# Donal MacIntyre > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donal_MacIntyre > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donal_MacIntyre.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_MacIntyre > Source revision: 1356437142 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Irish investigative journalist}} {{For|others of similar name|Donald MacIntyre (disambiguation){{!}}Donald MacIntyre}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Donal MacIntyre | image = Donal MacIntyre.jpg | caption = MacIntyre in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = [Journalist](/source/Journalist) | other_names = | title = | family = | spouse = | children = | credits = {{Plainlist| * ''[World in Action](/source/World_in_Action)'' * ''MacIntyre Undercover'' * ''MacIntyre Investigates'' * ''Street Crime Live'' * ''[CCTV Cities](/source/CCTV_Cities)'' * ''[London Tonight](/source/London_Tonight)'' * ''[At Home with the Noonans](/source/At_Home_with_the_Noonans)'' * ''The Trade in Rare Mountain Gorillas'' * ''Macintyre's Toughest Towns'' }} | agent = | website = [http://www.macintyre.com/ Official website] | module = {{ Listen| embed=yes |filename = Donal MacIntyre voice.flac | title =Donal MacIntyre's voice| type = speech| description = recorded November 2013 }} }} '''Donal MacIntyre''' is an Irish [investigative journalist](/source/Investigative_journalism), specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés. He has also worked as a presenter of both television news and documentaries on various UK channels. In 2007, MacIntyre directed ''[A Very British Gangster](/source/A_Very_British_Gangster)'', which premiered at the [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival). From April 2010, he presented [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))'s local news show ''[London Tonight](/source/London_Tonight)'' for a few months.''The Guardian'', 25 August 2010, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/25/donal-macintyre-leaves-london-tonight 'Donal MacIntyre quits London Tonight'] Retrieved 26 August 2010 In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the [fourth series](/source/Dancing_on_Ice_(series_4)) of ''[Dancing on Ice](/source/Dancing_on_Ice)'', where he was runner-up to [Ray Quinn](/source/Ray_Quinn). In 2014, he participated in the first series of ''[The Jump](/source/The_Jump_(2014_TV_series))'' where he was runner-up to [Joe McElderry](/source/Joe_McElderry). MacIntyre has also worked for the [CBS Reality](/source/CBS_Reality) channel, including as presenter of the documentary series ''[Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved](/source/Donal_MacIntyre%3A_Unsolved)'', in which he investigates a number of well noted "cold cases" for which the police have never been able to reach a conclusion. ==Early life== MacIntyre was educated in [Dublin](/source/Dublin) and [London](/source/London), and completed a Master's degree in Communication Policy at [City University, London](/source/City_University%2C_London).{{cite web|url=http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_donal_mcintyre.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514002210/http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_donal_mcintyre.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2005|title=Donal MacIntyre|publisher=City Speakers International|access-date=15 July 2008}} ==Career== After graduation he worked as a newspaper reporter for the ''[Sunday Tribune](/source/Sunday_Tribune)'' and later with ''[The Irish Press](/source/The_Irish_Press)'' in Dublin, covering finance, sports and news. He undertook his first [investigative reporting](/source/investigative_reporting) into the [Law Society](/source/Law_Society) investigating allegations of restrictive practises. He then wrote similar investigative articles for ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'', ''[The Daily Mail](/source/The_Daily_Mail)'', ''[The Sunday Express](/source/The_Sunday_Express)'' and the ''[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman)''. MacIntyre began his television career at the BBC on the investigative sports strand ''On-The-Line'' in 1993. In the wake of the [Lyme Regis](/source/Lyme_Regis) [canoeing disaster](/source/Lyme_Bay_kayaking_tragedy) in which four school children drowned, his canoeing experience made him the natural choice to investigate the incident and the safety culture that had allowed it. He went undercover as an Adventure Sports Instructor to expose the lack of employment standards in the industry. This investigation led to the development of MacIntyre's distinctive investigative reporting style, which he explained as being present for the story, rather than merely reporting accounts of it:{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/donal_mc/page1.shtml|title=Interview with Donal MacIntyre|publisher=BBC|date=2 May 2002|access-date=15 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905064107/http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/donal_mc/page1.shtml|archive-date=5 September 2007|url-status=dead}}
I think print can be very reactive. It just means getting on the end of a phone and getting a quote. For TV it doesn't happen unless it's filmed and that means you have to be there. Our particular brand is called Show Me television - we don't tell you, we show you.
The first series of ''MacIntyre Investigates'' for the BBC caused some controversy when it was accused of falsifying video evidence and [blackmail](/source/blackmail) during its exposé of the [Elite modelling agency](/source/Elite_Model_Management). The BBC was sued for defamation, avoided court through a settlement, and issued a statement admitting that MacIntyre had misrepresented the agency in his programme, but that they stood by him.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jun/12/broadcasting.bbc3|title=Sex, lies and unused tape: How the BBC's model inquiry went wrong|newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date=12 June 2001}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1308796/BBC-settles-with-model-agency-over-sex-claims.html |date=12 June 2001 |title=BBC settles with model agency over sex claims|newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)}} Towards the end of his second series of ''MacIntyre Investigates'' for the BBC, he came under more open criticism from internal sources. The three programmes were suggested to have cost as much as £2.5 million, while an episode of ''[Panorama](/source/Panorama_(TV_series))'' by contrast typically cost £100,000 to £150,000. In return, BBC One's then controller [Lorraine Heggessey](/source/Lorraine_Heggessey) expected ''MacIntyre Investigates'' to deliver the ratings, a pressure that other investigative journalists believed undermined its editorial integrity.{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrowan.com/2002/05/evening-standard-donal-macintyre.html|title=Evening Standard: Donal MacIntyre profile|author=Rowan, David|website=Davidrown.com|date=8 May 2002|access-date=15 July 2008}} In 2007, MacIntyre set out to create a documentary because he wanted to "do a [Michael Moore](/source/Michael_Moore) for gangsters," in penetrating a world of [super-rich](/source/ultra_high-net-worth_individual) villains who enjoy a life of luxury with no legitimate means of support: "It was interesting to make a 180-degree turn from my covert-reporting heritage and have full access. I wanted to build a bond."[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/08/bfdonal108.xml] {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The resulting production became a film with the title ''A Very British Gangster'' which centred on the life of [Manchester](/source/Manchester)-based gangster and [hit man](/source/assassination) [Dominic Noonan](/source/Dominic_Noonan), whose brother [Desmond Noonan](/source/Desmond_Noonan) was stabbed to death during filming. MacIntyre directed the anti-smoking commercials for the SMOKE IS POISON campaign. This series included the ''[Polonium](/source/Polonium)'' commercial that the British Government banned out of sensitivity to the family of the murdered Russian [dissident](/source/dissident) [Alexander Litvinenko](/source/Alexander_Litvinenko) who was killed using the substance. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} From 6 April 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/03_march/14/macintyre.shtml|title=Donal MacIntyre joins 5 Live|publisher=BBC|date=14 March 2008|access-date=15 July 2008}} MacIntyre has presented a weekly radio show on [BBC Radio 5 Live](/source/BBC_Radio_5_Live).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/donalmacintyre.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409033212/http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/donalmacintyre.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2008|title=Donal Macintyre|publisher=BBC Radio Five Live|access-date=15 July 2008}} In June 2009, both he and his wife were attacked and beaten at the Cloud 9 wine bar in [Hampton Court](/source/Hampton_Court) in what is believed to have been a revenge attack, linked to the prosecution of Jason Marriner and other Chelsea hooligans in the 1999 documentary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/donal-macintyre-beaten-up-in-winebar-6749273.html|title=Donal MacIntyre beaten up in winebar|date=12 April 2012|website=Standard.co.uk}} In 2010, MacIntyre briefly co-hosted [ITV1](/source/ITV1)'s local news show ''[London Tonight](/source/ITV_News_London)'', stepping down after six months in the post.{{cite news|title=Donal Macintyre to be Katie Derham's partner on London Tonight|publisher=Thisislondon.co.uk|date=17 March 2010|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/donal-macintyre-to-be-katie-derham-s-partner-on-london-tonight-6726911.html|access-date=17 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409080810/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23816035-donal-macintyre-to-be-katie-derhams-partner-on-london-tonight.do|archive-date=9 April 2010}} He writes for ''[Sunday World](/source/Sunday_World)'' and is a [visiting professor](/source/visiting_professor) of criminology at [Birmingham City University](/source/Birmingham_City_University) in which capacity he has been a panelist on the Crime Bites Podcast.{{Cite web |url=http://crimebites.co.uk/ |title=Crime Bites – A podcast by criminologist Professor Elizabeth Yardley. Making sense of crime and society's response to it |access-date=16 December 2017 |archive-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014402/http://crimebites.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }} ===''Dancing on Ice''=== In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the [fourth series](/source/Dancing_on_Ice_(series_4)) of the television series ''[Dancing on Ice](/source/Dancing_on_Ice)''. He and his pro-skating partner [Florentine Houdiniere](/source/Florentine_Houdiniere) were the runners up.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/entertainment/reality/dancingonice/votebreakdown/default.html |title=Dancing on Ice voting |publisher=ITV |access-date=5 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027131543/http://www.itv.com/entertainment/reality/dancingonice/votebreakdown/default.html |archive-date=27 October 2009 }} ===''The Jump''=== MacIntyre took part in the first series of [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) reality series ''[The Jump](/source/The_Jump_(2014_TV_series))'' in 2014. Initially signed as a reserve in case of injury to other participants, he took the place of the incapacitated [Melinda Messenger](/source/Melinda_Messenger) from the fifth night (30 January 2014). He finished the series second to [Joe McElderry](/source/Joe_McElderry), who had also initially been a reserve contestant. ==See also== *''[At Home with the Noonans](/source/At_Home_with_the_Noonans)'' *[Chris Clark](/source/Chris_Clark_(writer)), British crime writer and documentary maker who also focuses on unsolved crimes ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061023001318/http://macintyre.com/ Official website] * {{IMDb name|1605098}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macintyre, Donal}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of City, University of London Category:BBC people Category:Daily Express people Category:Daily Mail journalists Category:Irish investigative journalists Category:Irish sports journalists Category:Irish people of American descent Category:ITV people Category:People from County Kildare Category:Journalists from Dublin (city) Category:Sunday Tribune people Category:The Guardian journalists Category:The Irish Press people Category:Irish twins --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Donal MacIntyre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_MacIntyre) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_MacIntyre?action=history)). 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