWO with his son, Dan, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Alamein: Battleplan. This led to them both presenting two further series – Battlefield Britain, featuring eight battles from Boudicca to the Battle of Britain which aired in 2004, and 20th century Battles (2006/7).

Peter currently presents Masterteam on BBC Radio 4 as well as Random Edition – a review of the newspapers from a day in history chosen at random.

Peter Snow is highly respected and much sought-after as a conference and business speaker as well as a presenter and conference facilitator/host. He is married to Ann MacMillan of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and has six children. He enjoys sailing, skiing, and model railways.