Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

Dawn started her career after studying at LIPA in Liverpool , after college she then went onto become a reporter/presenter for BBC Radio Humberside.

She made her transition into television by appearing on the Channel 4 comedy show Balls of Steel, which saw her testing the morals of British men. Following this, she then went on to secure a publishing deal with Virgin Books for her novel, Diaries of an Internet Lover , which was a journal of her experiences of meeting people on the Internet. The book was very well received and went on to be published in German, Dutch and Portuguese.

Dawn then went on to present a BBC documentary ‘Super Slim Me' in which she attempted to slim down to a size zero by using drastic dieting regimes, highlighting the health implications of ‘diet culture'. The documentary enjoyed critical acclaim.

In 2008 she presented a BBC3  series of four documentary films, 'Dawn...', exploring attitudes to nudity, lesbianism, dating, pregnancy and childbirth. Dawn also appeared in Seriously Dirty Dancing, a tribute to her favourite film, for Five.

In 2008 she made a four-part series for Channel 4, which saw her explore various different types of marriages and relationships, episodes featured polygamy, ‘free-love', mail-order brides and geishas.

In May 2009 it was announced that Dawn Porter would present a documentary, entitled "My Breasts Could Kill Me" which explored the experience of breast cancer, for Sky1.

Dawn was a regular contributor to stylist magazine 2009 - 2010 and is about to start working with a major women's magazine shortly.

Dawn currently splits her time between LA and London.

http://www.dawnporter.net

 

 

TELEVISION

2010                        The Wright Stuff - Channel 5

2010                        All At Sea - ITV

2009                        The Wright Stuff - Channel 5

2009                        My Breast Could Kill  Me (Presenter) 2 x 60 -Sky One

2008                        Dawn Porter: Polygamist's wife (Presenter)- Channel 4

2008                        Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl (Presenter)- Channel 4

2008                        Dawn Porter: Mail Order Bride (Presenter)- Channel 4

2008                        Dawn Porter: Free Love (Presenter) -Channel 4

2008                        Dawn Goes Lesbian (Presenter) -BBC3

2008                        Dawn gets a baby (Presenter) -BBC3

2008                        Dawn goes Naked (Presenter) -BBC3

2008                        Dawn gets her man (Presenter) -BBC3

2007                        Seriously dirty dancing (Presenter) -Five

                               If I ruled the world

                              Pole position

                               How to look good naked (VT Presenter) Channel 4

2007                        Super Slim Me (Presenter)  BBC3

2005                        Balls of Steel  (Presenter) Channel 4

 

RADIO

Monthly Show                          Radio Humberside

Royal Ascot Programme            BBC Radio 5 Live

BOOKS

2006                                      Diaries of an Internet Lover (Virgin Books)

JOURNALISM/WRITING

2009-10                                   Stylist (regular columnist)

 



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