Tessa Dunlop Explained

Tessa Dunlop
Birth Place:Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland
Education:Pitlochry High School
Alma Mater:St Hilda's College, Oxford (BA);
Sheffield Hallam University (MA), (PhD)
Occupation:Historian, author, TV broadcaster
Parents:Donald Dunlop (1940–2009)
Children:2 daughters
Relatives:Dunlop baronets
Url:www.tessadunlop.com

Dr Tessa Dunlop (born 1974, in Scotland), is a British historian, writer and broadcaster.

She has written several oral history books and presented history programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, UKTV History and the History Channel.

Background and education

Dunlop's father was Donald Henry Dunlop (1940–2009), only son of the eminent physician, Sir Derrick Dunlop.

After Pitlochry High School, Dunlop attended Strathallan School, another school in Perthshire,[1] before going up to read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she won the 1995 Gertrude Easton Prize for History.[2] She then pursued further studies in Imperialism and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University graduating as MA, before receiving a PhD in 2020 for her thesis entitled Representations of Romania in British Public and Political Discourse, 1907–1919.[3] [4]

Career

After university, Dunlop joined London radio station LBC, then BBC London 94.9.[5]

In 2005, Dunlop was named Regional Television Personality in the Royal Television Society's West of England Awards for her work on the regional magazine show Inside Out West.[6] In 2007, Dunlop filmed Paranormal Egypt, an eight-part series with Derek Acorah on location in Egypt. In 2011, she became one of the presenters in BBC2's BAFTA-winning Coast series, and she has since presented several history series.[7]

Dunlop writes oral history books focused on women, war and the royal family. Titles include The Bletchley Girls, The Century Girls, (a Sunday Times best seller) and most recently Elizabeth and Philip and Army Girls.[8]

Personal life

In 2005, Dunlop married a Romanian; they live in London and have two daughters. She struggled to conceive Elena and has written about her experiences with late miscarriage and IVF.[9]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sorry if I don't sound Scottish enough for you . inews.co.uk . en . 13 October 2017.
  2. News: Colleges, Halls and Societies. Oxford University Gazette No. 4367. University of Oxford. 8 June 1995.
  3. Web site: Tessa Dunlop . BBC2 Coast . 20 November 2021.
  4. Representations of Romania in British Public and Political Discourse, 1907–1919 . Sheffield Hallam University . 2020-05-14 . doctoral . en . Tessa . Dunlop.
  5. Web site: Tessa Dunlop comes back to BBC London 94.9FM. BBC. 22 March 2002.
  6. Web site: West of England Awards 2005. 11 January 2011 . Royal Television Society. 7 February 2013.
  7. Web site: BBC Two - Coast - Tessa Dunlop . 2023-06-16 . BBC . en-GB.
  8. Book: Dunlop, Tessa. 9 January 2022. Army Girls. 9 January 2022. Headline. www.headline.co.uk. 9781472282095 .
  9. Web site: Tessa . Dunlop . To Romania with Love . 2023-06-16 . www.watersstones.com.