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Kenyon has reported from more than fifty countries. In 2005 he investigated drug cartels in
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Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania", was published in 2021. It weaves the story of his wife’s family in Romania into the country’s broader history. Writing in The Critic, Jessica Douglas-Home described it as "an extraordinary book and in some ways a
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American television's Frontline World, covertly filming Iran's secret nuclear facilities. He managed to secure footage of the nuclear plant at Natanz and of a refining unit in Tehran before he was intercepted by the Iranian
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Kenyon then moved to BBC Panorama where his work began to encompass human rights, international conflicts and, in particular, Africa. In 2009 he was named
Specialist Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society for a series of Panorama programmes on the dangerous migration route out of
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In 1996 Kenyon became a BBC News correspondent based at TV Centre in
Shepherd's Bush, but after a year was offered his own investigative series again, this time on BBC 2, called "Raising the Roof". It continued for two series, until Kenyon was offered his own prime time series on BBC1 – "Kenyon
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Confronts" which ran from 2001 to 2003. The show used secret filming and dramatic confrontations to expose criminals. Kenyon famously stopped a sham wedding just as the couple were making their vows, and faked his own funeral in Haiti during an investigation into insurance fraud.
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In 2011 he covered the war in Libya, confronting
Gaddafi's son, Saadi, about the shooting of unarmed protestors, for which he won "Best Current Affairs Documentary – Middle East" from the Association of International Broadcasters. Back home, in 2012 Kenyon was awarded a
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After making a programme which exposed the abuse of patients in Indian drug trials, Kenyon accepted an invitation to become patron of The Aware
Foundation which helps educate underprivileged children in India, a role he shares with John Wright, the former coach of the
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described it as "a beautiful book which carries the agony and hope of Africa in every page." Kenyon was also a contributing author to the 2011 book "Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive."
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Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania
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