Joan Shenton
| Joan Shenton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joan Alicia Shenton 16 March 1943 Antofagasta, Chile |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker |
| Website | Immunity Resource Foundation |
Joan Alicia Shenton (born 16 March 1943) is a British broadcaster who has produced and presented programmes for network radio and television over a period of 50 years.
Shenton was born in Antofagasta, Chile to an English father and Anglo-Chilean mother. She lived in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala and Venezuela. When she was 11 she came to England to St Catherine's School, Bramley, Surrey.
In 1961 she matriculated as a state scholar at St Anne's College, Oxford, reading Spanish and French. She ultimately gained an MA (Hons) in Modern Languages.
In 1964 she joined the BBC World Service, broadcasting in Spanish for the Latin American Service. She reported on London stories for presenter Juan Peirano on Actualidades and Ritmo de Londres.
She then reported in Spanish for the Central Office of Information (COI) on a weekly television programme called This Week in Britain (TWIBS) which was given to British Embassies in Latin America and provided free to the respective countries' television stations.
She went on to become a reporter/presenter for Anglia Television and then BBC's Nationwide, where she worked for Michael Townson, editor of London region.
In 1972, she became seriously ill with drug-induced lupus after excessive medication in Spain. This led to her lifelong interest in injury from prescribed drugs. Together with Lilian Wilding and through the Thames Television Help! programme, Shenton later founded the Steroid Aid Group in 1979 and became honorary president.
After her recovery, she joined Thames Television in 1973 as co-presenter with Tony Bastable on the consumer programme Money-Go-Round, produced by Mary McAnally. During this period, she also presented Thames Television's social affairs programme Help!
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