Television and radio presenter Martel Maxwell was once paid to party around the world as a showbiz journalist. She later moved into the broadcast world and now is a well known face and voice on both TV and radio.

Martel is a presenter, journalist, best selling author and columnist. She presents short films around Scotland for BBC1's The One Show and is a regular contributor on ITV's Lorraine as an entertainment presenter and newspaper reviewer.

In Scotland, she co-presented On The Road for BBC1 Scotland, looking at events and activities across the country, launched to coincide with the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Martel Maxwell is a regular presenter on BBC Radio Scotland.

Martel originally trained to be a criminal lawyer, studying at Edinburgh University, before moving into journalism. She won The Sun's first traineeship, starting at London's City University before placements in Australia, Glasgow and Manchester. She worked for over a decade as a journalist, in news, sport, features and business and specialising latterly in entertainment after her love of partying was spotted.

Martel, an ambassador for her home city Dundee, is an experienced opinion writer, moving from reporting to having had her own columns in The Scottish Sun, Scotland on Sunday and now the Dundee Evening Telegraph as she concentrates on her broadcast work.

Her debut novel, Scandalous, published by Penguin and described as Piers Morgan as a 'waspish insight into the world of showbiz' was a best seller and named book of the week in several magazines. It drew on her experiences as to what really happens on the showbiz circuit.

On The Road, BBC1 Scotland - presenter 

The One Show, BBC1 - presenter, short films 

Lorraine, ITV1 - weekly newspaper reviewer, guest showbiz presenter

Sky News, 5 News - regular studio entertainment expert

Daybreak, ITV1 - guest showbiz editor

Don't Get Screwed, BBC3 - undercover actress, consumer affairs and investigations 

BBC Radio Scotland - stand-in for Macaulay & Co, regular presenter

BBC Radio Scotland, The Music Bed - co-presenter, Fridays 8-10pm 

Talk 107, own Saturday talk show until station closed (10am-1pm) 

SunTalk, own Workd Cup talk show 2010 (10am-1pm) 

The Sun (London) 2000-2006 - graduate trainee, news and investigations, showbiz reporter. 

The Scottish Sun - columnist 2006-2010 

Scotland on Sunday - columnist

Dundee Evening Telegraph - columnist

Scandalous 2010 (Michael Joseph, Penguin) 

Sunlounger anthology, 2013 and 2014 - short story, Amazon Top Ten

Law - LL.B Edinburgh University 

Law Postgrad - Dundee University 

Newspaper Journalism postgrad - London City University