1. Donal MacIntyre is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposes.
20 Facts About Donal MacIntyre
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Donal MacIntyre has worked as a presenter of both television news and documentaries on various UK channels.
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In 2007, MacIntyre directed A Very British Gangster, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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In 2009, Donal MacIntyre took part in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice, where he was runner-up to Ray Quinn.
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Donal MacIntyre was educated in Dublin and London, and completed a Master's degree in Communication Policy at City University, London.
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Donal MacIntyre undertook his first investigative reporting into the Law Society investigating allegations of restrictive practises.
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Donal MacIntyre then wrote similar investigative articles for The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Express and the New Statesman.
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Donal MacIntyre began his television career at the BBC on the investigative sports strand On-The-Line in 1993.
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Donal MacIntyre went undercover as an Adventure Sports Instructor to expose the lack of employment standards in the industry.
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The first series of Donal MacIntyre Investigates for the BBC caused some controversy when it was accused of falsifying video evidence and blackmail during its expose of the Elite modelling agency.
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The BBC was sued for defamation, avoided court through a settlement, and issued a statement admitting that Donal MacIntyre had misrepresented the agency in his programme, but that they stood by him.
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Towards the end of his second series of Donal MacIntyre Investigates for the BBC, he came under more open criticism from internal sources.
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In return, BBC One's then controller Lorraine Heggessey expected Donal MacIntyre Investigates to deliver the ratings, a pressure that other investigative journalists believed undermined its editorial integrity.
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Donal MacIntyre directed the anti-smoking commercials for the SMOKE IS POISON campaign.
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From 6 April 2008 Donal MacIntyre has presented a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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In 2010, Donal MacIntyre briefly co-hosted ITV1's local news show London Tonight, stepping down after six months in the post.
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Donal MacIntyre writes for Sunday World and is a visiting professor of criminology at Birmingham City University in which capacity he has been a panelist on the Crime Bites Podcast.
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In 2009, Donal MacIntyre took part in the fourth series of the television series Dancing on Ice.
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Donal MacIntyre took part in the first series of Channel 4 reality series The Jump in 2014.
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Donal MacIntyre finished the series second to Joe McElderry, who initially been a reserve contestant.