Lynn Faulds Wood
| Lynn Faulds Wood | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lynn Faulds Wood 25 March 1948 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Residence | St Margarets, London , England |
| Education |
Glasgow University (MA) Glasgow Caledonian University (D.Litt (hon) for services to bowel cancer) |
| Occupation | Television presenter, journalist and cancer campaigner |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Employer | BBC |
| Television |
TV-am BBC Breakfast Time Watchdog GMTV Watchdog: Test House |
| Spouse(s) | John Stapleton |
Lynn Faulds Wood (born 25 March 1948) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She was born in Glasgow and grew up on Loch Lomondside.
Faulds Wood early career involved periods at IPC Magazines' Woman (1977–79), the Daily Mail (1979–80) then "Lynn's Action Line" at The Sun where 100,000 readers joined her campaign to close the pet market Club Row, and thousands of readers marched on Downing Street.
When Breakfast TV began in the early 1980s, Faulds Wood joined TV-am as their Consumer Champion from 1983–84 then moved to the BBC's Breakfast Time from 1984 to 1986. She is best known for turning Watchdog into a peak time BBC One series, presenting the programme from 1985 to 1993 alongside her husband John Stapleton.
In the 1990s, Faulds Wood moved to ITV's World In Action where she achieved their highest audience with a programme investigating GP training in cancer symptoms, Doctor Knows Best, which had 10.2 million viewers. Her investigation into bowel cancer, "Bobby Moore & Me", got 6.5 million viewers and 28,000 letters. She also helped to create the world's first evidence-based guide to symptoms of her cancer, officially adopted by the Department of Health in 2000.
In 1990, Faulds Wood guest starred on an episode of French and Saunders as herself.
From 2003 to 2009, she was Consumer Champion on GMTV. In 2006, she teamed up with presenter Esther Rantzen and series producer Rob Unsworth to present the BBC consumer investigation series Old Dogs, New Tricks.
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