Louise Hulland

Louise Hulland
Alma materClitheroe Royal Grammar School
St Chad's College, Durham
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • broadcaster

Louise Hulland is a British broadcaster and journalist.

Background

Hulland attended Read St John's Primary School, in Read, Lancashire, and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Whilst at secondary school, she carried out work experience at the Clitheroe Advertiser.[1] She was a student at St Chad's College of Durham University[2] where she read criminology and theology.[3]

Career

Hulland's media career began at the Clitheroe Advertiser.[3] Her career in radio started at BBC Radio Lancashire.[4] Hulland worked at BBC Radio 1 in the mid-2000s.[4] Whilst at BBC Radio 1, Hulland was a researcher on various shows.[3] Hulland was awarded a 2005 Sony Radio Academy Award for her BBC Radio 1 documentary, Missing the Message,[5] which explored the experiences of teenagers who were HIV positive.[4][6]

In the 2010s and possibly later, Hulland presented and produced in-depth reports for various TV programmes.[7] In the early half of the 2010s, Hulland appeared regularly on Simon Lederman's programme on BBC London 94.9 as a commentator,[8] and sat in for other presenters on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.[9] From 2015 until 2017 at the earliest, she continued to sit in for other presenters on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and other BBC Local Radio stations.[10]

By 2014, Hulland had been a continuity announcer or voiceover for QVC, Trouble TV, Channel 1 and BBC Three. As of 2014, Hulland was producing and presenting a number of documentaries for London Live.[11] Also in 2014, Hulland played a TV news reporter in the television series Babylon.[12] In the latter half of the 2010s, Hulland appeared on Mysteries at the Museum,[13] a programme on the Travel Channel. As of 2018, Hulland was a reporter for Woman's Hour[14] on BBC Radio 4.

In 2020, she began presenting the Friday and Sunday breakfast shows on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire between 6am and 10am.[15] In 2023, it was announced that Hulland would present the new 2pm-6pm weekday afternoon show, covering three counties in the East of England, on BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.[16] At Christmas 2023, Hulland presented a special programme which was broadcast on all BBC Local Radio stations.[17]

Hulland has presented the ITV2 programme FYI Daily and presented for the ITN YouTube channel.[18] She has presented the news on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Writing

Hulland writes for HuffPost and Independent Voices. She is a regular newspaper reviewer for talkRADIO and BBC Radio London.[15] Hulland's first book, Stolen Lives, which investigated human trafficking in the UK, was published in 2020.[19]

Narration work

  • Kate & Wills: A Royal Love Story (2010)[11][20]
  • The Killer in My Family. (2019–2024)[21][22]

References

  1. ^ "Award-winning journalist and presenter Louise Hulland on her career, lockdown life, and on missing Lancashire 'like mad'". Lancashire Evening Post. 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  2. ^ "IWD 2019: Celebrating Durham's women - Palatinate". www.palatinate.org.uk. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Read journalist lands presenting role on BBC show Watchdog". Burnley Express. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. ^ a b c "On the air: going for a gong". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ "Ribble Valley's women of substance". Burnley Express. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ "Sony Awards – the results". RadioToday. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  7. ^ Hulland, Louise. "from:LouiseOnAir report - Search / X". X. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  8. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  9. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  10. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  11. ^ a b emmaharvey (2014-05-14). "Voiceover of the Week: Louise Hulland". Harvey Voices. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  12. ^ Babylon (Comedy, Crime, Drama), Brit Marling, Bertie Carvel, Paterson Joseph, Decibel Films, Channel 4 Television, Nightjack, 2014-02-09, retrieved 2025-01-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ Hulland, Louise. "from:LouiseOnAir mysteries at museum - Search / X". X. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 4 to feature Pendleside Hospice". Burnley Express. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  15. ^ a b "Louise Hulland". United Agents. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  16. ^ "South and East of England shared shows announced for local BBC radio". RadioToday. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  17. ^ "Kylie Minogue forms part of the Christmas schedule across local BBC radio stations". RadioToday. 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  18. ^ Louise Hulland (2013-07-30). Louise Hulland, (ITV2 & ITN) Studio Presenting. Retrieved 2025-01-03 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ "Louise Hulland". CrimeCon. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  20. ^ Lask, Kim; Mears, Anna (2010-11-16), Kate & Wills: A Royal Love Story (Documentary), ITN Factual Productions, retrieved 2025-01-03
  21. ^ The Killer in My Family (Crime), Louise Hulland, Anjula Mutanda, Emma Kenny, Woodcut Media, 2019-01-08, retrieved 2025-01-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ^ "The Killer in My Family S5E1 3 August 2024 on Quest Red - TV Regular". 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2025-01-03.