Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 9, 1944
Age
82
Place of Birth
Cleveleys, Lancashire, England
Popularity
0.6
John Simpson
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE (born 9 August 1944) is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life at the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders.
Latest News
Known For
4.3
The One Show
2006 · TV
7.1
Have I Got News for You
1990 · TV
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV
8.0
Going Live!
1987 · TV
7.1
Maigret
1960 · TV
0.0
Unspun World with John Simpson
2022 · TV
7.7
Shooting Stars
1993 · TV
6.7
The Big Questions
2007 · TV
6.0
Countdown
1982 · TV
0.0
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012 · TV
Filmography
2026
John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC
Movie · Self - Interviewed Guest
0.0
2022
Unspun World with John Simpson
TV · Self - Presenter
0.0
2019
The Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson
Movie · Himself (Presenter)
0.0
2013
Ain't Misbehavin
Movie · Self
6.2
2012
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
TV · Self - Contestant
0.0
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · Self - Participant
6.0
2009
Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice
TV · Self - Presenter
0.0
2007
The Big Questions
TV · Self
6.7
2007
Would I Lie to You?
TV · Self
7.8
2006
The One Show
TV · Self
4.3
2006
Balderdash and Piffle
TV
9.5
2005
Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
TV
7.0
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · Self
7.0
2004
50 Years Of BBC Television News
TV · Self
0.0
1997
Ruby
TV · Self
9.0
1993
Shooting Stars
TV · Self
7.7
1990
Have I Got News for You
TV · Self
7.1
1987
Going Live!
TV · Self
8.0
1982
Countdown
TV
6.0
1960
Maigret
TV
7.1