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 received and went on to be published in German, Dutch and Portuguese.
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 huge critical acclaim.
In 2008 Dawn presented a BBC3 series of five documentary films, exploring attitudes to nudity, lesbianism, dating and pregnancy and childbirth. She also presented and produced Seriously Dirty Dancing, a tribute to her favourite film, for Five. She then 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.She then presented a very personal documentary, entitled My Breasts Could Kill Me which explored the experience of breast cancer, for Sky1.
2013 began a new passion for Dawn as she took up her pen and started a new section of her career. She wrote a popular monthly Glamour magazine column, and released her first novel (shortlisted for the Waterstone’s children book prize) for young adults Paper Aeroplanes published by Hot Key Books.
In 2014, Dawn fronted the RTS nominated vintage fashion show for Channel4 Primetime entitled This Old Thing and published her second novel, Goose and she has continued to have huge success writing. Dawn has since published The Cows, and her latest book “So Lucky”, which was released in October 2019, was a Sunday Times Bestseller.
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2015Production (role): Angela Scanlon: Close EncountersCompany: RTE for BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2014Production (role): This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (Presenter)Company: RDF for Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2013Production (role): How To Find Love Online (Presenter)Company: The Garden Productions for Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2013Production (role): Undercover Mums (Presenter)Company: Two Four for TLCProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): Show Me Your Wardrobe (Guest)Company: Alaska TV for Sky LivingProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): Million Pound Drop (Guest)Company: Endemol for Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2011Production (role): Derren Brown: The Luck Project (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details: *RTS Winner
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Date: 2011Production (role): Dawn's Guide To... (Presenter)Company: Online by Channel FlipProject details:
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Date: 2011Production (role): Born to Shine (Contributor)Company: ITVProject details:
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Date: 2010Production (role): The One Show (VT Presenter)Company: BBC1Project details:
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Date: 2010Production (role): I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Now! (Guest Panel)Company: ITV2Project details:
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Date: 2010Production (role): All At Sea (Contributor)Company: ITVProject details:
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Date: 2009Production (role): The Wright Stuff (Guest Panel)Company: Channel 5Project details:
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Date: 2009Production (role): My Breast Could Kill Me (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details: 2 x 60
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Porter: Polygamist's Wife (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Porter: Mail Order Bride (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Porter: Free Love (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Goes Lesbian (Presenter)Company: BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Gets a Baby (Presenter)Company: BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Goes Naked (Presenter)Company: BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2008Production (role): Dawn Gets Her Man (Presenter)Company: BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2007Production (role): Seriously Dirty Dancing (Presenter)Company: Channel FiveProject details:
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Date: 2007Production (role): If I Ruled The WorldCompany: BBCProject details:
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Date: 2007Production (role): Pole PositionCompany: CBSProject details:
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Date: 2007Production (role): How To Look Good Naked (VT Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2007Production (role): Super Slim Me (Presenter)Company: BBC3Project details:
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Date: 2005Production (role): Balls of Steel (Presenter)Company: Channel 4Project details:
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DateProduction (role)Company
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Date: 2016Production (role): Get It OnCompany: Podcast (Itunes)
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Date: 2014Production (role): A Good ReadCompany: BBCR4 (Contributor)
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Date: 2013Production (role): Woman's Hour (Contributor)Company: BBC Radio 4
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Date: 2012Production (role): Magic FM Monthly Show (Cover for Kim Wilde )Company: Radio Humberside
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DatePublication (role)Company
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Date: 2019Production (role): So LuckyCompany: Harper Collins
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Date: 2016Production (role): The CowsCompany: Harper Collins
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Date: 2014Production (role): GooseCompany: Hot Key Books
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Date: 2014Production (role): This Old ThingCompany: Hot Key Books
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Date: 2013Production (role): Paper AeroplanesCompany: Hot Key Books
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Date: 2006Production (role): Diaries of an Internet LoverCompany: Virgin Books
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DatePublication (role)Company
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Date: 2013 - 2016Production (role): ColumnistCompany: Glamour Magazine
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Date: 2011-12Production (role): The Huffington PostCompany:
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Date: 2011-12Production (role): The Daily MailCompany:
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Date: 2011Production (role): CosmopolitanCompany:
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Date: 2011Production (role): CompanyCompany:
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Date: 2010-11Production (role): The Sunday TimesCompany:
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Date: 2009-10Production (role): Stylist (Regular Columnist)Company:
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Date: 2015Production (role): Stylist Live
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Date: 2013Production (role): Bailey's Spirited Women Event