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Guy Lynn is a British TV investigative news reporter for the BBC.

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Biography

Guy Lynn was born in London, attended the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree and read Geography at St Anne's College, Oxford.

He has reported for a range of TV stations including Channel One TV (London), Reuters TV, BBC South, ITV West, and BBC local radio, and currently reports daily and oversees London investigations at the BBC.

He was a contributing author to Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive, published in 2011 by Abramis. [1]

Reports

Lynn's undercover report on fake veterinarian Leonard French, who controlled much of the UK's illegal black market in animal medicine, led directly to the imprisonment of French on 20 August 2007 for twelve months at Lincoln crown court. French's attempt to overturn the sentence was rejected by the court of appeal in 2008. [2] [3]

In August 2009, a TV report exposing discrimination against migrant workers in Boston led to follow-up investigations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and won "Best Nations and Regions coverage" at the Amnesty International UK Media Awards of 2010. [4]

Amnesty International described it as having received "unprecedented national exposure, making waves from Poland to China. This was outstanding, shocking and emblematic of a deeper malaise in UK society." [5]

In 2012, Ukraine's top Olympic official – the secretary general of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee – Volodymyr Geraschenko, was suspended and later resigned after Lynn's undercover report where Geraschenko offered to illegally sell tickets on the black market prior to the London Olympics. [6] [7]

In 2013, Lynn's BBC report on the underground trade in illegal driving licences led to the UK's Department of Transport announcing a change in the law. [8] [9]

Lynn also travelled to Indonesia where he posed as a coffee importer and uncovered animal cruelty behind a luxury coffee made out of civet cat droppings. [10] Following the programme's broadcast Harrods removed the civet cat coffee from its shelves. [11] [12]

In 2014, his BBC report exposing the discrimination faced by black people in the housing market [13] led to widescale media coverage, [14] protests, demands for an urgent investigation by Labour and won the BBC's Ruby "Best Investigation" award and Circom investigative journalism prize. [15]

In 2015 and 2016, various reports for the BBC resulted in the lifelong suspension of a large number of high street pharmacists implicated in an investigation about the illegal sales of prescription only medicine leading to the 'biggest crackdown' [16] seen to date against rogue pharmacists in the UK. There were several appeals which were upheld by the UK's High Court of Justice. [17]

In 2019 and 2020, Lynn's reports exposing widescale fraud [18] in the applications to become London mini cab drivers resulted in thousands of applications being suspended and the eventual overhaul of TFL's entire licensing system. [19]

Documentaries

Between 2000 and 2003, Lynn was based in the Middle East, covering the intifada and 11 September for ABC TV news. He wrote and directed the documentary series Ordinary People, broadcast on several TV stations, and co-authored the five-part TV documentary series 100 Years of Terror for Emmy award-winning production company Set Productions. [20]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Investigative Journalism, Dead or Alive?"
  2. ↑ BBC report exposing fake vet Len French.
  3. ↑ Fake vet jailed a 2nd time
  4. ↑ BBC investigation exposes discrimination against migrant workers
  5. ↑ BBC investigation wins major award
  6. ↑ Ukrainian Olympic official caught selling tickets
  7. ↑ "Senior Ukrainian Olympic official suspended after ticket row". CNN . 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Department of Transport announces change in law
  9. ↑ "Law change to stop counterfeits". Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Civet cat coffee's animal cruelty". BBC News. 14 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Calls to regulate Kopi luwak coffee". BBC News. 25 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Leading retailers pull civet coffee". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Racism in the housing market
  14. ↑ discrimination against black people in housing exposed by BBC
  15. ↑ BBC's Guy Lynn wins major international prize for racism in housing market story
  16. ↑ Biggest crackdown on rogue UK pharmacists to date
  17. ↑ "High court dismisses pharmacist appeal". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  18. ↑ Serious fraud in London's cab driver system
  19. ↑ London minicab qualifications from private schools banned
  20. ↑ Ordinary People documentary series
  21. ↑ AIB Awards 2020 shortlist
  22. ↑ "Security guard fraud exposed by undercover reporters". The Daily Telegraph . 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021.
  23. ↑ Winners announced Prix Circom 2017
  24. ↑ "Security guard fraud exposed by undercover reporters". The Daily Telegraph . 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021.
  25. ↑ Inside Out London, March 23rd 2015
  26. ↑ BBC Ruby awards 2014
  27. ↑ BBC London report wins European award
  28. ↑ Circom award winner 2014
  29. ↑ BBC lands four nominations for European Diversity Awards
  30. ↑ "TV journalist of the year 2014 award". Archived from the original on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  31. ↑ Amnesty International Media awards 2014 shortlist announced
  32. ↑ AIBS awards 2014, final shortlist
  33. ↑ ""Food broadcast of the year, Guild of Food Writers awards 2014"". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  34. ↑ Amnesty International Media Awards 2010
  35. ↑ "RTS regional awards 2010". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  36. ↑ RTS regional awards 2006
  37. ↑ EDF Energy media awards 2013

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