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Louise Hulland

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Louise Hulland
Alma materClitheroe Royal Grammar School
St Chad's College, Durham
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • broadcaster

Louise Hulland is a British broadcaster and journalist.

Background

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Hulland attended Read St John's Primary School, in Read, Lancashire, and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Whilst at secondary school, she carried out work experience at the Clitheroe Advertiser.[1] She was a student at St Chad's College of Durham University[2] where she read criminology and theology.[3]

Career

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Hulland's media career began at the Clitheroe Advertiser.[3] Her career in radio started at BBC Radio Lancashire.[4] Hulland worked at BBC Radio 1 in the mid-2000s.[4] Whilst at BBC Radio 1, Hulland was a researcher on various shows.[3] Hulland was awarded a 2005 Sony Radio Academy Award for her BBC Radio 1 documentary, Missing the Message,[5] which explored the experiences of teenagers who were HIV positive.[4][6]

In the 2010s and possibly later, Hulland presented and produced in-depth reports for various TV programmes.[7] In the early half of the 2010s, Hulland appeared regularly on Simon Lederman's programme on BBC London 94.9 as a commentator,[8] and sat in for other presenters on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.[9] From 2015 until 2017 at the earliest, she continued to sit in for other presenters on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and other BBC Local Radio stations.[10]

By 2014, Hulland had been a continuity announcer or voiceover for QVC, Trouble TV, Channel 1 and BBC Three. As of 2014, Hulland was producing and presenting a number of documentaries for London Live.[11] Also in 2014, Hulland played a TV news reporter in the television series Babylon.[12] In the latter half of the 2010s, Hulland appeared on Mysteries at the Museum,[13] a programme on the Travel Channel. As of 2018, Hulland was a reporter for Woman's Hour[14] on BBC Radio 4.

In 2020, she began presenting the Friday and Sunday breakfast shows on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire between 6am and 10am.[15] In 2023, it was announced that Hulland would present the new 2pm-6pm weekday afternoon show, covering three counties in the East of England, on BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.[16] At Christmas 2023, Hulland presented a special programme which was broadcast on all BBC Local Radio stations.[17]

Hulland has presented the ITV2 programme FYI Daily and presented for the ITN YouTube channel.[18] She has presented the news on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Writing

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Hulland writes for HuffPost and Independent Voices. She is a regular newspaper reviewer for talkRADIO and BBC Radio London.[15] Hulland's first book, Stolen Lives, which investigated human trafficking in the UK, was published in 2020.[19]

Narration work

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  • Kate & Wills: A Royal Love Story (2010)[11][20]
  • The Killer in My Family. (2019–2024)[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ "Award-winning journalist and presenter Louise Hulland on her career, lockdown life, and on missing Lancashire 'like mad'". Lancashire Evening Post. 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  2. ^ "IWD 2019: Celebrating Durham's women - Palatinate". www.palatinate.org.uk. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Read journalist lands presenting role on BBC show Watchdog". Burnley Express. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. ^ a b c "On the air: going for a gong". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ "Ribble Valley's women of substance". Burnley Express. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ "Sony Awards – the results". RadioToday. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  7. ^ Hulland, Louise. "from:LouiseOnAir report - Search / X". X. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  8. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  9. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  10. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  11. ^ a b emmaharvey (2014-05-14). "Voiceover of the Week: Louise Hulland". Harvey Voices. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  12. ^ Babylon (Comedy, Crime, Drama), Brit Marling, Bertie Carvel, Paterson Joseph, Decibel Films, Channel 4 Television, Nightjack, 2014-02-09, retrieved 2025-01-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ Hulland, Louise. "from:LouiseOnAir mysteries at museum - Search / X". X. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 4 to feature Pendleside Hospice". Burnley Express. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  15. ^ a b "Louise Hulland". United Agents. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  16. ^ "South and East of England shared shows announced for local BBC radio". RadioToday. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  17. ^ "Kylie Minogue forms part of the Christmas schedule across local BBC radio stations". RadioToday. 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  18. ^ Louise Hulland (2013-07-30). Louise Hulland, (ITV2 & ITN) Studio Presenting. Retrieved 2025-01-03 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ "Louise Hulland". CrimeCon. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  20. ^ Lask, Kim; Mears, Anna (2010-11-16), Kate & Wills: A Royal Love Story (Documentary), ITN Factual Productions, retrieved 2025-01-03
  21. ^ The Killer in My Family (Crime), Louise Hulland, Anjula Mutanda, Emma Kenny, Woodcut Media, 2019-01-08, retrieved 2025-01-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ^ "The Killer in My Family S5E1 3 August 2024 on Quest Red - TV Regular". 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2025-01-03.