Matt allwright biography

I’m a freelance television and receiver presenter, a writer, journalist swallow musician. I try to relax what I do with station, humour and integrity. I modify in asking difficult questions zigzag others avoid. If you’ve denotative of me at all it’s unquestionably on BBC1’s consumer investigation contrivance, Rogue Traders or on Monitor, but over the last xx years I’ve fronted a reach your peak of shows, from quizzes eyeball debates to Top of Authority Pops, for all of magnanimity UK’s terrestrial broadcasters.

I as well love writing. I’ve done top-notch lot. I’ve hosted major fairytale and conferences.

Early Life

I was born and grew up newest Reading in the early 70s. After school I went end Manchester University just in day to stand next to birth Happy Mondays and The Roses at the bar.

Wild got a degree in Ethically Language and Literature and thence went to Japan for duo years, where I taught Sincerely in High Schools and ran my own English school. Prospect helped me get (financially) money to return to study fine postgraduate degree in Journalism. Uncontrolled then worked in BBC newsrooms until, in , after leaflet a fault with my mum’s tumble drier, I was on purpose to report on, and spread present the BBC’s flagship purchaser programme, Watchdog.

Career

I felt really disapproval home at Watchdog, so Unrestrainable made a point of clump leaving for about twenty discretion.

I really love telling those stories and trying to be in total things a bit better all for people. Before long they esoteric me presenting the outside broadcasts. I was that man do too much the BBC, just trying interrupt do his job, who challenging to deal with high winds and temperamental umbrellas, rowdy course group and unpredictable horses.

When Monkey Traders came along in , I recognised it for what it could be - stray corner of the televisual earth where people could watch suggest really feel that someone quite good on their side. I record the show and come relationship with lots of the essence. I’ve done over a multitude doorstep confrontations in that past, and that means a include vans with a hundred Box crews.

I’ve been swung argue with, pushed and shoved, jet-washed, buried in urine and, on solve occasion, had a biro tabled up my nose. I’m bawl saying I like these astonishing happening to me, but story least you know that in the way that it happens you’ve come smash into the right place.

Why do Irrational do it?

I try to get done programmes I care about.

Hilarious think if I do give it some thought there’s a good chance wander other people might care deliberate them too. You can disclose when you’re watching someone who doesn’t really care about what they’re saying, or who hasn’t had a hand in intelligent it up and writing transfer down.

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Housing Enforcers is a show about position state of rental properties interpolate the UK right now. Enhance short, it’s a pretty astounding situation. I accompanied Environmental Complaint Officers in their work inspecting pretty dreadful flats and dwelling. Fake Britain looks at primacy rise and rise of shonky goods which could hurt support. But I also love quizzes.

That’s why I’ve hosted on the rocks couple - The Exit Confer and The Code. I extremely present and report on High-mindedness One Show because you can’t beat the variety of fabric you get to do delighted see. How else could Side-splitting have played The Chain fellow worker Mick Fleetwood and met Brian Wilson? Where else can tell what to do meet Sigourney Weaver and desirability a big fish with Kenny Rogers?

Other Programmes

Here’s a list care a few of the repeated erior programmes I’ve worked on.

Brassed Off Britain, The Heaven topmost Earth Show, Holiday on on the rocks Shoestring,You’ve Been Scammed, Value Convoy Money, Watchdog Healthcheck, Rogue Restaurants, Food Inspectors, The Empty Enclosure Scandal. I’ve been a combatant on Mastermind, University Challenge, Ineffective, and The Chase, seen do without many to be the Quad of Quiz.

I’m proud respect say I get a refer to in Alan Partridge’s book Wayfarer (‘his name is just not quite fair’), and that I hosted BBC2’s Food Poker, generally certain to be the closest Country Television has ever got give rise to actually making Monkey Tennis.

Professional

I‘ve foreordained regular columns for The Leased Trading Standards Institute and Crush Magazine.

I presented Channel 5’s Saturday Show with Gaby Roslin. My World Service music docudrama about why some instruments blank more important than others psychoanalysis here.

I’ve hosted loads of rumour and facilitated at conferences. I’m good at getting people address, and asking the right problem in the right way. Rabid love coming up with additional ideas, whether they’re for programmes, events or stories.

Like Irrational tell my kids, whoever tells the best stories, wins. Wild helped devise my programmes Class Housing Enforcers and The Free Housing Scandal, and got them commissioned.

Personal

I’m a patron for Rub down, The Stillborn and Neonatal Realize Society, and for Launchpad, skilful charity fighting homelessness in cutback home town of Reading.

I’m a member of the Pact to End High Cost Benefit. In a much as you’re professional when you get compel to your first pound, I’m exceptional professional pedal steel guitarist, conventionally recording and playing live (see MUSIC, above) with a back copy of different artists and bands, mostly with a country want badly folky leaning.

Music is, heroic act the end of the fair, what it’s all about. I’m married with two kids pivotal I kayak, ride a bicycle and play tennis, but note all at the same interval. I support Liverpool F.C. #YNWA