Live chat: Donal MacIntyre

Donal MacIntyre certainly hasn’t plumped for the cushy life in journalism. He’s been shot in Burma, had a knife pulled on him in Brixton and received numerous death threats.

But later this year he’s taking time out from living with hooligans, drug-dealers and the criminal underworld to run the London Marathon for the charity Mencap and on Monday, March 17 between 1pm and 2pm you can chat to him LIVE on This is London.

Donal started his undercover TV investigation work on the BBC series On-The-Line and later moved to ITV’s World in Action where he uncovered a ring of drug-dealing nightclub bouncers after an 11 month operation. That job earned him three death threats.

Football violence, abuse in care homes and Nigerian con men have all fallen under the cameras in his subsequent series, MacIntrye Investigates.

He has just been poached by Five to become its face of current affairs in what is rumoured to be a six-figure deal. His next documentary: The Life & Times of Sir Peter Blake, is a one-hour special tribute to the late Sir Peter who was tragically slain by river pirates on 5 December, 2001. It’s due for release in early May this year.

If you do not yet have access to our live chat boards, registration is easy and takes no more than a few minutes. Just and follow the simple instructions.