Tessa posed undercover to expose a local authority's lack of special education provision for an autistic child for the 10-part prime-time ITV/Carlton TV series she co-presented called 'The Investigators'.
For Sky News, Tessa posed undercover to highlight the problemmatic sales practices of gas companies in the UK following privatisation of the gas industry.
In an exclusive year-long investigation for BBC Panorama, Tessa uncovered weaknesses in the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act (CPIA) 1996 which could harm individuals' right to a fair trial.
Tessa was the first British journalist to work undercover in brothels by posing as a manageress or madame.
She spent three months as an undercover reporter working in 10 brothels around London for Channel 4's landmark series 'Sleepers' on the programme 'Undercover in the Sex Trade.'
The programme exposed the legal, economic and personal pressures on young illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe living and working as prostitutes in Britain.
Welcome to the showreel of Tessa Mayes, investigative journalist. These are clips from her reporting and undercover reporting work for Channel 4, BBC 'Panorama,' ITV/Carlton TV and Sky News.
