Tessa Dunlop
| Tessa Dunlop | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Occupation |
Journalist, author, television presenter |
| Spouse(s) | "Vlad"[1] |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Website | http://tessadunlop.com/ |
Tessa Dunlop (born 1974/75)[1] is a television presenter, radio broadcaster and historian. She has presented history programmes for the BBC, Discovery Channel Europe, Channel 4, UKTV History and the History Channel (USA). She lives in south London.
Dunlop attended Strathallan School[1] and read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford University, where she won the 1995 Gertrude Easton Prize for History.[2] After graduating, she worked for London radio station LBC[1] and went on to present radio shows for both LBC and BBC London 94.9.[3]
Dunlop was named 'Regional Television Personality' in the Royal Television Society's West of England Awards 2005 for her work on regional magazine show Inside Out West.[4] In 2007 Dunlop filmed Paranormal Egypt, a six-part series with Derek Acorah on location in Egypt.
Her articles have appeared in a number of British newspaper publications including The Guardian, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday and Scottish broadsheet The Herald.[5]
Dunlop's first book, To Romania with Love, a memoir set in post-revolution Romania about how she met her future husband, was published by Quartet Books in May 2012.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Conway, Lawrence (13 May 2012). "Tessa Dunlop reveals she met future husband when she was 19 and teaching him when he was 12". Daily Mail.
- ↑ "Colleges, Halls and Societies". Oxford University Gazette No. 4367. University of Oxford. 8 June 1995.
- ↑ "Tessa Dunlop comes back to BBC London 94.9FM". BBC. 22 March 2002.
- ↑ "West of England Awards 2005". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ↑ http://tessadunlop.com/