Judith Bunting
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Judith Bunting | |
|---|---|
 Bunting in May 2013 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Ashworth |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dogsthorpe, Peterborough |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Judith Ann Bunting is a television producer and politician who served as a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England from 2019 to 2020.[3] In 2014, she was chosen by the Royal Society of Chemistry to be one of their 175 Faces of Chemistry.[4]
Early life
[edit]She had a sister, Janette,[5][6] born 2 June 1956. They lived at 4 Eastern Close in Dogsthorpe.[7]
Bunting attended Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls, then Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where she obtained a Master's Degree in Natural Sciences (Chemistry) in 1979.[8] Her father taught Mechanical Engineering at Peterborough Regional College.
Career
[edit]Television
[edit]Bunting has been a producer of educational and science-based documentary television since the 1990s. Her early producing credits include the BBC series Tomorrow's World, Teen Species,[9][10] Horizon[11] and Robert Winston's The Secret Life of Twins[12] and Superhuman.[13]
She produced three series of the series Body Hits[14] and the RTS Award-winning Breast Cancer - the Operation for BBC3.[15]
In 2007, she was series producer for the BBC Wales series, The Museum. She followed this by executive producing Rocket Science for BBC2[16] and Headshrinkers of the Amazon for the National Geographic Channel. Her 2009 documentary for the National Geographic Channel, The Neanderthal Code was nominated for a Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary.[17]
Since 2013, Bunting has been series producer for production company Remark! on over 30 episodes of Magic Hands, a programme for CBeebies featuring poetry and Shakespeare for children translated entirely into British Sign Language, in which the presenters are all profoundly deaf.[18]
Politics
[edit]Since 2012, Bunting has increasingly focused on politics. In the 2015 and 2017 UK General Elections, she stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Newbury[19] and both times came a distant second behind Richard Benyon.[20] She has consistently pursued a broader engagement with science in politics and education.[21][22] In September 2017, Bunting ruled out a third run as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Newbury to "focus on her career as a television producer".[23]
Bunting was elected as a Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East England in the 2019 European Elections.[24] She was the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Education and Culture in Europe, and also sat on the Industry, Research and Energy committee.
Personal life
[edit]She lives in Newbury, Berkshire.
References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Judith Bunting | 175 Faces of Chemistry". Rsc.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020.
- ^ Peterborough Standard Friday 8 December 1967, page 18
- ^ Peterborough Standard Friday 24 November 1967, page 7
- ^ Peterborough Standard Friday 2 June 1967, page 7
- ^ "Alumni Profiles - Careers Fair 2017". Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Teen Species". The Radio Times. 27 June 2002. p. 98.
- ^ Jardine, Cassandra (27 June 2002). "So that's why they sleep all day". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Television Review". The Independent. 20 February 1998.
- ^ "The Secret Life of Twins". The Radio Times. 8 July 1999. p. 82.
- ^ "Superhuman". The Radio Times. 26 October 2000. p. 94.
- ^ "Body Hits". Radio Times. 14 January 2004.
- ^ Timms, Dominic; Deans, Jason (24 August 2004). "Emin links with Winterbottom for BBC3 movie". the Guardian.
- ^ "Rocket Science". The Radio Times. 5 March 2009. p. 116.
- ^ "Grierson documentary awards 2009: full shortlist". the Guardian. 6 August 2009.
- ^ "Magic Hands - Media Centre". Bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election interview: Judith Bunting". Newbury Weekly News. 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Newbury parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Women in Science – a Formula for Success". SI Southern England. 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Lib Dems see 'opportunity to change direction of the country'". Newbury Weekly News. 9 May 2017.
- ^ "Judith Bunting resigns as Lib Dem's parliamentary candidate for Newbury". Newbury Weekly News. 15 September 2017.
- ^ "South East England (European Parliament constituency)". BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2019.