Martel Maxwell

Maxwell was raised in Dundee and attended the High School of Dundee before studying law at the University of Edinburgh and then taking a post-graduate diploma in law at Dundee University.[1] After deciding against a career in the law Maxwell turned to journalism instead.[2]

Maxwell got her first post in journalism as a graduate intern at The Sun and took a diploma in newspaper journalism at London City University. She spent seven years at The Sun as a reporter in city, women's news and show business, before going freelance.[3][2]

After going freelance Maxwell wrote opinion pieces for the Scottish Sun and since 2013 has written a weekly column for the Dundee Evening Telegraph.[1]

Maxwell moved into broadcast journalism came 2010 when she became a reporter on the BBC show The One Show then became a regular entertainment guest on the ITV show Lorraine and one of the presenters of a short-lived BBC3 consumer affairs programme Don't Get Screwed and BBC Scotland magazine show On the Road.[4][5] Since 2017 she has been one of the three presenters of BBC property programme Homes Under the Hammer,[6] replacing the departed Lucy Alexander.

Maxwell has also guest presented on BBC Radio Scotland and in 2008 had her own show on Edinburgh station talk 107 until the station folded.[7]

Maxwell published a novel, Scandalous, in 2010. Based on her experiences as a show business reporter the Daily Telegraph considered that it gave "a thrilling insight into the celebrity-baiting world of the kiss and tell" but also considered that "the narrative is weighed down by product placement".[8]

Maxwell lives near Dundee with her husband, Jamie, and their three sons.[2]

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