As a documentary maker Renton earned widespread acclaim for her films My Mate Charlie (2000), Waiting For Sentence (2001) and Sex Bomb (2002). But her enduring legacy is in training a generation of African television journalists through her Media Development in Africa initiative, and the groundbreaking politics show Agenda Kenya.
- Read Polly Renton's Times Obituary
- Read Polly Renton's Guardian Obituary
- Read Polly Renton's Telegraph Obituary