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  • Comment: This is traditionally very difficult for journalists, but they still need to meet the WP:GOLDENRULE, where someone independent of the subject writes about them in significant depth. Here the nearest we get is the Brecon and Radnor Express, which is mainly editorial, but even that has an interview within it. A subject cannot create their own notability.
    In addition, kindly do not use a generative AI summariser as a source. ChrysGalley (talk) 15:12, 31 May 2026 (UTC)


Catrin Nye
Born
Brecon, Wales
EducationUniversity of Leeds
OccupationsJournalist, documentary-maker, presenter
EmployerBBC
Known forA Very British Cult, BBC Panorama
AwardsBAFTA Cymru (2019)

Catrin Nye is an award-winning investigative journalist, documentary-maker and presenter for the BBC. She works as a senior reporter in the BBC's Investigations unit, and presents investigative documentaries for BBC Panorama, including BAFTA Cymru-winning The Universal Credit Crisis. She was the presenter of the 2023 podcast A Very British Cult, which became one of Apple's most listened to podcasts of the year[1] and won bronze in the Best Documentary category of the November 2023 British Podcast Awards.[2] Her work spans a wide range of subjects, from social exploitation and financial abuse to environmental issues and the chemicals industry.

Education

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Catrin Nye was born in Brecon, Wales. She attended Gwernyfed High School before going on to study at the University of Leeds.[3][4][5]

Career

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In 2015, Nye became a senior reporter on the BBC Victoria Derbyshire Programme, with a focus on investigations and underrepresented communities. Her work on the programme included reporting on life inside a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos for The Worst Refugee Camp on Earth[6][7]; speaking to a community of people in the UK who take small amounts of psychedelic drugs as part of their daily lives for Microdosing: The People Taking LSD with their Breakfast,[8] and looking into a community of young women sharing harmful content amongst one another for The Instagram Suicide Network.[9][10]

Nye from 2016 has been a presenter and reporter on BBC Panorama, presenting award-winning long-form documentaries.

Her work with the programme includes Gangs, Guns & The Police, in which Nye investigated whether the police had lost control of the streets of Salford.[11] [12] Panorama's Million Pound Selfie Sell Off looked into the use of digital influencers in the advertising industry,[13] [14] while Britain's Newest Bank: How Safe is Your Money? saw Nye investigating the stories of Revolut customers who said scammers took tens of thousands of pounds from their accounts, while Revolut failed to protect them.[15] [16] In 2025, The Truth about Baby Food Pouches exposed the worryingly low levels of essential vitamins and minerals in some plastic-pouch baby food, plus other products which contain more sugar than the NHS recommends for infants.[17] [18] [19] The Truth About Forever Chemicals looked into the hidden dangers of PFAS chemicals found in everyday items.[20] [21]

Panorama's investigation The Universal Credit Crisis, presented by Nye in 2018, explored the government's controversial new benefits system and was awarded the BAFTA Cymru News and Current Affairs award in 2019.[22] [23][24]

Nye in 2022 released a programme for BBC Three called Jobfished – the result of a year-long investigation into a glamorous fake design agency called Madbird which conned its own staff into believing it was real. Nye confronted the company's director, Ali Ayad, for his fabrication of staff members and past work.[25][26]

In April 2023, BBC Three documentary A Very British Cult was broadcast, presented by Nye, alongside a BBC podcast of the same name. The 18-month investigation found a life coaching group called Lighthouse was separating people from their loved ones, taking over their lives, and harassing its critics.[27][28][29] The podcast quickly became one of the most listened to podcasts of the year on BBC Sounds [30] and won bronze in the Best Documentary category of the November 2023 British Podcast Awards.[31]

Three members of Lighthouse in January 2026 were found guilty of harassment against Nye, and sentenced to 200 hours of community service plus a restraining order banning them from contacting or approaching Nye or her partner for a decade.[32][33]

Awards

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Nye won a BAFTA Cymru in 2019 for her BBC Panorama documentary The Universal Credit Crisis..[34][35][36] Prior to this, in 2013, she was awarded Journalist of the Year by Mind, and named one of Radio Academy's 30 Under 30 in the same year.[37] She has been shortlisted for RTS Young Journalist of the Year and also shortlisted for an Amnesty International Media Award.[38] Nye was awarded two Sandford Saint Martin awards for excellence in religious broadcasting.[39]

References

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  1. ^ "Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2023". Apple Newsroom. 28 November 2023. Top New Shows No10
  2. ^ "Success for BBC at the British Podcast Awards including Podcast of the Year for A Positive Life, narrated by Sam Smith". BBC Media Centre. 29 September 2023. Documentary: Bronze: A Very British Cult, BBC News for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
  3. ^ "Catrin Nye: The Investigative Journalist Behind BBC's Most Impactful Stories". Guru Magazine. 24 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Catrin's hour arrives as she lands plum role presenting TV show". Brecon & Radnor Express. 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Catrin: Twenty-Something Reporter". BBC Radio 1's Academy. I studied Broadcast Journalism at Leeds Uni and got a 1st class BA.
  6. ^ Catrin Nye (28 August 2018). "Children 'attempting suicide' at Greek refugee camp". BBC News.
  7. ^ Tasos Kokkinidis (28 August 2018). "The BBC Dubs Lesvos Migrant Camp Worst in the World". Greek Reporter.
  8. ^ Catrin Nye (10 April 2017). "Microdosing: The People Taking LSD with their Breakfast". BBC News.
  9. ^ Hayley Hudson (23 April 2025). "Suicide Network of Teens Is Linked to 15 Deaths". Addiction Center.
  10. ^ Catrin Nye, Edward Main, Joanna Jolly (5 November 2019). "The woman who tracks 'dark' Instagram accounts". BBC News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Todd Fitzgerald (9 February 2016). "Salford shootings: What did we learn from Panorama documentary on gang violence?". Manchester Evening News.
  12. ^ Dan Reed (8 February 2017). "The Place Where No-One Is a Witness". Huffington Post.
  13. ^ Sabrina Barr (12 February 2019). "BBC Panorama episode about Instagram and YouTube influencers divides opinions online". The Independent.
  14. ^ "Zara McDermott rejects 60% of promotional offers over fears they would 'harm' followers". The Mirror. 11 February 2019.
  15. ^ George Sandeman, Nabiha Ahmed (19 October 2024). "NHS consultant who lost £39k among 100 Revolut customers contacting BBC over scams". BBC News.
  16. ^ "Britain's Newest Bank Revolut featured on BBC One's Panorama Programme". TLW Solicitors. 29 October 2024.
  17. ^ Catrin Nye, Adam Eley, Oliver Englehart (28 April 2025). "Top-brand baby food pouches lack key nutrients". BBC News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "The Truth about Baby Food Pouches". Sustain. 28 April 2025.
  19. ^ "The shocking truth behind baby food pouches". ITV: This Morning. 2 May 2025.
  20. ^ "The Truth About Forever Chemicals". Manchester Metropolitan University. 1 December 2025.
  21. ^ Catrin Nye (1 December 2025). "I have high levels of forever chemicals in my blood - what can I do about it?". BBC News.
  22. ^ "Winners Announced for 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards". BAFTA. 13 October 2019.
  23. ^ Catrin Nye (12 November 2018). "Universal credit: Rent arrears double for benefit claimants". BBC News.
  24. ^ "Answering the Demand: Journalist Catrin Nye". BBC Cymru Fyw. 14 October 2019.
  25. ^ "BBC Three's Jobfished: the internet reacts to the wild documentary exploring an elaborate scam, plagiarism and a completely fake company". Stylist. 22 February 2022.
  26. ^ "The Tinder Swindler Meets Inventing Anna: Jobfished Exposes High-Profile UK Scam". Bustle. 22 February 2022.
  27. ^ Rachel Cunliffe (19 April 2023). "A Very British Cult is dark and gripping". The New Statesman.
  28. ^ Lucy Mangan (5 April 2023). "A Very British Cult review – an unrelenting investigation into the worst of humanity". The Guardian.
  29. ^ Charlotte Runcie (12 April 2023). "The disturbing story of a 'life-coaching' company that took over its members' lives". The Telegraph.
  30. ^ "BBC Sounds reveals their top 10 most popular podcasts of 2023 with podcast listening up 34% on the platform". BBC Media Centre. 28 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Success for BBC at the British Podcast Awards including Podcast of the Year for A Positive Life, narrated by Sam Smith". BBC Media Centre. 29 September 2023.
  32. ^ Edward Main (2 February 2026). "Three men sentenced for harassing BBC journalist over A Very British Cult documentary". BBC News.
  33. ^ Neil Henderson (13 January 2026). "Three men guilty of harassing BBC journalist over A Very British Cult documentary". BBC News.
  34. ^ "Winners Announced for 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards". BAFTA. 13 October 2019.
  35. ^ Catrin Nye (12 November 2018). "Universal credit: Rent arrears double for benefit claimants". BBC News.
  36. ^ "Answering the Demand: Journalist Catrin Nye". BBC Cymru Fyw. 14 October 2019.
  37. ^ "Radio Academy 30 Under 30". Radio Today. 7 October 2013.
  38. ^ "Catrin Nye". Insight Management & Production. Catrin recently won a BAFTA Cymru for her BBC Panorama documentary about Universal Credit, she has also won the Mind Journalist of the Year award, two Sandford Saint Martin awards for excellence in religious broadcasting and was one of the Radio Academy's 30 Under 30. She has also been shortlisted for RTS Young Journalist of the Year and an Amnesty Award among others.
  39. ^ "BBC Wales unveils new national debate programme The Hour". BBC Media Centre. 18 October 2017. she's won numerous awards for her hard-hitting journalism, including a Mind Journalist Of The Year award and Sandford St Martin Awards for excellence in broadcasting about religion
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