About Matt
Matt Allwright is a freelance presenter and journalist who has spent over three decades in UK television and radio. Born and raised in Reading in the early 1970s, he studied English Language and Literature at Manchester University, then taught English in Japan for three years before earning a postgraduate degree in journalism. He began his career in BBC newsrooms and has presented and reported on numerous programmes including the long-running consumer-investigation shows Watchdog and Rogue Traders, which he helped devise.
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Known for
- Watchdog (BBC consumer programme, long-running role)
- Rogue Traders (BBC consumer investigation show, writer and presenter)
- The One Show (presenter and reporter)
- Housing Enforcers (co-deviser and presenter)
- Fake Britain (presenter)
- Food Inspectors (presenter)
- The Code (quiz show host)
- Pedal steel guitar musician
- Journalism and broadcasting across terrestrial broadcasters
- British Television Presenter
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