Donal MacIntyre

MacIntyre took part in the first series of Channel 4 reality series The Jump in 2014.

On the fourth day, competitor Melinda Messenger had to pull out of The Jump due to injury during training for the Bobsleigh. MacIntyre would take her place from the fifth night (30 January 2014).

After facing "the jump" a number of times throughout the series, MacIntyre claimed second place on The Jump in the final on 3 February 2014. He lost out to Joe McElderry, who won the series.

In 2010, MacIntyre briefly co-hosted ITV1's local news show London Tonight, stepping down after just 6 months in the post.

In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice, where he was runner-up to Ray Quinn. In 2014, he participated in the first series of The Jump where he was runner-up to Joe McElderry.

In June 2009, both he and his wife, Ameera de la Rosa (who was suffering from a brain tumour at the time) were attacked and beaten at the Cloud 9 wine bar in Hampton Court in what is believed to have been a revenge attack, linked to the prosecution of Jason Marriner and other Chelsea hooligans in the 1999 documentary.

In 2009 he took part in the fourth series of the television series Dancing on Ice. He and his pro-skating partner Florentine Houdiniere were the runners up.

From 6 April 2008 MacIntyre has presented a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The risks of repeatedly going undercover have meant that MacIntyre has increasingly turned to presenting on films where his colleagues have undertaken the undercover work. He has also branched out into more traditional presenting roles, on weather phenomena and wildlife documentaries on the BBC and Channel 5. In 2007 he directed A Very British Gangster, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. From April 2010, MacIntyre presented ITV's local news show London Tonight, departing after only a few months after taking up the post.

In 2007, MacIntyre set out to create a documentary because he wanted to "do a Michael Moore for gangsters," in penetrating a world of super-rich villains who enjoy a life of luxury with no legitimate means of support: "It was interesting to make a 180-degree turn from my covert-reporting heritage and have full access. I wanted to build a bond."

MacIntyre began his television career at the BBC on the investigative sports strand On-The-Line in 1993. In the wake of the Lyme Regis canoeing disaster in which four school children drowned, his canoeing experience made him the natural choice to investigate the incident and the safety culture that had allowed it. He went undercover as an Adventure Sports Instructor to expose the lack of employment standards in the industry. This investigation led to the development of MacIntyre's distinctive investigative reporting style, which he explained as being present for the story, rather than merely reporting accounts of it:

Donal MacIntyre (born 25 January 1966) is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés.