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'''Marc Fennell''' is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[technology journalist|journalist]], [[television presenter]], [[radio personality]] and [[author]]. Fennell is the host of ''[[Mastermind (Australian game show)|Mastermind]], Stuff The British Stole'' and was co-anchor of ''[[The Feed (Australian TV series)|The Feed]].''
'''Marc Fennell''' is an Australian [[technology journalist]], television presenter, [[radio personality]] and author. He became known as co-anchor of ''[[The Feed (Australian TV series)|The Feed]]'', and {{as of|lc=yes| November 2023}} is the host of ''[[Mastermind (Australian game show)|Mastermind]]'' (TV) and ''[[Stuff the British Stole]]'' (radio and TV) and ''Download This Show'' (radio).

== Early life and education ==
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Fennell's mother, a school teacher, is [[Indian Singaporeans|Indian-Singaporean]] and his father, a photographer, is [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mycitylife.com.au/news/2015/march/25/interview-marc-fennell-that-modern-universal-guy/ |title=Marc Fennell: That Modern Universal Guy |work=My City Life |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803225422/http://www.mycitylife.com.au/news/2015/march/25/interview-marc-fennell-that-modern-universal-guy |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/unwritten-law/where-are-you-from-raises-many-questions-20140912-10fzxs.html |title='Where are you from?' raises many questions |newspaper=[[Brisbane Times]] |date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

He completed his [[Higher School Certificate (New South Wales)|Higher School Certificate]] in 2002 at [[St George Christian School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NSW |first=Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards |title=2002 Higher School Certificate – Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW |url=https://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/enwiki/static/DSACH_2002_12_F2.htm |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au}}</ref>

He attended the [[University of Technology Sydney]], but left after eight weeks to join [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]'s youth show ''[[The Movie Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Successful Australians who didn't go to university |url=https://workskills.com.au/2018/10/16/successful-australians-who-didnt-go-to-university/ |website=Work Skills |access-date=7 December 2021 |date=16 October 2018}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
=== Film critic ===
=== Film critic ===
In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first [[Australian Film Institute|AFI]] Young Film Critics Competition.<ref name="Petersen2004-06-03">{{cite news | last = Petersen | first = Freya | date = 3 June 2004 | title = SBS adds a youthful twist in sobriety for that movie show | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | location = Sydney, Australia | page = 7 }}</ref> He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station [[FBi Radio]] from 2003–2006.
In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first [[Australian Film Institute|AFI]] Young Film Critics Competition.<ref name="Petersen2004-06-03">{{cite news | last = Petersen | first = Freya | date = 3 June 2004 | title = SBS adds a youthful twist in sobriety for that movie show |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| location = Sydney, Australia | page = 7 }}</ref> He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station [[FBi Radio]] from 2003–2006.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}


During this period Fennell was selected as one of four presenters of [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS's]] ''[[The Movie Show]]'' in mid-2004.<ref name="Petersen2004-06-03" /> Fennell remained with the show until June 2006, when the show went on hiatus, returning in a different format (and with a different team) in 2007.<ref name="George2006-03-23">{{cite news | last = George | first = Sandy | date = 23 March 2006 | title = Credits roll for Movie Show | work = [[The Australian]] | page = 42 }}</ref><ref name="Browne2007-05-06">{{cite news | last = Browne | first = Rachel | date = 6 May 2007 | title = Joy for film buffs as show goes on | work = [[Sun Herald]] | location = Sydney, Australia | page = 16 }}</ref>
During this period Fennell was selected as one of four presenters of SBS's ''The Movie Show'' in mid-2004.<ref name="Petersen2004-06-03" /> Fennell remained with the show until June 2006, when the show went on hiatus, returning in a different format (and with a different team) in 2007.<ref>{{cite news | last = George | first = Sandy | date = 23 March 2006 | title = Credits roll for Movie Show |newspaper=[[The Australian]]| page = 42}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Browne | first = Rachel | date = 6 May 2007 | title = Joy for film buffs as show goes on |newspaper=[[Sun Herald]]| location = Sydney, Australia | page = 16}}</ref>


Fennell covered cinema across the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] Radio Network including [[ABC Local Radio]] and the national youth broadcaster [[triple j]]. He presented the weekly movie segment on the [[Network Ten]] morning program ''[[The Circle (TV program)|The Circle]]'' from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012.
Fennell covered cinema across the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] Radio Network including [[ABC Local Radio]] and the national youth broadcaster [[Triple J]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} He presented the weekly movie segment on the [[Network Ten]] morning program ''[[The Circle (TV program)|The Circle]]'' from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}


Fennell also regularly produced digital projects exploring cinema culture including ''Bollywood For Beginners'': a series for [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS Television]] about the history of [[Bollywood]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Hamilton | first = Alicia | date = 20 March 2012 | title = Bollywood for Beginners | work = [[Special Broadcasting Service]] | url = http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/bollywoodstar/playlistvideos/page/i/3/h/The-Genre/ | access-date = 30 September 2012 }}</ref> He also co-produced a web series about [[Trailer (promotion)|movie trailers]], ''Coming Sooner'', with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall.<ref>{{cite web | last = Totten | first = Sanden | date = 11 September 2012 | title = How movie trailers evolved from an afterthought to an art form | work = [[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] | url = http://www.scpr.org/programs/cohen-martinez/2012/09/11/28357/movie-trailers-art-golden-trailers-hitchcock-rambo/ | access-date = 30 September 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Fennell also regularly produced digital projects exploring cinema culture including ''Bollywood For Beginners'': a series for [[SBS Television]] about the history of [[Bollywood]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Hamilton | first = Alicia | date = 20 March 2012 | title = Bollywood for Beginners | work = [[Special Broadcasting Service]] | url = http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/bollywoodstar/playlistvideos/page/i/3/h/The-Genre/ | access-date = 30 September 2012}}</ref> He also co-produced a web series about [[Trailer (promotion)|movie trailers]], ''Coming Sooner'', with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall.<ref>{{cite web | last = Totten | first = Sanden | date = 11 September 2012 | title = How movie trailers evolved from an afterthought to an art form | work = [[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] | url = http://www.scpr.org/programs/cohen-martinez/2012/09/11/28357/movie-trailers-art-golden-trailers-hitchcock-rambo/ | access-date = 30 September 2012}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


Fennell has written 2 books, ''That Movie Book''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Fennell Kills Your Weekend (working title) |url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780730497486/marc-fennell-kills-your-weekend-working-title |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=HarperCollins Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> and ''The Planet According to Movies''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planet According to the Movies |url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460704790/planet-according-to-the-movies |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=HarperCollins Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> both published by [[HarperCollins]].
Fennell has written 2 books, ''That Movie Book''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Fennell Kills Your Weekend (working title) |url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780730497486/marc-fennell-kills-your-weekend-working-title |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=HarperCollins Australia}}</ref> and ''Planet According to Movies''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Planet According to the Movies|url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460704790/planet-according-to-the-movies |access-date=2023-01-25 |isbn=978-1-4607-0479-0 |last1=Fennell |first1=Marc |date=November 2015 |publisher=HarperCollins Australia }}</ref> both published by [[HarperCollins]].


=== ''Hungry Beast'' ===
=== ''Hungry Beast'' ===
Fennell presented and reported on ''[[Hungry Beast]]'', aired on [[ABC1]]. He primarily covered [[digital media]], [[popular culture]], [[game|gaming]] and [[technology]]. Fennell was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for [[Zapruder's Other Films]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Jackson | first = Sally | date = 12 April 2010 | title = Digital natives held to spin new web | work = [[The Australian]] | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/digital-natives-held-to-spin-new-web/story-e6frg996-1225852493992 | access-date = 8 March 2010 }}</ref> Prior to ''Hungry Beast'' Fennell had worked with another of the presenters, [[Dan Ilic]], developing a YouTube parody of the [[Freeview (Australia)|Freeview]] launch<ref>{{cite news | last = Blundell | first = Graeme | date = 30 May 2009 | title = Is this the future of television? | work = [[The Australian]] | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/is-this-the-future-of-television/story-e6frg8mf-1225717713963 | access-date = 8 March 2010 }}</ref> as part of their live comedy show ''Massage My Medium'' at the 2009 [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Ilic | first = Dan | date = 21 April 2009 | title = Marc Fennell & Dan Ilic in Massage My Medium (Or How to Save TV in 55 minutes) | work = [[MICF]] | url = http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/massage-my-medium-or-how-to-save-tv-in-55-minutes/ | access-date = 30 September 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131009233501/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/massage-my-medium-or-how-to-save-tv-in-55-minutes/ | archive-date = 9 October 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
Fennell presented and reported on ''[[Hungry Beast]]'', aired on [[ABC1]]. He primarily covered [[digital media]], [[popular culture]], [[game|gaming]] and [[technology]]. Fennell was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for [[Zapruder's Other Films]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Jackson | first = Sally | date = 12 April 2010 | title = Digital natives held to spin new web |newspaper=[[The Australian]]| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/digital-natives-held-to-spin-new-web/story-e6frg996-1225852493992 | access-date = 8 March 2010}}</ref> Prior to ''Hungry Beast'' Fennell had worked with another of the presenters, [[Dan Ilic]], developing a YouTube parody of the [[Freeview (Australia)|Freeview]] launch<ref>{{cite news | last = Blundell | first = Graeme|author-link=Graeme Blundell| date = 30 May 2009 | title = Is this the future of television? |newspaper=[[The Australian]]| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/is-this-the-future-of-television/story-e6frg8mf-1225717713963 | access-date = 8 March 2010}}</ref> as part of their live comedy show ''Massage My Medium'' at the 2009 [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Ilic | first = Dan|author-link=Dan Ilic| date = 21 April 2009 | title = Marc Fennell & Dan Ilic in Massage My Medium (Or How to Save TV in 55 minutes) | work = [[MICF]] | url = http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/massage-my-medium-or-how-to-save-tv-in-55-minutes/ | access-date = 30 September 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131009233501/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/massage-my-medium-or-how-to-save-tv-in-55-minutes/ | archive-date = 9 October 2013 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>


===Technology journalism ===
===Technology journalism ===
Fennell hosts the ABC's technology radio program ''[[Download This Show]]'' which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and online privacy.<ref>{{cite web | last = Fennell | first = Marc | date = 20 February 2012 | title = Download This Show Homepage | work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ | access-date = 30 September 2012 }}</ref> The program airs on [[Radio National]], ABC Local Radio Digital and throughout Asia Pacific on [[Radio Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Croucher|first=Geoff|title=Radio Australia Programme Guide|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/programsaz|publisher=Radio Australia|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> Fennell has also regularly produced reports on technology for programs on [[ABC News 24]] including ''[[News Exchange]]'' (ended), ''[[The Drum (TV program)|The Drum]]'', ''Weekend Breakfast'' and the ''[[Technology Quarter]]'' (ended).<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/whats-the-best-place-on-the-internet/12064566|title=What's the best place on the internet?|website=Download This Show|host=Marc Fennell|date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
Fennell hosts the ABC's technology radio program ''Download This Show'' which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and online privacy.<ref>{{cite web | last = Fennell | first = Marc | date = 20 February 2012 | title = Download This Show Homepage | work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ | access-date = 30 September 2012}}</ref> The program airs on [[Radio National]], ABC Local Radio Digital and throughout Asia Pacific on [[Radio Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Croucher|first=Geoff|title=Radio Australia Programme Guide|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/programsaz|publisher=Radio Australia|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> Fennell has also regularly produced reports on technology for programs on [[ABC News 24]] including ''News Exchange'' (ended), ''[[The Drum (TV program)|The Drum]]'', ''Weekend Breakfast'' and the ''Technology Quarter'' (ended).<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/whats-the-best-place-on-the-internet/12064566|title=What's the best place on the internet?|website=Download This Show|host=Marc Fennell|date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>


=== ''The Feed'' ===
=== ''The Feed'' ===
Marc Fennell anchored the [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] current affairs program [[The Feed (Australian TV series)|''The Feed'']]<ref>{{cite web |date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/about |title=The Feed |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801151007/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/about |url-status=dead }}</ref> from 2013 to its conclusion in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Karl |date=2022-05-25 |title=SBS dumps youth-focused current affairs show The Feed |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sbs-dumps-youth-focused-current-affairs-show-the-feed-20220525-p5aog7.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In addition to his main role co-hosting, Fennell's prerecorded segments became a feature of the show, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/author/marc-fennell |title=Marc Fennell |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=25 April 2015 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505202501/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/author/marc-fennell |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, Fennell won a [[Walkley Awards|Walkley Award]] for documenting the theft of museum specimens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Fennell, Ninah Kopel and Joel Stillone |url=https://www.walkleys.com/award-winners/marc-fennell-ninah-kopel-and-joel-stillone/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Walkley Foundation |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Marc Fennell anchored the SBS current affairs program [[The Feed (Australian TV series)|''The Feed'']]<ref>{{cite web |date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/about |title=The Feed |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801151007/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/about |url-status=dead}}</ref> from 2013 to its conclusion in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn |first=Karl |date=2022-05-25 |title=SBS dumps youth-focused current affairs show ''The Feed''|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sbs-dumps-youth-focused-current-affairs-show-the-feed-20220525-p5aog7.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> In addition to his main role co-hosting, Fennell's prerecorded segments became a feature of the show, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/author/marc-fennell |title=Marc Fennell |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=25 April 2015 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505202501/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/author/marc-fennell |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, Fennell won a [[Walkley Awards|Walkley Award]] for documenting the theft of museum specimens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Fennell, Ninah Kopel and Joel Stillone |url=https://www.walkleys.com/award-winners/marc-fennell-ninah-kopel-and-joel-stillone/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Walkley Foundation}}</ref>


=== ''India Now'' ===
=== ''India Now'' ===
Fennell became an inaugural co-host of the weekly ABC television show ''India Now'' on 30 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web | title=Brand new series INDIA NOW! to air on ABC | website=TV Blackbox | date=25 May 2022 | url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/05/25/brand-new-series-india-now-to-air-on-abc/ | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> The show, described as "an exciting, rich and entertaining half hour of news, culture and politics from India and the subcontinent" is made by the creators of ''[[Planet America]]'' and ''China Tonight''. The show is aimed at an Australian audience and it is hosted by Australians with Indian heritage.<ref>{{cite web | title=India Now! | website=Media Spy | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/india-now/19986 | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Erin Wen Ai Chew | title=ABC’s India Now! Is The To Go To For Understanding What Is Going On In India And The Subcontinent | website=BEING ASIAN AUSTRALIAN | date=30 May 2022 | url=https://beingasianaustralian.net/2022/05/30/abcs-india-now-is-the-to-go-to-for-understanding-what-is-going-on-in-india-and-the-subcontinent/ | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>


A second season began in April 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Knox | first=David | title=Returning: India Now! | website=TV Tonight | date=11 April 2023 | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/04/returning-india-now.html | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>
Fennell became an inaugural co-host of the weekly ABC television show ''India Now'' in 2022, a show that describes itself as “a rich and entertaining look at news, culture and politics from India and the sub-continent.” The show is aimed at an Australian audience and it is hosted by Australians with Indian heritage.

A second season began 2023.


=== Podcasts ===
=== Podcasts ===
In 2019 Fennell created ''It Burns'', a podcast series covering the global [[race to grow the hottest pepper]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/q-and-a-marc-fennell-on-fire-the-feed-and-finding-people-first-stories-20190412-p51dou.html|title=Q&A: Marc Fennell on fire, The Feed and finding people-first stories|last=Pobjie|first=Ben|date=2019-04-14|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> In 2020 he produced ''Nut Jobs'' investigating $10 million worth of nuts stolen from California.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Try Audible Free Today |language=en}}</ref> Fennell also created the [[ABC Australia|ABC]] and [[CBC Television|CBC]] podcast series ''Stuff The British Stole'' which has since spawned a television series airing in Australia and Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dart |first=Chris |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Stuff the British Stole host Marc Fennell wants to shake up our 'cultural amnesia' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/stuff-the-british-stole-host-marc-fennell-wants-to-shake-up-our-cultural-amnesia-1.6704989}}</ref>
In 2019, Fennell created ''It Burns'', a podcast series covering the global [[race to grow the hottest pepper]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/q-and-a-marc-fennell-on-fire-the-feed-and-finding-people-first-stories-20190412-p51dou.html|title=Q&A: Marc Fennell on fire, ''The Feed'' and finding people-first stories|last=Pobjie|first=Ben|date=2019-04-14|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> In 2020 he produced ''Nut Jobs'' investigating $10 million worth of nuts stolen from California.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} Fennell also created the [[ABC Australia|ABC]] and [[CBC Television|CBC]] podcast series ''Stuff The British Stole'' which has since spawned a television series airing in Australia and Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dart |first=Chris |date=6 January 2023 |title=''Stuff the British Stole'' host Marc Fennell wants to shake up our 'cultural amnesia' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/stuff-the-british-stole-host-marc-fennell-wants-to-shake-up-our-cultural-amnesia-1.6704989|website=[[CBC Television]]}}</ref>


=== Documentaries ===
=== Documentaries ===
In 2021, Fennell presented ''Framed'' a 4-part [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] documentary into the theft of Picasso's painting The Weeping Woman.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-20 |title=Don't miss Framed: an art heist that's almost too wild to be believed |language=en |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sbs-a-world-of-difference/2021/dec/20/dont-miss-framed-an-art-heist-thats-almost-too-wild-to-be-believed |access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> Fennell hosted the Australian version of ''The School That Tried to End Racism'' for the [[ABC Australia|ABC]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Houston |first=Melinda |date=2021-09-15 |title=Marc Fennell: 'Racism doesn't have to be a big scary word' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/racism-is-a-big-scary-word-changing-perceptions-starts-with-kids-20210914-p58rh4.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Fennell has reported around the world for the [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] foreign affairs programme [[Dateline (Australian TV program)|Dateline]]. <ref>{{Citation |title=Fighting China |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/the-feed/the-feed-2019/the-feed-fighting-china-s2019-ep31/1655964227832 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref>
In 2021, Fennell presented ''Framed'' a 4-part SBS documentary into the theft of Picasso's painting ''[[The Weeping Woman]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-20 |title=Don't miss ''Framed'': an art heist that's almost too wild to be believed|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sbs-a-world-of-difference/2021/dec/20/dont-miss-framed-an-art-heist-thats-almost-too-wild-to-be-believed |access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> Fennell hosted the Australian version of ''The School That Tried to End Racism'' for the ABC.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Houston |first=Melinda |date=2021-09-15 |title=Marc Fennell: 'Racism doesn't have to be a big scary word' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/racism-is-a-big-scary-word-changing-perceptions-starts-with-kids-20210914-p58rh4.html |access-date=2023-01-25|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> Fennell has reported around the world for the [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] foreign affairs programme [[Dateline (Australian TV program)|Dateline]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Fighting China|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/the-feed/the-feed-2019/the-feed-fighting-china-s2019-ep31/1655964227832|access-date=2023-01-25|archive-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125120839/https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/the-feed/the-feed-2019/the-feed-fighting-china-s2019-ep31/1655964227832|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2023, he presented ''The Kingdom'', a feature-length SBS documentary which premiered on 11 June 2023 and which investigated his former [[Pentecostal]] religion, in particular the successes and controversies of the [[Hillsong Church]] and the rise in new [[megachurches]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/airdate-the-kingdom.html|title=Airdate: The Kingdom|date=16 May 2023|website=TV Tonight|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|access-date=16 June 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515214448/https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/airdate-the-kingdom.html|archive-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, he presented ''The Kingdom'', a feature-length SBS documentary which premiered on 11 June 2023 and which investigated his former [[Pentecostal]] religion, in particular the successes and controversies of the [[Hillsong Church]] and the rise in new [[megachurch]]es in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/airdate-the-kingdom.html|title=Airdate: The Kingdom|date=16 May 2023|website=TV Tonight|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|access-date=16 June 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515214448/https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/airdate-the-kingdom.html|archive-date=15 May 2023}}</ref> Later that year, he presented his 3-part investigation ''The Mission: The Strangest Art Heist You Never Heard Of'' about art works stolen in 1986 from the [[New Norcia Monastery]] in regional Western Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/marc-fennells-doco-series-for-sbs-the-mission-looks-at-an-art-crime-that-took-place-in-new-norcia-in-1980s-c-12182296|access-date=7 November 2023|title=Marc Fennell's doco series for SBS, ''The Mission'', looks at an art crime that took place in New Norcia in 1980s|author=Clare Rigden|date=22 October 2023|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]}}</ref>


===''Mastermind''===
===''Mastermind''===
In 2021, Fennell began hosting the [[Mastermind (Australian game show)|Australian version]] of ''[[Mastermind (British game show)|Mastermind]]'', replacing [[Jennifer Byrne]].
In 2021, Fennell began hosting the [[Mastermind (Australian game show)|Australian version]] of ''[[Mastermind (British game show)|Mastermind]]'', replacing [[Jennifer Byrne]].

==Recognition and awards==
In 2012, [[iTunes|iTunes Australia]] named ''Download This Show'' the best new podcast, and it has won Best Audio Program at the Australian IT Journalism Awards ("The Lizzies") many times.<ref>{{cite web | title=Working with Sound: Marc Fennell | website=Australian Audio Guide | date=18 August 2017 | url=https://australianaudioguide.com/working-with-sound-marc-fennell/ | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> It won Best Outlet in the 2023 Lizzies.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lizzies 2024: Finalists & Final Updates | website=ACN Newswire | date=14 September 2024 | url=https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/english/89669/lizzies-2024:-finalists-&-final-updates | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Fennell is married and has two children.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leggatt|first=Johanna |title=Raising daughters in the #MeToo age and they go to undercliffe public school
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Fennell attended the [[University of Technology, Sydney]], but left after eight weeks to join SBS.<ref name="workskills-no-uni-16oct'18">{{cite web |title=Successful Australians who didn't go to university |url=https://workskills.com.au/2018/10/16/successful-australians-who-didnt-go-to-university/ |website=Work Skills |access-date=7 December 2021 |date=16 October 2018}}</ref> His mother, a school teacher, is [[Indian Singaporeans|Indian-Singaporean]] and his father, a photographer, is [[Irish people|Irish]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mycitylife.com.au/news/2015/march/25/interview-marc-fennell-that-modern-universal-guy/ |title=Marc Fennell: That Modern Universal Guy |work=My City Life |date=25 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/unwritten-law/where-are-you-from-raises-many-questions-20140912-10fzxs.html |title='Where are you from?' raises many questions |work=[[The Brisbane Times]] |date=12 September 2014 }}</ref>
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|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/raising-daughters-in-the-metoo-age-20180829-p500fg.html |access-date=7 December 2021|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

He attended secondary school at [[Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales)|Trinity Grammar School]] and later [[St George Christian School]].

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He is married and has two children. With the larger one being 9 years old (2023). And the smaller one being 7 years old (2023). He lives in Sydney. <ref name="smh-metoo-30aug-'18">{{cite news |last1=Leggatt |first1=Johanna |title=Raising daughters in the #MeToo age |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/raising-daughters-in-the-metoo-age-20180829-p500fg.html |access-date=7 December 2021 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


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Marc Fennell
EducationSt George Christian School
Occupations
  • Technology journalist
  • author
  • radio personality
  • TV presenter
Years active2002–present
Websitemarcfennell.com

Marc Fennell is an Australian technology journalist, television presenter, radio personality and author. He became known as co-anchor of The Feed, and as of November 2023 is the host of Mastermind (TV) and Stuff the British Stole (radio and TV) and Download This Show (radio).

Early life and education

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Fennell's mother, a school teacher, is Indian-Singaporean and his father, a photographer, is Anglo-Irish.[1][2]

He completed his Higher School Certificate in 2002 at St George Christian School.[3]

He attended the University of Technology Sydney, but left after eight weeks to join SBS's youth show The Movie Show.[4]

Career

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Film critic

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In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition.[5] He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003–2006.[citation needed]

During this period Fennell was selected as one of four presenters of SBS's The Movie Show in mid-2004.[5] Fennell remained with the show until June 2006, when the show went on hiatus, returning in a different format (and with a different team) in 2007.[6][7]

Fennell covered cinema across the ABC Radio Network including ABC Local Radio and the national youth broadcaster Triple J.[citation needed] He presented the weekly movie segment on the Network Ten morning program The Circle from 2010 until it was axed in August 2012.[citation needed]

Fennell also regularly produced digital projects exploring cinema culture including Bollywood For Beginners: a series for SBS Television about the history of Bollywood.[8] He also co-produced a web series about movie trailers, Coming Sooner, with Nick Hayden and Nicholas McDougall.[9]

Fennell has written 2 books, That Movie Book[10] and Planet According to Movies[11] both published by HarperCollins.

Hungry Beast

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Fennell presented and reported on Hungry Beast, aired on ABC1. He primarily covered digital media, popular culture, gaming and technology. Fennell was one of nine members of the team to be selected by Denton to develop online content for Zapruder's Other Films.[12] Prior to Hungry Beast Fennell had worked with another of the presenters, Dan Ilic, developing a YouTube parody of the Freeview launch[13] as part of their live comedy show Massage My Medium at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[14]

Technology journalism

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Fennell hosts the ABC's technology radio program Download This Show which examines the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and online privacy.[15] The program airs on Radio National, ABC Local Radio Digital and throughout Asia Pacific on Radio Australia.[16] Fennell has also regularly produced reports on technology for programs on ABC News 24 including News Exchange (ended), The Drum, Weekend Breakfast and the Technology Quarter (ended).[17]

The Feed

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Marc Fennell anchored the SBS current affairs program The Feed[18] from 2013 to its conclusion in 2022.[19] In addition to his main role co-hosting, Fennell's prerecorded segments became a feature of the show, most notably his interviews with film and television stars.[20] In 2020, Fennell won a Walkley Award for documenting the theft of museum specimens.[21]

India Now

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Fennell became an inaugural co-host of the weekly ABC television show India Now on 30 May 2022.[22] The show, described as "an exciting, rich and entertaining half hour of news, culture and politics from India and the subcontinent" is made by the creators of Planet America and China Tonight. The show is aimed at an Australian audience and it is hosted by Australians with Indian heritage.[23][24]

A second season began in April 2023.[25]

Podcasts

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In 2019, Fennell created It Burns, a podcast series covering the global race to grow the hottest pepper.[26] In 2020 he produced Nut Jobs investigating $10 million worth of nuts stolen from California.[citation needed] Fennell also created the ABC and CBC podcast series Stuff The British Stole which has since spawned a television series airing in Australia and Canada.[27]

Documentaries

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In 2021, Fennell presented Framed a 4-part SBS documentary into the theft of Picasso's painting The Weeping Woman.[28] Fennell hosted the Australian version of The School That Tried to End Racism for the ABC.[29] Fennell has reported around the world for the SBS foreign affairs programme Dateline.[30]

In 2023, he presented The Kingdom, a feature-length SBS documentary which premiered on 11 June 2023 and which investigated his former Pentecostal religion, in particular the successes and controversies of the Hillsong Church and the rise in new megachurches in Australia.[31] Later that year, he presented his 3-part investigation The Mission: The Strangest Art Heist You Never Heard Of about art works stolen in 1986 from the New Norcia Monastery in regional Western Australia.[32]

Mastermind

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In 2021, Fennell began hosting the Australian version of Mastermind, replacing Jennifer Byrne.

Recognition and awards

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In 2012, iTunes Australia named Download This Show the best new podcast, and it has won Best Audio Program at the Australian IT Journalism Awards ("The Lizzies") many times.[33] It won Best Outlet in the 2023 Lizzies.[34]

Personal life

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Fennell is married and has two children.[35]

References

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  1. ^ "Marc Fennell: That Modern Universal Guy". My City Life. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "'Where are you from?' raises many questions". Brisbane Times. 12 September 2014.
  3. ^ NSW, Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards. "2002 Higher School Certificate – Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW". www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Successful Australians who didn't go to university". Work Skills. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b Petersen, Freya (3 June 2004). "SBS adds a youthful twist in sobriety for that movie show". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. 7.
  6. ^ George, Sandy (23 March 2006). "Credits roll for Movie Show". The Australian. p. 42.
  7. ^ Browne, Rachel (6 May 2007). "Joy for film buffs as show goes on". Sun Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. 16.
  8. ^ Hamilton, Alicia (20 March 2012). "Bollywood for Beginners". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  9. ^ Totten, Sanden (11 September 2012). "How movie trailers evolved from an afterthought to an art form". KPCC. Retrieved 30 September 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Marc Fennell Kills Your Weekend (working title)". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  11. ^ Fennell, Marc (November 2015). Planet According to the Movies. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 978-1-4607-0479-0. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  12. ^ Jackson, Sally (12 April 2010). "Digital natives held to spin new web". The Australian. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  13. ^ Blundell, Graeme (30 May 2009). "Is this the future of television?". The Australian. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  14. ^ Ilic, Dan (21 April 2009). "Marc Fennell & Dan Ilic in Massage My Medium (Or How to Save TV in 55 minutes)". MICF. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  15. ^ Fennell, Marc (20 February 2012). "Download This Show Homepage". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  16. ^ Croucher, Geoff. "Radio Australia Programme Guide". Radio Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  17. ^ Marc Fennell (26 March 2020). "What's the best place on the internet?". Download This Show (Podcast). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  18. ^ "The Feed". Special Broadcasting Service. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  19. ^ Quinn, Karl (25 May 2022). "SBS dumps youth-focused current affairs show The Feed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Marc Fennell". Special Broadcasting Service. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Marc Fennell, Ninah Kopel and Joel Stillone". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Brand new series INDIA NOW! to air on ABC". TV Blackbox. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  23. ^ "India Now!". Media Spy. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  24. ^ Erin Wen Ai Chew (30 May 2022). "ABC's India Now! Is The To Go To For Understanding What Is Going On In India And The Subcontinent". BEING ASIAN AUSTRALIAN. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  25. ^ Knox, David (11 April 2023). "Returning: India Now!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  26. ^ Pobjie, Ben (14 April 2019). "Q&A: Marc Fennell on fire, The Feed and finding people-first stories". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  27. ^ Dart, Chris (6 January 2023). "Stuff the British Stole host Marc Fennell wants to shake up our 'cultural amnesia'". CBC Television.
  28. ^ "Don't miss Framed: an art heist that's almost too wild to be believed". The Guardian. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  29. ^ Houston, Melinda (15 September 2021). "Marc Fennell: 'Racism doesn't have to be a big scary word'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  30. ^ Fighting China, archived from the original on 25 January 2023, retrieved 25 January 2023
  31. ^ Knox, David (16 May 2023). "Airdate: The Kingdom". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  32. ^ Clare Rigden (22 October 2023). "Marc Fennell's doco series for SBS, The Mission, looks at an art crime that took place in New Norcia in 1980s". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  33. ^ "Working with Sound: Marc Fennell". Australian Audio Guide. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Lizzies 2024: Finalists & Final Updates". ACN Newswire. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  35. ^ Leggatt, Johanna (30 August 2018). "Raising daughters in the #MeToo age and they go to undercliffe public school". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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