Background
Little was born in Dunragit, a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Little was born in Dunragit, a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
He attended Stranraer Academy before attending and graduating from the University of Edinburgh, where he read history and politics.
He left the British Broadcasting Corporation at the end of 2014, "to pursue other projects". In 1983, Little joined British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland to work as a news and current affairs researcher, and in 1985 transferred to London in order to train as a radio reporter. After two years at British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Solent, Little moved to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Today programme in 1988.
Here, he specialised in foreign reporting, including the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.
From 1991 to 1995, he reported on the break-up of Yugoslavia. He co-wrote (with Laura Silber) the acclaimed book The Death of Yugoslavia, which accompanied the television series of the same name, produced by Norma Percy at Brook Lapping.
In 1995, Little moved to Johannesburg as the British Broadcasting Corporation"s South Africa correspondent. While based in Johannesburg, he reported on the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide and the overthrow of Zaire"s President Mobutu.
Between 1997 and 1999, he served as the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Moscow correspondent during Boris Yeltsin"s tenure as Russian president
In early 1999, Little began work on a number of current affairs projects and to present the Today programme on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4. He worked as the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Africa correspondent from 2000 to 2001. He was then sent to be the British Broadcasting Corporation"s correspondent in Paris, where he remained until 2005.
Little"s final role at the British Broadcasting Corporation was as a special correspondent.
In this role, he reported on devolution and led the British Broadcasting Corporation"s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum. The British Broadcasting Corporation announced in December 2014 that he would be leaving the broadcaster at the end of 2014.
Little stated: "I am leaving the staff of the British Broadcasting Corporation to pursue other projects and hope to continue working in broadcasting in the future". In June 2015, it was announced that he will succeed Susan Rice as the chair of the Edinburgh International Book Festival in October 2015.
Little has won several awards including a Gold Sony Radio Award for Reporter of the Year in 1992, Amnesty International Reporter of the Year in 1992, Bayeux-Calvados Radio War Correspondent of the Year in 1994, a Sony Documentary Gold Award in 2000, and the Grierson Premier television Documentary Award in 2001.
Quotations: "I am leaving the staff of the British Broadcasting Corporation to pursue other projects and hope to continue working in broadcasting in the future".
