Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce (born Patrick Connolly; March 1961) is a British journalist, editor, author, broadcaster and political commentator.

Early life

Pierce was born in Bristol to an Irish Roman Catholic mother and an unknown father. He spent the first two years of his life at Nazareth House, a Catholic orphanage in Cheltenham. He was adopted by a family from Swindon and brought up on council property there. His adoptive father worked on the assembly line at British Leyland, a former state-owned car factory.

Education

Pierce was educated at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, now known as St Joseph's Catholic College, a state comprehensive school in Swindon and later on skipped college.

Works

He is currently Senior News Reviewing Officer for ITV breakfast programmes Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and the TalkTV night-time programme Piers Morgan Uncensored.