He became its Assistant Political Editor in 2014. Smith was educated at Oxford, where he read History. Smith began his career in regional newspapers before joining the BBC as a local radio reporter in 1986. Smith became a parliamentary correspondent in 1993, presenting Today and Yesterday on BBC Radio 4. He has reported for the BBC since 1999. In 2010, he became Chief Political Correspondent for Radio 4. Since 2015, he has been a relief newsreader for Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. List of BBC newsreaders and reporters Norman Smith at the Internet Movie Database Norman Smith on Twitter Norman Smith on Journalisted