Mary-Ann Ochota
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| Born |
8 May 1981 Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Sir John Deane's College, Northwich, Cheshire |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | TV presenter, writer and anthropologist |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse(s) | Joe Craig (m. 2008) |
| Website | www |
Mary-Ann Ochota (Polish pronunciation: [ɔˈxʲɔt'a] O-hot-ah; born 8 May 1981) is a British broadcaster and anthropologist specialising in anthropology, archaeology, social history and adventure factual television.
Ochota was born and grew up in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire, to an Indian mother and a Polish father. She studied at the sixth-form college of Sir John Deane's College.
From 1999 to 2002 she studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, specialising in Social Anthropology. She represented her college in the 2013 University Challenge Christmas Special, reaching the final, against Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
In 2008, she married children's author Joe Craig.
Ochota has reported for Channel 4's foreign affairs documentary strand, Unreported World. Her first film for the series, India's Slumkid Reporters was broadcast in September 2013, her second, Kickboxing Kids was broadcast in 2014
She contributed to series 1 and 2 of the ITV archaeology programme Britain's Secret Treasures presenting the history of artefacts including the Pegsdon Mirror, Putney 'Brothel' Token, Stone Priory Seal Matrix, Lincoln Roman Statue, Canterbury Pilgrim Badges and the wreck of the HMS Colossus.
In Britain's Secret Homes (ITV, 2013), she presented the stories of life at Creswell Crags, Derbyshire; St Mungo's Home for Working Girls, London; the Knap of Howar, Orkney, and the Broch of Mousa, Shetland.
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