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Martin Durkin Biography

Martin Durkin is one of the most popular and richest Television Producer who was born on January 23, 1962 in United Kingdom. As of June 1, 2023, Martin has a net worth approximately $5 Million. The documentary, which advocates against genetic modification, was aired in the UK on Channel 4 on 20 March 2000. It also received complaints. Environmentalist activists organized an action to defame the film. A letter jointly with a variety experts from Third World was issued in opposition to Durkin’s assertions in the documentary. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, one of the scientist who was featured in the program she later stated about her participation in the show: “I feel completely betrayed and misled. They did not tell me it was going to be an attack on my position.” But, despite the fact that the broadcasting regulation Ofcom was able to receive 17 complaint regarding the show, none were upheld; Ofcom concluded that ‘although the program was intended to be a critique of the evidence against GM but it also provided an the opportunity to a variety of opponents of GM to present their opinions in a clear and fair manner.’ Ofcom reviews of the complaints about Martin Durkin, ofcom.org.uk; 20 December 2015.

Martin Richard Durkin (born 23 January 1962 in South Shields)) is a English director and producer of television specifically on the UK’s Channel 4. Durkin is the managing director for Wag TV, a television production company.

The 1998 documentary about breast implants was created by the BBC but was later produced by Channel 4 after the BBC did not want to commission it. the BBC’s in-house scientist found that Durkin was ignoring evidence to support his assertions in the program. The programme was criticized by environmentalist and journalist George Monbiot wrote “Neither Martin Durkin nor, extraordinarily, Charles Furneaux, the commissioning editor of the science series Equinox, has a science background. They don’t need one, for science on Channel 4 has been reduced to a crude manifesto for corporate libertarianism.”

Durkin created two documentaries in Channel 4’s science segment Equinox. In 1998, he created “Storm in a D-Cup” in which argued that the dangers to health implanted with silicone were overstated for political reasons, while highlighting evidence that suggests that implants could even have medical benefits In 2000, he made The Rise and Fall of GM.