Nick Wallis
Nick Wallis | |
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| Occupation | Radio personality, journalist, author  |
| Website | https://www.nickwallis.com/ |
Nick Wallis is a British broadcaster and journalist, known for his extensive coverage of the British Post Office scandal.
Post Office scandal[edit]
Wallis has reported on the British Post Office scandal since 2011, having become aware of it while presenting on BBC Radio Surrey.[1][2]
He made programmes on it for BBC Television's Panorama[3] and presented the ten-part BBC Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial.[4] The radio series was named "Best News and Factual Radio Programme" in 2020 by the Voice of the Listener & Viewer, and won two gold awards in the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards.[5][6][7]
From 2018, having left the BBC, he started reporting the Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd trial on a dedicated blog, www.postofficetrial.com, having raised £9,000 through crowd-funding.[3][8] He co-wrote Private Eye's 2020 report "Justice Lost in the Post".[3][9] His book The Great Post Office Scandal was published in 2021.[3] He acted as a consultant on the 2024 television series, Mr Bates vs The Post Office.[10] He also runs his own website about the scandal.[3]
Other work[edit]
Wallis covered the Depp v. Heard defamation trial. His book, Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story,[11] about the trials in both the UK and the US and his experiences reporting from court was published in May 2023.
He reports on consumer affairs for BBC Television's The One Show,[12] and reported on shared appreciation mortgages for an episode of their Inside Out South.[13]
He has also worked as a freelance presenter for Channel 5's Caught on Camera.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Wallis is married; he and his wife have three children.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Glass, Katie (9 January 2024). "I helped expose The Post Office scandal - but why has justice taken so long?". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Snoddy, Ray (14 February 2022). "Delivering justice for the sub-postmasters". InPublishing. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Tobitt, Charlotte (9 January 2024). "Attention to Post Office Horizon IT scandal follows 14 years of dogged journalism". Press Gazette. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Sawyer, Miranda (13 June 2020). "The week in audio: Call Keir; Shade Podcast review – Starmer tells it straight". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "New York Festivals Announces 2021 Radio Winners". Radio & Television Business Report. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "The Great Post Office Trial". Whistledown Productions. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "The Great Post Office Trial". BBC Sounds. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (14 September 2018). "Journalist crowdfunds £6,000 in nine days to cover month-long 'public interest' Post Office group action trial". Press Gazette. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Brooks, Richard; Wallis, Nick (May 2020). "Justice Lost In The Post" (PDF). Private Eye. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Levison, Jake (7 January 2024). "Mr Bates vs The Post Office consultant hopes 'net may be closing' on those responsible for Horizon IT scandal". Sky News. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Wallis, Nick (2023). Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story. Bath Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8384390-8-8.
- ^ "BBC One - The One Show - Nick Wallis". BBC.
- ^ Were shared appreciation mortgages sold unfairly?, a BBC Inside Out South investigation by Nick Wallis, broadcast on BBC One on 8 September 2014
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