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Nicolai Gentchev is a television producer and journalist, and the former Editor of BBC One's Question Time from 2011.

Early life

He was born in Bulgaria and moved to Britain aged 8. He attended St Paul's School, London, and the University of Glasgow where he studied Economic History with Russian Language and Literature. While a student he wrote book and theatre reviews for left-wing periodicals.

Career

Bloomberg News

He worked for Bloomberg for six years.

Radio 4

He joined the BBC in April 2006. He worked on the Today programme from 2008 to 2010.

Good Morning Scotland

From January 2010 to April 2011 he was Editor of Good Morning Scotland, the main breakfast programme on BBC Radio Scotland.

Question Time

He became Editor of Question Time in April 2011.[1][2] In September 2011, the Question Time office moved from London to Glasgow.[citation needed]

In September 2016 he became the Executive Producer of Question Time, replacing Hayley Valentine.[3] Mentorn Media has produced Question Time since 1998.

See also

References

Media offices
Preceded by Editor of Question Time
April 2011 - September 2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Phil Wells
Editor of Good Morning Scotland
January 2010 - April 2011
Succeeded by