Bücher von Andy Forrester

Andy Forrester is a trained historian, TV journalist and producer and business author. He was born and educated in Scotland and after leaving university became involved in setting the history questions for the Scottish Exam Board. At the age of 25 he stood as Labour candidate against the new Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas Home. He didn't win. Andy then moved into television, initially as a journalist and then as an historical documentary producer, first with London Weekend Television and then as a freelancer. The programs he has made include Starting Out for LWT which was a critical history of English education, 9 to 5 for BBC2 on the future of work, The Zircon Affair for BBC2 which was a study of the BBC in action, and Breaking the Sound Barrier - a program in the Channel 4 Secret History series. Several of his programs have won awards, such as Winning - a guide to making a success of business for BBC1 (winner of a Television Society Award for Best Adult Education and Training Programme), Get Better or Get Beaten for BBC2 (winner of the Texaco Award for TV Industrial Journalist of the Year), Sid's Heroes for BBC1 (winner of the RTS Award for best training program) and The Dying Rooms on the treatment of children in Chinese orphanages (winner of the RTS Award, the Press Guild Award and the Indie Award). While writing Keys to the Universe he is also researching a number of new TV documentaries. He lives in London with his wife.