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Mark Urban (Mark Lee Urban) was born on 26 January, 1961 in Marylebone, London, England, is a British journalist. Discover Mark Urban's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Mark Lee Urban
Occupation BBC correspondent, military historian
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 26 January 1961
Birthday 26 January
Birthplace Marylebone, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1961

Mark Lee Urban (born 26 January 1961) is a British journalist, historian, and broadcaster, and is currently the Diplomatic Editor and occasional presenter for BBC Two's Newsnight.

His older brother is the film-maker Stuart Urban.

Urban's father came from Poland, but Mark was born in England.

Educated at the independent day schools Rokeby School and King's College School in Wimbledon, South London, he continued his education at the London School of Economics.

After graduation, he served in the British Army, for nine months as a regular officer in the Royal Tank Regiment on a Short Service Limited Commission and for four years in the Territorial Army.

1983

Urban joined the BBC in 1983 as an assistant producer, working on several BBC news programmes.

1986

From 1986 to 1990 he was the defence correspondent of The Independent, before rejoining the BBC as a general reporter on Newsnight.

1992

In 1992, Urban published Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the secret struggle against the IRA on killings by British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary undercover units in Northern Ireland between 1976 and 1987.

The book, which was subject to censorship by the D-Notice Committee, was described by John Stalker as "deep and meticulous delving into a secret war".

1993

From 1993 to 1994 he was Middle East correspondent for BBC News, before becoming Newsnight's diplomatic editor, a role he has held since 1995.

He has at times been an embedded reporter, first with British and then U.S. troops.

In his years on Newsnight, he has reported on the Gulf War, the Bosnian War, War in Kosovo, the War in Afghanistan and War in Iraq.

2001

In 2001, he published The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell, using narrative and first-hand accounts of the war.

2003

His second narrative history, Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters, published in 2003, continues the story of the Iberian campaign, through the history of the 95th Rifles.

His study of the Royal Welch Fusiliers also combined narrative with first-hand accounts.

2010

In 2010, he published Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq, described as a "ground-breaking investigation" and which required months of negotiations with the Ministry of Defence who had tried to prevent publication.

2018

After the 2018 Amesbury poisonings Urban reported that he was working with Sergei Skripal up to a year before the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury.