Career
Early career Irwin obtained a degree from Birmingham City University in Estate Management and worked for business transfer specialists Christie & Company becoming an associate director within three years, before going on to work for Colliers International. Television career In 2004, Irwin was selected along with co-presenter Jasmine Harman from hundreds of applicants to present Channel 4"s show A Place in the Sun – Home or Away, and has filmed over 200 episodes all around Britain. The programme is also broadcast daily on More4, Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living, as well as channels throughout Europe and the rest of the world, including New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Irwin also presents episodes of British Broadcasting Corporation property shows Escape to the Country, To Buy or Not to Buy.
In January 2011, Sky 1 broadcast Jonnie"s own show called Dream Lives for Sale, which saw him help people leave their United Kingdom lives behind and buy a business to run themselves abroad. In late 2011 he started a new series The Renovation Game which aired on weekday mornings on Channel 4.
Other work Irwin grew up on a small farm in the village of Bitteswell, Leicestershire. As his surname would suggest, Irwin is of Irish descent.
He is a keen sportsman, he played rugby for Lutterworth Reconstruction Finance Corporation and then for Rugby Lions Reconstruction Finance Corporation, until an accident in a sevens tournament where he broke his back and subsequently retired.