Seyi Rhodes

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Seyi Rhodes
Born (1979-05-04) May 4, 1979 (age 44)
London
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Television presenter and investigative journalist

Seyi Rhodes (born 4 May 1979) is a British television presenter and investigative journalist of Nigerian descent. He has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 Television, Five Television and Current TV. From 2008, he has been the in-vision presenter and reporter for Channel 4's Unreported World documentary series, produced by Quicksilver Media.

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Early life

Rhodes was born in London on 4 May 1979 and spent part of his childhood in Nigeria.

Education

Rhodes was educated at Monkton Combe School, an independent school in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in Somerset, South West England, between 1991 and 1996, boarding at Farm House. He says: "I have to say I have very fond memories of my time at the school.... During the time I spent there, I felt safe and secure, which for me was really important". [1] After Monkton Combe School, Rhodes went to the University of the West of England in Bristol, where he studied Politics and Sociology. [2]

Life and career

After school and university, Rhodes joined the BBC as a researcher, and in 2001 joined Channel 4 to work on the Dispatches programme. [2] He says: "I had always wanted to go into television journalism, right from the time I saw, as a small boy, Kate Adie reporting from Tiananmen Square in 1989." [3] In 2003, he joined The Wright Stuff talk show on Channel Five Television, taking over as presenter of the "Man with the Mic" section from Matt Rudge, and becoming its second-longest-running presenter before leaving in 2005. Rhodes has presented BBC Two's Explore series and reported for ITN's More 4 News, as well as working behind the camera on documentaries for Channel 4 Television's series Dispatches , and both behind and in front of the camera on the long-running BBC One documentary series Panorama . He has also worked on domestic and international stories for Current TV, and since 2008 has been a regular presenter of Channel 4 Television's Unreported World documentary series.

Rhodes has returned to the region where he spent part of his childhood to produce documentaries for Channel 4 and Current TV, which include programmes about slavery in Senegal and religious and homophobic violence in Nigeria. [4] [5]

Documentary list (incomplete)

Unreported World (Channel 4 Television)

Explore (BBC Two)

Panorama (BBC One)

[6] [4] [7] [8] [9]

Awards

In 2009, Rhodes' Unreported World report "Sierra Leone: The Insanity of War" won a MIND Mental Health Media Award for best short documentary.

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References

  1. 'The Magazine' – Seyi Rhodes (p. 13, Par. 1) Published by: Monkton Publications of Monkton Combe School. Date: 11 March 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 'The Magazine' – Seyi Rhodes (pp. 12–14) Published by: Monkton Publications of Monkton Combe School. Date: 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. 'The Magazine' – Seyi Rhodes (p. 13, Par. 2) Published by: Monkton Publications of Monkton Combe School. Date: 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Profile: Seyi Rhodes", Channel 4 Television – Unreported World. Channel 4 Television. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. "'Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers' With Seyi Rhodes-Channel 4", Sahara Reporters, 5 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSR2looY4go&ab_channel=OnlyHuman
  7. "Sex and Religion in Manila", BBC Two – Explore. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  8. "Manila to Mindanao: Bajau people of Palawan", BBC Two – Explore. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  9. "Stop and Search Me", Panorama on BBC One. Retrieved 20 November 2012.