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Guy Lynn is a British TV investigative news reporter for the
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Biography
Guy Lynn was born in London, attended the
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Haberdashers' Boys' School (also known as Haberdashers', Habs, or Habs Boys), until September 2021 known as Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, is a public school for pupils age 4 to 18 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. The school is a me ...
in Elstree and read Geography at
St Anne's College, Oxford
St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 ...
.
He has reported for a range of TV stations including Channel One TV (London),
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.
The agency was estab ...
TV,
BBC South
BBC South is the BBC English Region serving
Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Berkshire and parts of Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Surrey, West Sussex and Wiltshire, with geographic coverage varying betwee ...
,
ITV West
ITV Wales and West, previously known as Harlech Television (HTV), was an ITV (TV network), ITV franchise area in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013, licensed to a broadcaster by the regulator Ofcom.
There is no channel, past or present, ...
, 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.
Reports
Lynn's undercover report on fake
veterinarian
A veterinarian (vet), also known as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary physician, is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, vet ...
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.
In August 2009, a TV report exposing discrimination against
migrant worker
A migrant worker is a person who Human migration, migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work.
Migrant worker ...
s in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
led to follow-up investigations by the
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body in Great Britain, established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007. The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of eq ...
and won "Best Nations and Regions coverage" at the
Amnesty International UK Media Awards
The Amnesty International Media Awards are a unique set of awards which pay tribute to the best human rights journalism in the UK. Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK's director, said that the awards recognise the "pivotal role of the UK medi ...
of 2010.
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."
In 2012,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
'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.
In 2013, Lynn's BBC report on the underground trade in illegal driving licences led to the UK's
Department of Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...
announcing a change in the law.
Lynn also travelled to
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
where he posed as a coffee importer and uncovered
animal cruelty
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission (neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or Injury, harm upon non-human animals. More narrowly, it can be the causing of harm ...
behind a luxury coffee made out of
civet
A civet () is a small, lean, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests. The term civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family Viverridae. Most of the species diversity ...
cat droppings. Following the programme's broadcast
Harrods
Harrods Limited is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other ...
removed the civet cat coffee from its shelves.
In 2014, his BBC report exposing the
discrimination
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, relig ...
faced by black people in the housing market led to widescale media coverage, protests, demands for an urgent investigation by Labour and won the BBC's Ruby "Best Investigation" award and Circom investigative journalism prize.
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' seen to date against rogue pharmacists in the UK. There were several appeals which were upheld by the UK's
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cou ...
.
In 2019 and 2020, Lynn's reports exposing widescale
fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compens ...
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.
Documentaries
Between 2000 and 2003, Lynn was based in the Middle East, covering the
intifada
An intifada ( ar, انتفاضة ') is a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement. It is a key concept in contemporary Arabic usage referring to a legitimate uprising against oppression.Ute Meinel ''Die Intifada im Ölscheichtum Bahrain: ...
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.
Awards
* HIGHLY COMMENDED – Association of International Broadcasting awards 2020 "Best Short TV documentary of the year: 'Cab fraud'"
* WINNER - BBC Ruby awards 2016 : "Best Exclusive story/investigation of the year"
* HIGHLY COMMENDED – European Prix Circom 2017 "Investigative Journalism": "Fake jobs"
* NOMINEE – BBC Ruby awards 2016 : "Best Exclusive story/investigation of the year"
* NOMINEE – BBC Ruby awards 2016 : "Programme of the year, Inside Out"
* WINNER – BBC Ruby awards 2014 : "Best Exclusive story/investigation of the year"
* WINNER – European Prix Circom 2014 "Investigative Journalism" prize
* NOMINEE – European Diversity Awards 2014 "Journalist of the year 2014"
* WINNER – EDF Media awards 2014 "Television Journalist of the year 2014"
* NOMINEE – Amnesty International Media Awards 2014: Best nations and regions coverage
* HIGHLY COMMENDED – Association of International Broadcasting awards 2014 "Best Short TV documentary": "Racism in housing"
* WINNER –
Guild of Food Writers
The Guild of Food Writers is the professional association of food writers and broadcasters in the United Kingdom. It has around 550 authors, broadcasters, columnists and journalists amongst its members.
History
On 12 April 1984, a number of lea ...
awards 2014 "Food broadcast of the year" prize
* WINNER –
Amnesty International Media Awards
The Amnesty International Media Awards are a unique set of awards which pay tribute to the best human rights journalism in the UK. Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK's director, said that the awards recognise the "pivotal role of the UK medi ...
2010 for excellence in human rights reporting
* WINNER –
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
: RTS Reporter of the Year (2010) (regional)
* WINNER – Royal Television Society: RTS Reporter of the Year (2007) (regional)
* WINNER – Royal Television Society: RTS Reporter of the Year (2006) (regional)
* HIGHLY COMMENDED- EDF London/South of England Media Awards 2014 "Specialist Journalist of the year 2014"
* NOMINEE – Guild of Food Writers awards 2014 "Campaigning and Investigative journalism" prize 2014
* HIGHLY COMMENDED – EDF London/ South of England Media Awards 2013 "Specialist Journalist of the Year 2013"
EDF Energy media awards 2013
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* BBC (bronze) Gillard award : Best Original Journalism (2008)
* BBC (bronze) Ruby award: Best Exclusive (2007)
* BBC (bronze) Ruby award: TV News Journalist of the Year (2006)
References
External links
Guy Lynn on Twitter
Guy Lynn blog at BBC College of Journalism on going undercover
Guy Lynn blog at BBC College of Journalism on giving evidence in court
BBC undercover investigation on rat meat on sale in London
Illegal hare coursing, BBC six o clock news
Illegal medicines report on BBC Radio 4
Original undercover investigation on bogus vet – Leonard French (VT)
Press releases
BBC Press Release – News report wins major award
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British television journalists
BBC newsreaders and journalists
Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford
Living people
People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School
Year of birth missing (living people)