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Dawn O’Porter

Author, Television Presenter & Founder of BOB Vintage Clothing

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Dawn started her television career appearing on the Channel 4 comedy show Balls of Steel, which saw her testing the morals of British men. Following this, she went to secure a publishing deal with Virgin Books for her novel, ‘ Diaries of an Internet Lover’ which was journal of her experiences of meeting people on the Internet. The book was very well recieved and went on to be published in German, Dutch and Potuguese.

Following this success, Dawn went on to present a BBC documentary Super Slim Me in which she attempted to slim down to a size zero by using drastic dieting regimes, highlighting the health implications of ‘diet culture’. The documentary enjoyed critical acclaim.

In 2008 Dawn presented a BBC3 series of five documentary films, Dawn… exploring attitudes to nudity, lesbianism, dating and pregnancy and childbirth. Dawn also presented and produced Seriously Dirty Dancing, a tribute to her favourite film, for Five. She also made a four-part series for Channel 4, which saw her explore various different types of marriages and relationships, episodes featured polygamy, ‘free-love’, mail-order brides and geishas.

In May 2009 Dawn presented a documentary, entitled My Breasts Could Kill Me which explored the experience of breast cancer, for Sky1.

In 2011 Dawn sang the Blues for charity, on ITV’s Born to Shine which raised money for Save the Children, and acted as Darren Brown’s trusty ‘straight guy’ in his series The Experiments which aired on Channel 4 and won a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme.

Dawn is currently a regular columinist for Glamour magazine and her first novel (nominated for the Waterstone’s clidren book prize) for young adults Paper Aeroplanes was released in 2013.

In 2014, Dawn fronted the RTS nominated vintage fashion show for Channel4 Primetime entitled ‘This Old Thing’ and published her second novel, Goose.

2015 was an exciting year for Dawn in which she launched her own Vintage clothing line “BOB” by Dawn O’Porter (www.BobbyDOP.com) as well as becoming a mother and in 2016, Dawn has just finished her latest book and is based in LA, but continues to come over to the UK for various projects whether it be for TV, Radio, Literature or Fashion.

 

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2015
Production (role):
Angela Scanlon: Close Encounters
Company:
RTE for BBC3
Date: 2014
Production (role):
This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (Presenter)
Company:
RDF for Channel 4
Date: 2013
Production (role):
How To Find Love Online (Presenter)
Company:
The Garden Productions for Channel 4
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Undercover Mums (Presenter)
Company:
Two Four for TLC
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Show Me Your Wardrobe (Guest)
Company:
Alaska TV for Sky Living
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Million Pound Drop (Guest)
Company:
Endemol for Channel 4
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Derren Brown: The Luck Project (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
*RTS Winner
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Dawn's Guide To... (Presenter)
Company:
Online by Channel Flip
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Born to Shine (Contributor)
Company:
ITV
Date: 2010
Production (role):
The One Show (VT Presenter)
Company:
BBC1
Date: 2010
Production (role):
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Now! (Guest Panel)
Company:
ITV2
Date: 2010
Production (role):
All At Sea (Contributor)
Company:
ITV
Date: 2009
Production (role):
The Wright Stuff (Guest Panel)
Company:
Channel 5
Date: 2009
Production (role):
My Breast Could Kill Me (Presenter)
Company:
Sky One
Project details:
2 x 60
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Porter: Polygamist's Wife (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Porter: Mail Order Bride (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Porter: Free Love (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Goes Lesbian (Presenter)
Company:
BBC3
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Gets a Baby (Presenter)
Company:
BBC3
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Goes Naked (Presenter)
Company:
BBC3
Date: 2008
Production (role):
Dawn Gets Her Man (Presenter)
Company:
BBC3
Date: 2007
Production (role):
Seriously Dirty Dancing (Presenter)
Company:
Channel Five
Date: 2007
Production (role):
If I Ruled The World
Company:
BBC
Date: 2007
Production (role):
Pole Position
Company:
CBS
Date: 2007
Production (role):
How To Look Good Naked (VT Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
Date: 2007
Production (role):
Super Slim Me (Presenter)
Company:
BBC3
Date: 2005
Production (role):
Balls of Steel (Presenter)
Company:
Channel 4
RADIO
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Get It On
Company:
Podcast (Itunes)
Date: 2014
Production (role):
A Good Read
Company:
BBCR4 (Contributor)
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Woman's Hour (Contributor)
Company:
BBC Radio 4
Date: 2012
Production (role):
Magic FM Monthly Show (Cover for Kim Wilde )
Company:
Radio Humberside
BOOKS
Date: 2014
Production (role):
Goose
Company:
Hot Key Books
Date: 2014
Production (role):
This Old Thing
Company:
Hot Key Books
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Paper Aeroplanes
Company:
Hot Key Books
Date: 2006
Production (role):
Diaries of an Internet Lover
Company:
Virgin Books
JOURNALISM
Date: 2013 - 2016
Production (role):
Columnist
Company:
Glamour Magazine
Date: 2011-12
Production (role):
The Huffington Post
Date: 2011-12
Production (role):
The Daily Mail
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Cosmopolitan
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Company
Date: 2010-11
Production (role):
The Sunday Times
Date: 2009-10
Production (role):
Stylist (Regular Columnist)
LIVE EVENTS
Date: 2015
Production (role):
Stylist Live
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Bailey's Spirited Women Event

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): Angela Scanlon: Close Encounters
    Company: RTE for BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (Presenter)
    Company: RDF for Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): How To Find Love Online (Presenter)
    Company: The Garden Productions for Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Undercover Mums (Presenter)
    Company: Two Four for TLC
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Show Me Your Wardrobe (Guest)
    Company: Alaska TV for Sky Living
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Million Pound Drop (Guest)
    Company: Endemol for Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Derren Brown: The Luck Project (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: *RTS Winner
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Dawn's Guide To... (Presenter)
    Company: Online by Channel Flip
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Born to Shine (Contributor)
    Company: ITV
    Project details:
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): The One Show (VT Presenter)
    Company: BBC1
    Project details:
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Now! (Guest Panel)
    Company: ITV2
    Project details:
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): All At Sea (Contributor)
    Company: ITV
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): The Wright Stuff (Guest Panel)
    Company: Channel 5
    Project details:
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): My Breast Could Kill Me (Presenter)
    Company: Sky One
    Project details: 2 x 60
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Porter: Polygamist's Wife (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Porter: Mail Order Bride (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Porter: Free Love (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Goes Lesbian (Presenter)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Gets a Baby (Presenter)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Goes Naked (Presenter)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): Dawn Gets Her Man (Presenter)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): Seriously Dirty Dancing (Presenter)
    Company: Channel Five
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): If I Ruled The World
    Company: BBC
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): Pole Position
    Company: CBS
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): How To Look Good Naked (VT Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): Super Slim Me (Presenter)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details:
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): Balls of Steel (Presenter)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Get It On
    Company: Podcast (Itunes)
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): A Good Read
    Company: BBCR4 (Contributor)
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Woman's Hour (Contributor)
    Company: BBC Radio 4
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): Magic FM Monthly Show (Cover for Kim Wilde )
    Company: Radio Humberside
  • Date
    Publication (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): Goose
    Company: Hot Key Books
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): This Old Thing
    Company: Hot Key Books
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Paper Aeroplanes
    Company: Hot Key Books
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): Diaries of an Internet Lover
    Company: Virgin Books
  • Date
    Publication (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2013 - 2016
    Production (role): Columnist
    Company: Glamour Magazine
  • Date: 2011-12
    Production (role): The Huffington Post
    Company:
  • Date: 2011-12
    Production (role): The Daily Mail
    Company:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Cosmopolitan
    Company:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Company
    Company:
  • Date: 2010-11
    Production (role): The Sunday Times
    Company:
  • Date: 2009-10
    Production (role): Stylist (Regular Columnist)
    Company:
  • Date
    Production (role)
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): Stylist Live
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Bailey's Spirited Women Event

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