Rebecca "Becky" Southworth is a British journalist and television presenter.
She has authored several documentary films for the BBC as well as working as a producer on a number of other programmes and channels such as ITV 2 "Social Media Murders", BBC 2 "The Mormons are Coming" and BBC iplayer "Gambling: A Game of Life and Death".
In 2017, Becky won a Royal Television Society award for her debut documentary ‘Kicked Out: From Care To Chaos’.
Her second documentary 'Can Sex Offenders Change?' was released in 2020. It was well received, and was shortlisted for a 2021 Grierson Award.
Recently, Becky has narrated BBCThree Series 3 “Tagged: Women on Tag” 2021 which follows young women on Tag and the struggles they face. She has then gone on to narrate the latest 4th series “Tagged: We’re Watching You” in 2023.
In January 2022, Becky was named as one of BIG ISSUE’S 100 change makers 2022 ranking 12 in a lineup of inspirational people and charities as a tribute to the documentaries she has made tackling societal issues.
In August 2022, Becky narrated Channel 5’s HMP Styal: Women behind bars.
From 2023, Becky starting reporting on Sunday Morning Live as well as producing and narrating "The Mormons Are Coming" for BBC2.
References
- "Care Leaver Wins Top Industry Award for Documentary".
- "Kicked Out: From Care to Chaos".
- "Can Sex Offenders Change Review". TheGuardian.com.
- "Grierson Awardsnominations". Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.