Wendy Robbins
Executive Producer / Presenter
Wendy Robbins joined CTVC from the BBC and is an experienced broadcast journalist who has worked on numerous current affairs programmes including Panorama, Newsnight, Public Eye, Watchdog and Here and Now. In addition to overseeing a slate of CTVC commissions for BBC 1 and 2, she is currently presenting a series of short films for The One Show, produced by CTVC for The One Show.
Wendy’s achievements in investigative journalism include an innocent man being released from death row and the closure of an old age home in South London for inadequate care of the elderly. Her early career as a Sunday Times researcher was immortalised on screen in 2007 by Celia Meiras in BBC 2’s Nuclear Secrets - the story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli technician who was kidnapped by Mossad for revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets to the press.
Her work with the BBC Current Affairs Development team led to 3 major seasons for BBC 3, and the 6 part Backlash series for BBC 2 which introduced celebrity presenters with something to say on current issues. Following this Wendy set up a new development team in factual to co-ordinate and develop major Cross-Platform/ Cross Genre ideas for BBC 1, 2 3 after which she went on to executive produce high profile series such as Fat Teens Can’t Hunt, Everest ER and Casualty 1907
In addition to her experience behind the camera, she presents the critically-acclaimed The House I Grew Up In for BBC Radio 4 (currently in its fourth series)and has also reported on BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent; File On Four, and presented on Five Live’s Breakfast Show.
Recent projects for CTVC include Executive Producer Too Old to be a Mum? For CTVC/BBC1 which aired in January 2010, Presenter on Bosnia’s War Babies (CTVC/BBC World Service) and Executive Producer for Fix My Family for BBC2.
Most recently, Wendy has been presenting The House I Grew Up In for BBC Radio 4
tel: 020 7940 8492
email wendy.robbins@ctvc.co.uk
