Picture: Helen taken at Grand Barbados Hotel, with Bridgetown and Caribbean Sea in the background - October 2008

Some TV - Radio - Other Public Speaking

1. June 23rd 2008 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - John Gaunt Show - comment on sex clinics in UK schools
   
2. June 23rd 2008 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - Adrian Goldburg Show - comment on sex clinics in UK schools and UK online sale of oral contraceptive pill
   
3. April 27th 2008 - BBC Radio - London - Eddie Nestor Show - discussing sexual health in general
   
4. March 14th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues, highlighting the impact of sexually transmitted infections on relationships.
   
5. January 11th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues.
   
6. January 3rd 2008 - BBC Radio London 94.9 - Vannessa Feltz Show speaking with Ann Diamond about teenage pregnancy and rising rates of STIs in south London.
   
7. December 14th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues.
   
8. November 16th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - morning news - Young People's increased use of alcohol and drugs - guest comment.
   
9. November 12th 2007 - TalkSPORT - morning radio show with John Gaunt - comment about HPV vaccine and young people's sexual heatlh
   
10. October 26th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari - guest comment.
    
11. October 2007 - CBC TV (studio broadcast with simultaneous radio airplay across Eastern Caribbean) - Chat Room with John King - discussing Sexual Health and The Sexplained Column, Better Health Magazine, Barbados
    
12. October - CBC Radio - Barbados and Eastern Caribbean - interview and live phone in show with Mr George Griffiths, Chief Exec of Barbados Family Planning Association.
    
13. October - Voice of Barbados Radio - Sister Sister with Natalya Peters - interview about Women's Sexual Health and HIV-AIDS
    
14. August 29th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - guest comment.
    
15. August 6th 2007 - BBC Radio London - Drive Time Show - guest comment.
    
16. June 15th 2007 - LBC Radio 1152AM - London - comment for Breakfast News about young people, rise of STIs, drugs, alcohol and unprotected sex.
    
17. May 25th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about £242,000 of lottery money being used to research sexual activity and opinions of 12-30 yr olds by YWCA
    
18. April 24th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - guest comment about safer sex and students not knowing how to use a condom correctly
    
19. April 24th 2007 - BBC Radio London - guest comment about safer sex and students not knowing how to use a condom correctly
    
20. April 11th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - guest comment about teenage pregnancy
    
21. March 13th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - Anita Rani Show - studio guest - debate about whether young people should have to involve parents in contraceptive and abortion choices under 16 yrs of age, by law
    
22. February 26th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about the schoolgirl pregnancy and associated peer education, whilst still pregnant
    
23. February 13th 2007 - Colourful Radio, London - Talk Radio With Soul - Lekia Lée & Sonny Decker Show - Studio Guest interview and phone in programme about SafER Sex and HIV-AIDS
    
24. January 4th 2007 - LBC Radio - Anna Raeburn Show - Studio Guest - sexual health advice and phone in programme
    
25. December 21st 2006 - LBC Radio - London - guest comment about repeat teenage pregnancy in the UK.
    
26. November 24th 2006 - BBC Asian Network - Sonia Deol Breakfast Show - guest comment about latest statistics for UK reduction in teenage pregnancy and rise in teen abortion
    
27. November 23rd 2006 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest speaker about the proposed change in condom stance of the Roman Catholic Church when it comes to HIV-AIDS prevention.
    
28. November 14th 2006 - Colourful Radio, London- Talk Radio With Soul - Lekia Lée & Sonny Decker Show - studio interview and phone in programme about SafER Sex
    
29. November 13th 2006 - BBC Asian Network - Anita Rani Show - guest comment about young people and sexual activity under 16
    
30. October 23rd 2006 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about the proposed UK introduction of contraception education for primary school children from 10yrs of age.
    
31. September 15th 2006 - Voice of Barbados (VOB) - Starcom Network - Natalya Peters' Show. Interview about Sexplained in the Caribbean.
    
32. September 11th 2006 - interview for Searchlinght newspaper, St Vincent and the Grenadines, about the launch of The Sexplained Column further in to the Caribbean, after 5 years of success in Barbados for Better Health Magazine, The NATION Publishing Co. Ltd, Barbados, West Indies.
    
33. August 14th 2006 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Adil Ray Show - phone interview about young people, drugs and unprotected sex
    
34. August 7th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - studio interview with Karen Morgan - talking about men's sexual health and different sized condoms
    
35. August 1st 2006 - Colourful Radio (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - BackChat with Lekia Lée/Sonny Decker - live phone in about consent, drugs, alcohol (alcopops) and young people.
    
36. July 4th 2006 - five News (News) - TV - 5.30pm - National and international presented by Kay Burley - Street reporting and interview - Chlamydia knowledge and condom use by young people with Zoe Conway
    
37. July 4th 2006 - five News (News) - TV - 11.30am - National and international news with Kate Gerbeau- Guest speaker talking about Chlamydia and other STI rise in the UK
    
38. July 3rd 2006 - BBC Radio London - Vanessa Feltz Show - guest comment
    
39. June 28th 2006 - BBC Radio London - The Late Show - in the studio with Jumoké Fashola - live 'sexual health' phone in
    
40. June 28th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - studio interview with Karen Morgan
    
41. June 24th 2006 - TalkSPORT - Breakfast Show (National) - interview re: condoms, safer sex and travel overseas, on behalf of TROJAN Brand Condoms
    
42. June 21st 2006 - Kerrang Radio - Tim Shaw's Asylum (Online Radio + Birmingham) - live phone in, on behalf of TROJAN Brand Condoms
    
43. June 21st 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - live phone in - Karen Morgan show - Sexplained
    
44. June 15th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - live phone in - Karen Morgan show, on behalf of Trojan Brand Condoms
    
45. May 2nd 2006 - LBC Radio - Anna Raeburn Show - Studio Guest - sexual health
    
46. Dec 7th 2005 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) – Sonia Deol Show - young people's sexual health discussion
    
47. Dec 3rd 2005 - Choice FM - Angie Le Mar Show - Studio Guest - live phone in show
    
48. Nov 2005 - BBC Radio London 94.9fm – live phone in with Eddie Nestor - STIs
    
49. Sept 3rd 2005 - LBC Radio - Dr Pam's Show - interview about condoms and safer sex
    
50. May 29 th 2005 – BBC Radio London 94.9fm – live phone in with Eddie Nestor - STIs
    
51. May 9 th 2005 – BBC Asian Network (Radio) – Sonia Deol Show – underage sex and education – in response to press articles about 10yr old girls given The Pill.
    
52. April 7 th 2005 – Voice of Barbados (VOB radio)
    
53. April 7 th 2005 – CBC Television , Barbados – live show with phone in - Chat Room - with simultaneous live link on CBC Radio throughout the Eastern Caribbean Presenters : Tony Thompson and John King
    
54. March 2005 – television pilot for BBC 3 on Syphilis
    
55. November 30th, 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Mike Mendoza Show - interview about sex toys in Boots and other related subjects.
    
56. November 27 2004 - BBC Ldn - Vanessa Feltz Show with JoAnne Good standing in - STIs, young people and parents.
    
57. November 17th 2004 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Sonia Deol Show - Young People and Contraception - in response to a statement by Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge
    
58. October 15th 2004 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Sonia Deol Show - Young People's access to contraception.
    
59. August 1st 2004 - BBC Radio 1 - Sunday Surgery Show - STIs
    
60. July 29th 2004 - BBC 3 Counties Radio - live on air with Catherine Boyle - STIs and sexual health
    
61. July 27th 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Mike Mendoza Show - interview about the rise of STIs in the UK
    
62. June 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Duncan Barkes Show
    
63. 28th May 2004 - Radio Interviews with Neale Hunt of Media Therapy Ltd, TROJAN Brand Condoms UK advertising company. Subject matter: safer adult sexual health education and Channel 4's Big Brother TV promotion . Day of TROJAN's UK TV launch. Interviews on:
    
• SGR Colchester - local radio
  Independent Radio News (40 stations) - national radio
  Dream 100 FM - Colchester & North East Essex
  Unique Entertainment News - national radio
  British Forces Broadcasting Service - worldwide
  BBC Radio Humberside - local radio
  BBC Radio Stoke - local radio
  Mid 106 - Mid Ulster - local radio
  VIBE 101 - South West England & South West Wales - local radio
  Spin 103.8 - Dublin - Ireland - local radio
  Beat 102-103 - Waterford City & County, Ireland - local radio
  
64. May 17th, 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Duncan Barkes Show - Guest Speaker - Pro-Choice
    
65. May 2nd 2004 – The Nation News – Barbados – launch of UK challenge
    
66. April 27th 2004 – London Live (radio) – Dr Pam Spurr Show – explaining about The Sexplained Challenge and our reasons for producing it
    
67. April 27th 2004 – Choice FM – news bite – Launch of Sexplained Challenge at The Café Royal, Piccadilly
    
68. April 2004 – TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm – Health Sexpert – The John Kearns Show
    
69. March 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm – Health Sexpert on The John Kearns Show
    
70. January 2004 – Guest Speaker – Health & Lifestyle Show, live phone in on Choice FM , sponsored by the Teenage Pregnancy Partnership, London, presented by Michael Hamilton, Lewisham Young People's Project - primary subject – STIs – in particular, Chlamydia
    
71. December 2003 - Guest Speaker - Health & Lifestyle Show, live phone in on
    Choice FM , sponsored by the Teenage Pregnancy Partnership, London. Presenter: Michael Hamilton, Lewisham Young People's Project - Sex Risks Over Christmas
    
72. November 2003 - interview for BBC World Service on 'Use of Condoms'
    
73. November 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - guest for Steve Jones, standing in for John on The John Kearns Show
    
74. November 2003 - Resonance FM - community radio - Guest Speaker for
    Jessica Symons of ThinkingWomen.org
    
75. October 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm –The John Kearns Show
    
76. September 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm – The John Kearns Show
    
77. August 2003 - Guest speaker - BBC Radio Scotland - Gary Robertson Show
    
78. August 2003 – Guest speaker at the Cliterati.co.uk annual party Crescent Bar, Leicester Square, London
    
79. August 2003 - Guest speaker North Lambeth Holiday Impact Programme
    
80. August 2003 – TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm – John Kearns show
    
81. July 2003 – TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm – John Kearns show
    
82. June 2003 - Guest speaker on sexual health - annual conference of the Sexual Freedom Coalition (SFC)
    
83. May 2003 – BBC Radio London 94.9fm – live phone in with Eddie Nestor
    
84. December 2002 – BBC Radio London 94.9fm – live phone in with Eddie Nestor
    
85. November 2002 – TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089 fm – live phone in – with Mark Green.
    
86. October 2002 – BBC Radio London 94.9fm – live phone in - with Eddie Nestor
    
87. September 2002 – TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089 fm – interview
    
88. August 2002 – Choice FM – London – with Eddie Nestor – live phone in
    
89. June 2002 – Choice FM – London – with Eddie Nestor – live phone in – Sat 8th and 21st
    
90. May 2002 – Choice FM – London – with Eddie Nestor – live phone in
    
91. April 2002 – Choice FM – London – with Eddie Nestor – live phone in
    
92. Feb 2002 - Liberty Radio - London - interview on male - female relationships
    
93. December 2001 - BBC Online - Sexpert columnist
    
94. December 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
    
95. November 2001 - BBC Choice - UK TV sexual health series for 2002 - title - Sex, Warts & All
    
96. November 30th - World AIDS Day Special - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor
    
97. November 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
    
98. August 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
    
99. June 7th 2001 - Power 102 FM - Trinidad - live phone in with Lisa Sergeant Allayne
    
100. June 5th 2001 - CBC Radio - Barbados - live phone in with Pastor Roach
     
101. May 2001 - Television - BBC2 - UK - Esther Show - subject - prostitution
     
102. May 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
     
103. March 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
     
104. January 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
     
105. December 2000 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
     
106. March 2000 - Liberty Radio , London
     
107. March 2000 - Interview for The Nation Newspaper - Barbados, West Indies
     
108. March 2000 - Live phone in on Voice of Barbados , West Indies
     
109. October 1999 - Choice FM - London 'Let's talk about sex' - live phone in
     
110. September 1999 - interview on Voice of Barbados - Barbados, West Indies
     
111. August 1999 - Choice FM - London - 'Let's talk about sex' - live phone in - Carnival special
     
112. August 1999 - BBC World Service - interview re: men's health - on panel with Dr Raj Persaud
     
113. August 1999 - BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat - interview about Chlamydia
     
114. July 1999 - Granada Breeze - TV - Well Women - interview about Chlamydia
     
115. July 1999 - Choice 96.9 FM - London - 'Let's Talk About Sex' - live phone in and info programme
     
116. June 1999 - 'In the Hotseat' on FLR 107.3 FM - London - with DJ Mistri
     
117. June 1999 - Granada TV - Live Time, with Michael van Straten
     
118. May 1999 - Interview for Angel FM - local radio
     
119. May 1999 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
     
120. December 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
     
121. August 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
     
122. May 1998 - Liberty Radio - London
     
123. August 1997 & Feb 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
     
124. Nov 1996 - BBC World Service - radio
     
125. July 1996 - BBC and Viva Local radios
     
126. 1996 Live TV - The Sex Show x 3 shows
     
127. 1996 Carlton Television - The Good Sex Guide Late with Toyah Willcox
     
128. 1995 Television X - The Fantasy Channel - Sextalk with Michael van Straten - x 4 interviews (condoms, penises, vaginas and diseases)

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

1. 2nd April 2008 - Guest Speaker - Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar:
   Sexual Health & Young People, Sixty One Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

Sex education in the classroom: PSHE and SRE


Themes:

The role and effectiveness of Sex and Relationships Eduation (SRE) as prt of a wider Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) programme.
Is creating a national method for teaching the “facts of life” the best way to improve sexual health among young people?
Balancing responsible teaching with providing the information that young people need. The role sexual delay promotion can playas par of sex education.
What i appropriate for young people, and how can teachers and education service providers ensure they are giving children the best PSHE and SRE?

Click to go to content of my contribution.

2. 21st April 2007 - Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Spring Seminar - St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London - UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
   
3. Nov 10th 2006 - Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Autumn Seminar - Bournemouth University - UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
   
4. July 5th 2006 - Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Summer Seminar - Manchester, UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
   
5. June 20th 2006 - session Chair for Social Market Foundation's conference - Generating Cultural Change in Public Health: Evidence and effectiveness. Session: The Sexual Risk Culture
   
6. May 6 th 2005 – NEC Birmingham , Primary Care Conference, guest speaker – Adolescent Programme, Sex Education – Getting the Message Across
   
7. April 10 th 2005 – Featured speaker for The Nation Publishing Company's Healthy Lifestyle Extravaganza , Queen's Park, Bridgetown, Barbados
   
8. April 6 th 2005 – Guest speaker for MS Society of Barbados
   
9. October 27th 2004 - Guest speaker for FP Sales conference on Contraception and Sexual Health, Cardiff - subject: 21st Century Contraception in a time of rising STIs in an expanded EU and an Update on Men's Health .
   
10. September 2004 - Sexplained Foundation Conference , London
    
11. 2004 – Guest speaker - St Mary's Hospital , London - GUM Clinical Staff meeting
    
12. August 2003 – Guest speaker at the Cliterati.co.uk annual party Crescent Bar, Leicester Square, London
    
13. August 2003 – Guest speaker – North Lambeth Holiday Impact Programme
    
14. June 2003 – Guest speaker on Sexual Health – Sexual Freedom Coalition Annual Conference , London
    
15. August 2002 – Guest speaker - The work of Sexplained... Foundation and how they can get involved and help - NUS Training Course for new Welfare Officers – Aston University, Birmingham
    
16. April 2002 – Guest speaker - Hackney Community College – for Welfare Dept - Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
    
17. January 2002 – Guest speaker - University of Canterbury Student's Union - UK – Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
    
18. November 2001 - Guest Speaker - Universtiy of Leicester , UK - Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
    
19. August 2001 - Sexual Health Awareness Raiser, Brixton Academy , Brixton, south London, UK, alongside Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor
    
20. July 2001 - Sexual Health Awareness Raiser The Maltings , St Albans, Herts, UK - alongside Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor
    
21. August 2002 – NUS Training Course for new Welfare Officers – Aston University, Birmingham.
    
22. April 2002 – Hackney Community College – for Welfare Dept - guest lecturer - Sexual Health Week.
    
23. January 2002 – University of Canterbury – Student's Union – Sexual Health Week – guest lecturer.
    
24. November 2001 – University of Leicester , Student's Union SHAG Week – guest speaker.
    
25. April 2001 – Guest speaker to specialist HIV/GUM team, Kings College Hospital, London re: Sexplained... and the use of the Internet to promote sexual health.
    
26. March 2001 – request to address UK Genito-Urinary Nurses Association AGM re: The future of Sexual Health and the Internet
    
27. March 2000 - Guest speaker, book launch & open lecture - Barbados Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
    
28. Judge for Durex - 1998 Innovation in Sexual Health Awards
    
    
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Articles

• October 2004 - The Summertime Adventures of Kamikaze Genitalia by Helen Knox - Imperial College and St Mary's Gazette, London (click to read article)
  
• 12th August 2003 - The Guardian - Syphilis is back (click to read article)
  

Press Cover

• Click to go to Information About Helen Knox

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Extra:

•  2002 - Sexplained Ltd became part of a consortium, led by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust, London, for some international HIV/AIDS training projects.