Education
He attended Peter Symonds Grammar School in Winchester.
journalist television presenter
He attended Peter Symonds Grammar School in Winchester.
He has written and presented numerous current affairs programmes including The Happiness Formula on BBC2 in 2006 and The Crime of Our Lives for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 in 2007. His first book, Britain et cetera, was published in 2012. He also writes a blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is the son of Stephen and Fiona Easton.
Easton joined his local newspaper, the Southern Evening Echo, in 1979 having decided upon a career in journalism after winning a game of Waddington"s "Scoop" aged 13.
He worked at Radio Victory from 1980-1981, at Radio Aire from 1981-1982 and at LBC from 1982-1986. In 1986, Easton joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a reporter on London Plus, British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast News, Newsnight and Here and Now.
In 1996, Easton joined the newly launched Channel Five as Political Editor for Five News. Easton then moved in 1998 to Channel 4 News as Home and Social Affairs Editor.
Since 2004 Easton has been the Home Editor of British Broadcasting Corporation News reporting across the Corporation"s range of platforms.
As an editor, Easton appears mainly on the evening bulletins, British Broadcasting Corporation News at Six and British Broadcasting Corporation News at Ten, as well as British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 programmes including Today. Easton also maintains a blog on the British Broadcasting Corporation News website. Drugs in 2008 on YouTube
1991 Newsnight report on Northamptonshire Police on YouTube.