# Wendy Robbins > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wendy_Robbins > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wendy_Robbins.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Robbins > Source revision: 1324528789 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British radio and television presenter and producer **Wendy Robbins** (born 30 October 1963 in [Bromley](/source/Bromley), [Kent](/source/Kent)) is a British radio and television presenter and producer. She presents *[The House I Grew Up In](/source/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In)* broadcast on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) and reports for *[The One Show](/source/The_One_Show)* on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One). ## Career Prior to her career as a presenter, she was a journalist for *[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)*, and was one of the reporters who worked with [Mordechai Vanunu](/source/Mordechai_Vanunu), the Israeli nuclear technician kidnapped by [Mossad](/source/Mossad) for revealing Israel's nuclear secrets to *The Sunday Times.* She was portrayed by the actress Celia Meiras in *[Nuclear Secrets – Vanunu and the Bomb](/source/Nuclear_Secrets)*, which chronicled the Vanunu affair, shown on BBC Television in 2007.[1][2] Robbins has worked for the [BBC](/source/BBC) on the current affairs programmes *[Panorama](/source/Panorama_(British_TV_programme))*, *[Newsnight](/source/Newsnight)*, *[Breakfast Time](/source/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme))*, *Correspondent*, *Public Eye*, *Here And Now* and *[Watchdog](/source/Watchdog_(TV_programme))*. For [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) she has presented *[From Our Own Correspondent](/source/From_Our_Own_Correspondent)*, *[File on 4](/source/File_on_4)*, *Taking Note*, *Violent Britain* and [Five Live's](/source/BBC_Radio_5_Live) *Breakfast Show* as well as *Jewish London* on [GLR](/source/BBC_Radio_London). In 2010, she presented a two part "personal journey" on modern antisemitism in Europe for the *Heart and Soul* programme on BBC World Service. Robbins has also presented *France Inside Out* for [BBC Two](/source/BBC_Two)'s *Learning Zone* and *What's The Story?* on [Channel Five](/source/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)) as well as *BBC London News*[3] and the regional programmes *First Sight* in London and *[Spotlight](/source/Spotlight_(BBC_Northern_Ireland_TV_programme))* in Northern Ireland. On the day [Diana, Princess of Wales](/source/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales) died in 1997, she reported for BBC Television and took part in the subsequent funeral coverage. Since 2007 she has presented [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)'s *[The House I Grew Up In](/source/The_House_I_Grew_Up_In)*, and since October 2010 has presented reports for *[The One Show](/source/The_One_Show)* on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] She has been Executive Producer for numerous BBC programmes including *[Casualty 1907](/source/Casualty_1907)* and *Everest ER* and for the independent production company CTVC.[4] She presented *Bosnia's War Babies*[5] on the [BBC World Service](/source/BBC_World_Service) and was Executive Producer for *Too Old To Be A Mum?*[6] on BBC One in 2010 and *My Big Gay Jewish Conversion* on BBC One in 2017. ## Personal life Robbins lives in north-west London with her partner, the journalist/presenter of BBC *Panorama* [John Ware](/source/John_Ware_(TV_journalist)), and three children.[7][8] She is Jewish.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Fleming, Eileen (14 December 2009). ["What Americans Need to know about Mordechai Vanunu"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100619174526/http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/12507-what-americans-need-to-know-about-mordechai-vanunu.html). *Atlantic Free Press*. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hounam_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hounam_2-1) Hounam, Peter (1999). [*The Woman From Mossad: The Story of Mordechai Vanunu and the Israeli Nuclear Program*](https://books.google.com/books?id=x1tuzIXNAxUC&dq=The%20Woman%20From%20Mossad%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Mordechai%20Vanunu%20and%20the%20Israeli%20Nuclear%20Program&pg=PP1). Berkeley, California: Frog Ltd. pp. 42–57. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-58394-005-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58394-005-7). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McNamara, Martin (28 September 2001). ["Revamped BBC news for London"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111431/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=21009§ioncode=1). *[Press Gazette](/source/Press_Gazette)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=21009§ioncode=1) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Team"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100814170612/http://www.ctvc.co.uk/team.html). *CTVC*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ctvc.co.uk/team.html) on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Radio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100814170821/http://www.ctvc.co.uk/radio3.html). *CTVC*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ctvc.co.uk/radio3.html) on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["TV Productions: *Too Old to be a Mum?*"](http://www.ctvc.co.uk/oldmums.html). *CTVC*. Retrieved 22 July 2010. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *[Woman & Home](/source/Woman_%26_Home)*: July 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-guardian-20060821_8-0)** Silver, James (21 August 2006). ["'It's the last chance for Panorama'"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/21/bbc.broadcasting). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 21 July 2015. ## External links - [Wendy Robbins](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2932595/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Wendy Robbins at British Film Institute database](https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111748/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/655256?view=credit) Authority control databases International VIAF National Poland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wendy Robbins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Robbins) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Robbins?action=history)). 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