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


Early life

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

Rhodes was educated at
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, an independent school in the village of
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near Bath in Somerset,
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, 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". After Monkton Combe School, Rhodes went to the
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in Bristol, where he studied Politics and Sociology.'The Magazine' – Seyi Rhodes (pp. 12–14)
Published by: ''Monkton Publications'' of
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. Date: 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.


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. He says: "I had always wanted to go into television journalism, right from the time I saw, as a small boy,
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reporting from
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in 1989." In 2003, he joined ''
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'' 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
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's ''Explore'' series and reported for ITN's ''
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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
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documentary series ''
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''. 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 ''Unreported World'' is a British foreign affairs program made by ITN Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Over the course of its forty-two seasons, reporters have travelled to dangerous locations all over the world i ...
'' 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
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and religious and homophobic violence in
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."Profile: Seyi Rhodes", Channel 4 Television – ''Unreported World''.
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Television. Retrieved 20 November 2012.


Documentary list (incomplete)

''Unreported World'' (Channel 4 Television) * "Gangs and guns: stopping Chicago's revenge killings" (2019) * "South Africa's Deadly Gold Rush" (2018) * "North Korea's Reality Stars" (2017) * "Haiti: The Prison from Hell" (2016) * "Making Brazil Beautiful" (2013) * "Congo: Magic, Gangs & Wrestlers" (2012) * "Trinidad: Guns, Drugs and Secrets" (2011) * "Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers" (2011) * "Inside the Battle for Ivory Coast" (2011) * "India's Leprosy Heroes" (2011) * "Bolivia's Child Miners" (2010) * "Senegal: School for Beggars" (2010) * "Witches on Trial" (2010) * "Guatemala: Riding with the Devil" (2009) * "Sierra Leone: The Insanity of War" (2009) * "Thailand: Lessons in Terror" (2008) ''Explore'' (BBC Two) * "Sex and Religion in Manila" (2009) * "Manila to Mindanao: Bajau people of Palawan" (2009) ''Panorama'' (BBC One) * "Stop and Search Me" (2009) "Stop and Search Me"
''Panorama'' on BBC One. Retrieved 20 November 2012.


Awards

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


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Seyi Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol Black British television personalities Channel 4 people English male journalists English people of Nigerian descent English reporters and correspondents English television journalists English television presenters Living people Yoruba television personalities 1979 births People educated at Monkton Combe School