Co-Host of ‘Homes Under the Hammer’, Co-Presented ‘On The Road’ for BBC1 Scotland, Bestselling Author of ‘Scandalous’, Weekly Newspaper Reviewer for ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, Columnist for the Dundee Evening Telegraph & Conference Host

Martel Maxwell is the co-presenter of BBC’s Homes Under The Hammer. She is a television and radio presenter who was once paid to party around the world as a showbiz journalist. She later moved into the broadcast world and now is a well known face and voice on both TV and radio.

Martel is a presenter, journalist, best selling author and also a columnist. She has presented short films around Scotland for BBC1’s The One Show and is a regular contributor on ITV’s Lorraine as an entertainment presenter and also as a newspaper reviewer.

In Scotland, she co-presented On The Road for BBC1 Scotland, looking at events and activities across the country. This was also launched to coincide with the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Martel Maxwell originally trained to be a criminal lawyer, studying at Edinburgh University, before moving into journalism. She won The Sun’s first traineeship, starting at London’s City University before placements in Australia, Glasgow and Manchester. She worked for over a decade as a journalist, in news, sport, features and business and specialising latterly in entertainment after her love of partying was spotted.

Martel, an ambassador for her home city Dundee, is an experienced opinion writer, moving from reporting to having had her own columns in The Scottish Sun, Scotland on Sunday and also the Dundee Evening Telegraph as she concentrates on her broadcast work.

Her debut novel, Scandalous, published by Penguin and described as Piers Morgan as a ‘waspish insight into the world of showbiz’ was a best seller and also named book of the week in several magazines. It drew on her experiences as to what really happens on the showbiz circuit.

Martel’s Career Highlights so far:
Television
Homes Under The Hammer BBC1 co-presenter
On The Road, BBC1 Scotland – presenter
The One Show, BBC1 – presenter, short films
Lorraine, ITV1 – weekly newspaper reviewer, guest showbiz presenter
Sky News, 5 News – regular studio entertainment expert
Daybreak, ITV1 – guest showbiz editor
Don’t Get Screwed, BBC3 – undercover actress, consumer affairs and investigations
Radio
BBC Radio Scotland – stand-in for Macaulay & Co, regular presenter
BBC Radio Scotland, The Music Bed – co-presenter, Fridays 8-10pm
Talk 107, own Saturday talk show until station closed (10am-1pm)
SunTalk, own Workd Cup talk show 2010 (10am-1pm)
Newspapers
The Sun (London) 2000-2006 – graduate trainee, news and investigations, also showbiz reporter.
The Scottish Sun – columnist 2006-2010
Scotland on Sunday – columnist
Dundee Evening Telegraph – columnist
Literary
Scandalous 2010 (Michael Joseph, Penguin)
Sunlounger anthology, 2013 and also 2014 – short story, Amazon Top Ten
Training and Education
Law – LL.B Edinburgh University
Law Postgrad – Dundee University
Newspaper Journalism postgrad – London City University

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