Niamh is a multi-award-winning journalist, producer and writer with Cerebral Palsy based in

London. She specialises in original and diverse storytelling across online, live TV, documentary

filmmaking and audio. Her original documentary films, Under the Skin: The Botched Beauty

Business and Hidden Girls were recognised by the network, winning BBC News Awards for Best

Original Journalism and Most Impactful Journalism respectively.

Niamh has reported and produced the BBC’s Disability and Mental Health podcast, Access All

and made three documentaries for the BBC’s flagship multi-platform initiative, 100 Women for

their In Conversation series featuring Academy Award nominated actress Sharon Stone, artistic

legend Tracey Emin and BRIT award winning singer songwriter, RAYE. She has earned Mind

Media Award, Asian Media Award, and Digital Broadcast Award nominations and was named a

winner in MHP Mischief’s 30 to Watch in the News category in 2022. Niamh is an enormous

bookworm and ballerina in training.

Niamh Website: 

https://www.niamh-hughes.com/

Niamh CV:

https://zebedeetalent.mediaslide.com/s/Cv

More.of Niamh's work below

Films

Hidden Girls: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010dbw/hidden-girls

Under the Skin: The Botched Beauty Business: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09kyrtk

Being British Bangladeshi: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09mwhx5/being-british-bangladeshi

Reporting:

BBC Click - A Vision of the Future https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qmxp

Our complicated relationship with body hair removal and grooming - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-54376807

100 Women: In Conversation (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-4f79d09b-655a-42f8-82b4-9b2ecebab611)

Sharon Stone - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026t11

Tracey Emin - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00271d5

RAYE - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025ygv

Audio:

Access All podcast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r6yqw/episodes/downloads

The Documentary - The Confined: A Story of Hidden Children - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct0wkc (Written piece: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-54033792)

Newscast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gddqvs

Ukrainecast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gdwxz9

Writing:

'I'm sure Briony had a hand last week': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-46137394

Bradley Riches: Being autistic in the Celebrity Big Brother house: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-68676341

What is the rarest language at Eurovision?: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-44066457

Bryony Gordon: 'Recovering from food addiction is like walking a tiger'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-68336842 - Additional reporting