BBC TV presenter Andrew Marr hospitalised

Noted television presenter of BBC Andrew Marr is admitted to a hospital in London after suffering a stroke.

Marr, 53, was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday, where he is responding to treatment after the stroke was diagnosed.

“Marr was taken ill yesterday and taken to hospital. The hospital confirmed he has had a stroke. His doctors say he is responding to treatment. His family have asked for their privacy to be respected as he recovers,” the

BBC said in a statement.

“We will continue to broadcast

The Andrew Marr Show and Radio 4’s Start The Week with guest presenters in his absence. His colleagues and the whole BBC wish him a speedy recovery,” it further said.

Labour leader Ed Miliband was among the first to wish him recovery.

My thoughts are with Andrew and his family. Hope he gets well soon,” he wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Marr, a former editor of the Independent newspaper, is known to be a fitness fanatic and takes regular exercise wherever he is filming.

Marr lives in London with his wife Jackie Ashley, a political journalist at The Guardian . They have a son and two daughters.