Robin Oakley OBE
Born	Robert Francis Leigh Oakley[1] (1941-08-20)20 August 1941 (age 84) Kidderminster, England
Occupations	Journalist broadcaster
Title	Political editor ofBBC News (1992–2000) European political editor ofCNN International (2000–2008)
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Robert Francis Leigh OakleyOBE (born 20 August 1941) is a British journalist and writer. From 1992 to 2000 he waspolitical editor at theBBC and from 2000 to 2008 he was European political editor atCNN International.

Born inKidderminster,Worcestershire, Oakley grew up inEsher, Surrey.^[2] He was educated atWellington College, Berkshire, andBrasenose College, Oxford.^[3][1]

He started his career on theLiverpool Daily Post where he became political editor. He was then a columnist and political editor onThe Sunday Express and was assistant editor of theDaily Mail from 1981 to 1986. Between 1986 and 1992, he was a columnist and political editor forThe Times. In 1992, he moved to theBBC, where he was political editor.^[4] He was succeeded as political editor a in summer 2000 byAndrew Marr, despite having hoped to remain at the BBC to cover theupcoming general election.^[5][6] After leaving the BBC, Oakley becameCNN International's European political editor.^[4]

Oakley also has an interest inhorse racing, and has written the Turf column inThe Spectator since 1994, as well as being the racing correspondent of theFinancial Times for several years.^[7] He has written a number of books about racing.

Oakley was awarded anOrder of the British Empire in 2001 for his services to political journalism.^[4]

• Oakley, Robin (2000).Valley of the Racehorse. Headline Publishing Group.ISBN 978-0747217831.
• — (2001).Inside Track. Transworld Publishers Limited.ISBN 978-0552148818.
• — (2010).Frankincense and More: The Biography of Barry Hills. Racing Post Books.ISBN 978-1-905156-79-5.
• — (2011).The Cheltenham Festival: A Centenary History. Aurum.ISBN 978 1 845136369.
• — (2012).Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses Of All Time. Icon Books.ISBN 978-1-908216-22-9.
• — (2012).Clive Brittain: The Smiling Pioneer. Racing Post Books.ISBN 978-190685-042-5.
• — (2013).Tales From The Turf: Reflections from a Life in Horseracing. Icon Books.ISBN 978-190685-066-1.
• Oakley, Robin (with Edward Gillespie) (2017).Sixty Years of Jump Racing: From Arkle to McCoy. Bloomsbury Sport.ISBN 978-1-4729-3509-0.

• Robin Oakley atIMDb

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