Donal MacIntyre
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Donal MacIntyre | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland |
Occupation | Journalist |
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Website | Official website |
Donal MacIntyre is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés. He has also worked as a presenter of both television news and documentaries on various UK channels.
In 2007, MacIntyre directed
In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the
MacIntyre has also worked for the CBS Reality channel, including as presenter of the documentary series Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, which looks at unsolved criminal cases such as abductions and murders.
Early life
MacIntyre was educated in
Career
After graduation he worked as a newspaper reporter for the
MacIntyre began his television career at the BBC on the investigative sports strand On-The-Line in 1993. In the wake of the
I think print can be very reactive. It just means getting on the end of a phone and getting a quote. For TV it doesn't happen unless it's filmed and that means you have to be there. Our particular brand is called Show Me television - we don't tell you, we show you.
The first series of MacIntyre Investigates for the BBC caused some controversy when it was accused of falsifying video evidence and blackmail during its exposé of the Elite modelling agency. The BBC was sued for defamation, avoided court through a settlement, and issued a statement admitting that MacIntyre had misrepresented the agency in his programme, but that they stood by him.[4][5]
Towards the end of his second series of MacIntyre Investigates for the BBC, he came under more open criticism from internal sources. The three programmes were suggested to have cost as much as £2.5 million, while an episode of
In 2007, MacIntyre set out to create a documentary because he wanted to "do a
The resulting production became a film with the title A Very British Gangster which centred on the life of Manchester-based gangster and hit man Dominic Noonan, whose brother Desmond Noonan was stabbed to death during filming.
MacIntyre directed the anti-smoking commercials for the SMOKE IS POISON campaign. This series included the Polonium commercial that the British Government banned out of sensitivity to the family of the murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko who was killed using the substance. [citation needed]
From 6 April 2008[8] MacIntyre has presented a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 5 Live.[9]
In June 2009, both he and his wife were attacked and beaten at the Cloud 9 wine bar in
In 2010, MacIntyre briefly co-hosted ITV1's local news show London Tonight, stepping down after six months in the post.[11]
He writes for
Dancing on Ice
In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the
The Jump
MacIntyre took part in the first series of Channel 4 reality series The Jump in 2014. Initially signed as a reserve in case of injury to other participants, he took the place of the incapacitated Melinda Messenger from the fifth night (30 January 2014). He finished the series second to Joe McElderry, who had also initially been a reserve contestant.
See also
- At Home with the Noonans
- Chris Clark, British crime writer and documentary maker who also focuses on unsolved crimes
References
- ^ The Guardian, 25 August 2010, 'Donal MacIntyre quits London Tonight' Retrieved 26 August 2010
- ^ a b "Donal MacIntyre". City Speakers International. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Interview with Donal MacIntyre". BBC. 2 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Sex, lies and unused tape: How the BBC's model inquiry went wrong". The Guardian. 12 June 2001.
- ^ "BBC settles with model agency over sex claims". The Daily Telegraph. 12 June 2001.
- ^ Rowan, David (8 May 2002). "Evening Standard: Donal MacIntyre profile". Davidrown.com. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Donal MacIntyre joins 5 Live". BBC. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Donal Macintyre". BBC Radio Five Live. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Donal MacIntyre beaten up in winebar". Standard.co.uk. 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Donal Macintyre to be Katie Derham's partner on London Tonight". Thisislondon.co.uk. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Crime Bites – A podcast by criminologist Professor Elizabeth Yardley. Making sense of crime and society's response to it". Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Dancing on Ice voting". ITV. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Donal MacIntyre at IMDb