Taylor Downing
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Taylor Downing (born 20 July 1953[1]) is a British historian and television producer. He studied at Latymer Upper School and Christ's College, Cambridge University, where he achieved a Double First in History. He worked at the Imperial War Museum and then for Thames Television for several years. In 1982, he formed a production company Flashback Television, for which he produced more than 300 TV documentaries for British and American broadcasters including several long-running series which have won many awards. He has recently written several popular history books.[2][3]
His books include
- 1942: Britain at the Brink
- 1983: The World at the Brink (nominated for the Pushkin Book Prize)
- Night Raid: The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWII
- Secret Warriors: Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War
- Breakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme
- Spies In The Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War II
- The World at War
- Churchill's War Lab: Code Breakers, Boffins and Innovators: the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
- Cold War with Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Downing is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
References[edit]
- ^ "Taylor DOWNING personal appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Taylor Downing". www.latymerfoundation.org.
- ^ "Bloomsbury - Taylor Downing - Taylor Downing". www.bloomsbury.com.