In her third year decided that acting was not for her and did work experience on the television series Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned rather than participate in a school production.
[5] In 2008, Porter presented a BBC Three series of four documentary films, Dawn... (14 February–6 March), exploring attitudes to nudity, lesbianism, dating and pregnancy (including childbirth).
In the first programme, Dawn Porter: Free Lover (30 September 2008), Porter travelled to San Diego, California, to investigate polyamory, then she travelled to former Germany to visit ZEGG in Belzig, a German free love commune.
[12] In May 2009, it was announced that Porter would present a documentary, The Booby Trap, exploring breast cancer, for Sky1.
[16][17] On 11 November 2011, Porter made an appearance in Derren Brown – The Experiments entitled "The Secret of Luck"[18] and later filmed six episodic advertisements for Andrex Washlets.
[19] In 2014 Porter hosted and co-produced a series for Channel 4 called This Old Thing exploring vintage clothing.
[22] In May 2013, she released her first novel, Paper Aeroplanes, the fictional tale of an intense female friendship loosely inspired by her own childhood in Guernsey.