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Rhodes was educated at [[Monkton Combe School]], a boarding [[independent school]] in the village of [[Monkton Combe]] near the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in [[Somerset]] in [[South West England]], followed by the [[University of the West of England]] in the city of [[Bristol]], also in South West England. |
Between the years 1991-1996, Rhodes was educated at [[Monkton Combe School]], a boarding [[independent school]] in the village of [[Monkton Combe]] near the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in [[Somerset]] in [[South West England]], boarding at ''Farm House'', followed by the [[University of the West of England]] in the city of [[Bristol]], also in South West England, where he studied Politics and Sociology.<ref>[Monkton Magazine - Seyi Rhodes] Published by: ''[[Monkton Combe School]]'' Date: October, 2011. Retrieved: 24 November, 2012.</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
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Revision as of 14:05, 24 November 2012
Henry Seyi Rhodes[1] (born 1979) is a British television presenter and investigative journalist of Nigerian descent. He has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 Television, Five Television and Current TV. He is currently the in-vision presenter and reporter for Channel 4's Unreported World documentary series.
Early life
Rhodes was born in London in 1979 and spent part of his childhood in West Africa.
Education
Between the years 1991-1996, Rhodes was educated at Monkton Combe School, a boarding independent school in the village of Monkton Combe near the city of Bath in Somerset in South West England, boarding at Farm House, followed by the University of the West of England in the city of Bristol, also in South West England, where he studied Politics and Sociology.[2]
Life and career
In 2003, Rhodes joined The Wright Stuff talk show on Channel Five Television, taking over as presenter of the Man with the Mic section from Matt Rudge, and became its second-longest-running presenter. He left in 2005. He has presented BBC Two's Explore series and reported for ITN's More 4 News, as well as working behind the camera on documentaries for Channel 4 Television's documentary series Dispatches, and both behind and in front of the camera on the BBC's Panorama programme. He has also worked on domestic and international stories for Current TV, and since 2008 has been a regular presenter of Channel 4 Television's Unreported World documentary series.
Rhodes has returned to the region where he spent part of his childhood to produce documentaries for Channel 4 and Current TV, which include documentaries about slavery in Senegal and religious and homophobic violence in Nigeria.[3][4]
Documentary list (incomplete)
Unreported World (Channel 4 Television)
- Congo: Magic, Gangs & Wrestlers (2012)
- Trinidad: Guns, Drugs and Secrets (2011)
- Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers (2011)
- Inside the Battle for Ivory Coast (2011)
- India's Leprosy Heroes (2011)
- Bolivia's Child Miners (2010)
- Senegal: School for Beggars (2010)
- Witches on Trial (2010)
- Guatemala: Riding with the Devil (2009)
- Sierra Leone: The Insanity of War (2009)
- Thailand: Lessons in Terror (2008)
Explore (BBC Two)
- Sex and Religion in Manila (2009)
- Manila to Mindanao: Bajau people of Palawan (2009)
Panorama (BBC One)
- Stop and Search Me (2009)
Awards
In 2009, Rhodes' Unreported World report, Sierra Leone: The Insanity of War, won a MIND Mental Health Media Award for best short documentary.
References
- ^ Henry Seyi Rhodes New International School of Thailand Retrieved: 20 November 2012
- ^ [Monkton Magazine - Seyi Rhodes] Published by: Monkton Combe School Date: October, 2011. Retrieved: 24 November, 2012.
- ^ Channel 4 Television - Unreported World Channel 4 Television. Retrieved: 20 November 2012.
- ^ Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers Sahara Reporters. Retrieved: 20 November 2012.
- ^ Channel 4 Television - Unreported World Channel 4 Television. Retrieved: 20 November 2012.
- ^ BBC Two - Explore: Sex and Religion in Manila BBC Two. Retrieved: 20 November, 2102.
- ^ BBC Two - Explore:Manila to Mindanao: Bajau people of Palawan BBC Two. Retrieved: 20 November, 2102.
- ^ Stop and Search Me Panorama on BBC One. Retrieved: 20 November 2012.
- Alumni of the University of the West of England
- Black British television personalities
- Black English television personalities
- British journalists
- British people of African descent
- British people of Nigerian descent
- British reporters and correspondents
- British television journalists
- British television people
- British television personalities
- British television presenters
- Channel 4 people
- English journalists
- English people of African descent
- English people of Nigerian descent
- English reporters and correspondents
- English television journalists
- English television people
- English television personalities
- English television presenters
- Living people
- 1979 births
- People educated at Monkton Combe School
- People of African descent
- People of Nigerian descent