Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley

Birth : 1987-03-09, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

History

Stacey Dooley is an English TV presenter, documentary filmmaker and journalist who rose to fame in 2008 after appearing in BBC3's Blood, Sweat and T Shirts which highlighted child labour issues in developing countries. In 2009 she began hosting Stacey Dooley Investigates, an ongoing series of documentary films exploring issues such as drugs, sex trafficking, domestic violence, binge drinking, tourism, institutionalised sexism and terrorism in various corners of the globe. In December 2018 she won Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dance partner, Kevin Clifton.

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Stacey Dooley

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Two Daughters
Self
Mina Smallman’s daughters were murdered. As their killer and police who took selfies with the bodies come to trial, she shares her journey of grief, rage and faith with Stacey Dooley.
Stacey Dooley: Inside the Convent
Self - Presenter
Stacey Dooley is spending ten days living alongside the nuns of St Hilda's Priory in Whitby. Will she cope with the sisters' strict lifestyle, and what can she learn to make her life more meaningful?
Stacey Dooley: Stalkers
Self - Presenter
Victims and perpetrators reveal shocking details of lives consumed by stalking. It's a crime, often driven by a mental fixation making it particularly hard for victims to escape.
Stacey Dooley: On the Psych Ward
Stacey Dooley experiences life on the front-line of mental health services.
Fashion's Dirty Secrets
Stacey Dooley travels the world to uncover the hidden costs of the addiction to fast fashion. She sees for herself how toxic chemicals released by the garment industry pollute waterways that millions of people rely on. She witnesses the former Aral Sea, once one of the largest bodies of fresh water, now reduced almost entirely to dust.
Face To Face With Armageddon
Herself
Should we all be making plans for the end of the world? In America, a movement of people, called preppers, are doing all they can to make sure they survive global disaster. Stacey Dooley spends time with three prepper communities who are gearing up for uncertain futures, with concerns ranging from civil unrest and nuclear war, to climate change and natural disasters. Some have bought bunkers to escape to, others have isolated themselves from society. Stacey explores the reasons why they are going to such lengths to protect themselves. And she asks - should I be following their lead?
The Natives: This Is Our America
Stacey Dooley narrates this documentary offering a unique insight into the lives of young Native Americans, and follows the protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Stacey Dooley Investigates - Young Sex for Sale in Japan
Stacey Dooley Investigates - Young Sex for Sale in Japan
Director
Stacey on the Front Line: Girls, Guns and Isis
Herself - Presenter
September 2016: Stacey Dooley embeds herself on the frontline with the extraordinary all-female Yazidi battalion, who are fuelled to take revenge against the so-called Islamic State. As the battle to take Mosul from ISIS advances in Northern Iraq, in this extraordinary film for BBC Three, Stacey finds these young women's lives have been transformed by a desire to avenge their loved ones who were murdered by Isis.
Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando
Herself - Presenter
Stacey Dooley travels to Orlando in the aftermath of the Pulse Bar shootings.
Stacey Dooley in Cologne: The Blame Game
Herself - Presenter
In Cologne, large numbers of women reported being sexually assaulted and robbed on New Year's Eve by groups of men described as of North African or Arab in appearance. Stacey Dooley travels to the city to investigate the fall-out of these attacks. She gets to the heart of both the pro- and anti-immigrant protests which have broken out in the city since the attacks, but are activists just jumping on the bandwagon to further their political agenda?
Beaten by My Boyfriend
Herself - Presenter
Stacey Dooley goes behind closed doors and speaks to the now younger face of domestic violence. She questions victims and abusers to try and understand how deep the issues surrounding domestic abuse are for those who have survived and those currently experiencing the abuse.
Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with the Arms Dealers
Self - Presenter
Stacey Dooley meets an arms dealing family in the USA who supply more than 100 countries with high-grade weapons. She gets a rare glimpse into this strange world - hanging out with the mum who sells all kinds of arms from grenade launchers to sniper rifles, and her son, who makes thousands of bullets for the weapons his mum sells. Stacey finds out which countries can and can't buy international arms, and sees how deals are made in this most secretive business, which kits out armies, law enforcement agencies, private security companies and individuals. She goes inside a gun factory to see how weapons are made, checks out the latest in guns with facial recognition, loads a bullet case with gunpowder and learns to shoot one of the world's most powerful sniper rifles. While she questions the morality of this unusual career choice, and worries about guns falling into the wrong hands, she discovers these arms dealers have their own code of honour and set of ethics.
Stacey Dooley In The USA, Giving Up My Baby
Stacey Dooley travels to America to explore the bittersweet world of open adoption, spending time with two young pregnant women who are planning open adoptions.
Stacey Dooley Investigates Shot By My Neighbour
Every year dozens of people in Northern Ireland are shot in the legs or assaulted by vigilante armed groups from their own neighbourhoods. These paramilitary-style attacks are known as `kneecappings', and can leave the victims, usually young men, with lifelong physical and mental injuries.
Stacey Dooley: Face To Face With The Bounty Hunters
Stacey Dooley investigates bounty hunters in the USA, following them as they hunt down fugitives who have skipped bail, bringing them back to face justice. On the outskirts of Denver in Colorado, Stacey immerses herself in the world of a group of bounty hunters, led by husband and wife duo Scott and Lydia Gribble.
Stacey Dooley Investigates - Stalkers
Stacey meets victims and perpetrators of the most common type of stalking: a young mum's ex in court, a pilot claiming heartbreak and a stalker just out of prison.
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Saving the Cyber Sex Girls
Herself
Stacey Dooley presents the first of two hard-hitting films from the worst places in the world to be female, to investigate why some young women today live in such dangerous, desperate and degrading conditions. In this episode Stacey travels to the Philippines - fast becoming the world capital of the cybersex industry.
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids for Sex
Herself
Documentary in which Stacey Dooley visits the Philippines to investigate Filipino mothers who sexually abuse children, often their own, live in front of webcams.