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11 Facts About Judith Bunting

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Judith Ann Bunting is a television producer and politician who served as a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the South East England from 2019 to 2020.

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Judith Bunting's father taught Mechanical Engineering at Peterborough Regional College.

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Judith Bunting has been a producer of educational and science-based documentary television since the 1990s.

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Judith Bunting's early producing credits include the BBC series Tomorrow's World, Teen Species, Horizon and Robert Winstons The Secret Life of Twins and Superhuman.

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Judith Bunting produced three series of the series Body Hits and the RTS Award-winning Breast Cancer - the Operation for BBC3.

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Judith Bunting followed this by executive producing Rocket Science for BBC2 and Headshrinkers of the Amazon for the National Geographic Channel.

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Judith Bunting has consistently pursued a broader engagement with science in politics and education.

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In September 2017, Judith Bunting ruled out a third run as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Newbury to "focus on her career as a television producer".

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Judith Bunting was elected as a Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East England in the 2019 European Elections.

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Judith Bunting took the role of Vice President of the European Union's Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula, opening negotiations for a three way cultural tour with the North Korean Embassy in London.

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Judith Bunting was the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education and Culture in Europe, and sat on the Industry, Research and Energy committee.