Martel Maxwell (born 9 March 1977) is a Scottish journalist, writer, radio and television presenter. Since 2017, she has co-presented the property show ''

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''.

Early life

Maxwell was born on 9 March 1977, and was raised in

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

. She attended the High School of Dundee, before studying law at the University of Edinburgh and then taking a postgraduate diploma in law at the University of Dundee. After deciding against a career in the law, Maxwell turned to journalism instead.

Newspaper journalism

Maxwell got her first post in journalism as a graduate intern at '' The Sun'' and took a diploma in newspaper journalism at London City University. She spent seven years at ''The Sun'' as a reporter in city, women's news, and showbusiness, before going freelance. After going freelance, Maxwell wrote opinion pieces for ''

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'' and since 2013 has written a weekly column for the ''

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'' in Dundee.

Broadcast journalism

Maxwell's move into broadcast journalism came in 2010 when she became a reporter on the BBC show '' The One Show'' and then became a regular entertainment guest on the

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show '' Lorraine'' and one of the presenters of a short-lived

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consumer affairs programme ''Don't Get Screwed'' and

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magazine show ''On the Road''. Since 2017, she has been one of the three presenters of the BBC property programme ''

'', replacing

Lucy Alexander Lucy Alexander (born 3 April 1970) is an English television presenter, known for appearing on the BBC One property show ''Homes Under the Hammer''. Early life Alexander was born in East Dulwich, London. She graduated from the London Studio Cen ...

. Maxwell has also guest presented on BBC Radio Scotland and in 2008, had her own show on Edinburgh station Talk 107 until the station folded. In 2021, she provided the voiceover narration for the third series of BBC Scotland's documentary ''Inside Central Station''.

Writer

Maxwell published a novel, ''Scandalous'', in 2010. Based on her experiences as a showbusiness reporter, '' The Daily Telegraph'' considered that it gave "a thrilling insight into the celebrity-baiting world of the kiss and tell" but also considered that "the narrative is weighed down by product placement".

Personal life

Maxwell lives near Dundee with her husband, Jamie Parret, and their three sons.

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