In 2014, Davis presented a BBC Two series Mind the Gap: London vs the Rest in which he explored the economic forces in Britain and why the capital city is so dominant. Newsnight On 21 July 2014, it was announced that Davis would replace Jeremy Paxman as presenter of Newsnight starting in autumn 2014. His last appearance as a presenter on Today was 26 September 2014. In 2017 Davis was found to have breached BBC rules on due impartiality in coverage of the 2017 French presidential election on Newsnight, giving the impression that he favoured Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen. The BBC Executive Complaints Unit ruled that Davis' approaches in back-to-back interviews with representatives of the Macron and le Pen campaigns was so marked as to constitute bias. After four years with Newsnight, it was announced that Davis would move on to become the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 PM programme. His final show was broadcast on 30 October 2018. PM programme Davis began presenting Radio 4's PM on 5 November 2018. Writing Davis' first book, Public Spending, was published in 1998. In it he argued for the privatisation of public services as a means of increasing efficiency. Davis' second book, Made in Britain: How the Nation Earns Its Living, was published in May 2011. His third book, Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It was published in May 2017. Personal life Davis lives in London with his partner Guillaume Baltz, a French landscape architect. He is the owner of a whippet named Mr. Whippy. Davis is a keen motorcyclist, and was seen riding a Yamaha R6 motorcycle in BBC Two's The City Uncovered. Honours and awards Davis holds honorary degrees from the Open University; City, University of London; Cardiff University, Coventry University and Aston University. Publications See also Working Lunch, on BBC2 References External links BBC Newswatch profile Evanomics – Davis's BBC blog (no longer updated) Observer Review article 6 November 2005 The Bottom Line Official Website Video clips at the Open University 1962 births Living people Alumni of St John's College, Oxford BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC Radio 4 presenters British business and financial journalists English economists English reporters and correspondents British gay writers Harvard Kennedy School alumni British LGBT broadcasters British LGBT journalists British LGBT scientists English LGBT writers People from Malvern, Worcestershire People from Dorking English people