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Timothy David Samuels (born 3 October 1975) is an English
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maker, author and broadcaster. His work is characterised by approaching serious topics in provocative and entertaining ways to produce hard-hitting documentaries. Samuels formed older people's rock group
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documentary and is a regular presenter on BBC television and radio in the UK. He has been referred to as a younger British
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, but without the political agenda. Samuels has won three Royal Television Society awards and best documentary at the World Television Festival in Banff.


Biography

Tim Samuels was born in
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, the son of photographer Sefton Samuels. Of part Romanian Jewish descent, he attended
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and the
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. Samuels' first foray in journalism came at the age of 13 when he interviewed his musical hero
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, the former lead singer of
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. The interview took place at the home of the then teenage Samuels. At the University of St Andrews he rebranded the student newspaper, The Chronicle, as
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, taking it on to win the Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year award. He supports
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. Samuels joined the
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as a news trainee after university. He spent a number of years as an investigative correspondent for the programme
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and the main evening news bulletin. Samuels reported from the United States to expose miscarriages of justice on
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to reveal new forms of
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against the Muslim community in Northern Ireland, and became Young Journalist of the Year.


Documentaries

Samuels moved from news to documentaries. In ''A Dirty Weekend in Hospital'' for the BBC's ''Mischief'' strand he led a hundred victims of the
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superbug on an impromptu cleanup of ten of the worst hospitals in England. The programme won Best Current Affairs Documentary at the World Television Festival in Banff in 2006. In the same year he also fronted a current affairs travelogue series around Europe. In 2007, Samuels' series ''Power to the People'' aired on BBC Two.
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gave her blessing for the John Lennon song to be used as the title and soundtrack. The series saw him seizing
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with a platoon o
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bringing a dying village from
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to annex London's
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and forming a rock group made up of lonely old people -
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. The popstar pensioners, with a 90-year-old lead singer, covered
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song "
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" which then broke into the UK charts, received more than 5 million
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hits and saw the band appear on NBC's ''
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'' alongside
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. The ''Great Granny Chart Invasion'' won Best Current Affairs documentary at the Royal Television Society awards in 2008. As part of the BBC's controversial White Season, Samuels tackled mass immigration into Britain in ''The Poles Are Coming'' - which examined the influx of Polish immigrants into the Peterborough area of England. In 2009, he presented a BBC Two series, ''Hardocore Profits'' which revealed the unexpected global human impact of the pornography industry in countries like Ghana – and the industry's move to the financial mainstream. The subject of war veterans was revisited by Samuels in ''Art For Heroes'' - which showed the impact of art therapy in helping to heal the mental scars of war, and culminated in Samuels staging an exhibition of artwork created by veterans who were being treated by the charity
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. Samuels is a regular presenter on BBC Two's arts magazine show,
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. On several occasions for the show, he has staged an alternative
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using the residents of the Scottish town of
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as judges. To mark thirty years of rock band
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, he returned to the territory of his childhood interview with Morrissey, presenting ''Not Like Any Other Love: The Smiths'' for BBC Two. Samuels continues to contribute provocative journalism to the
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programme. The SNP complained after Samuels drove a car covered in St George's flags around Scotland during the 2006 World Cup, after England fans had been attacked for wearing their national shirts. In the ''Immigrant Song Contest'', Samuels satirised the
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- with immigrants to the UK covering Eurovision entries. For
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, Samuels has repeatedly investigated the case of British businessman
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who is jailed in Florida. Samuels has made a number of documentaries for BBC Radio. His Radio 4 and World Service documentaries include ''Guerillas of Pop'', ''Running Away'', ''Find Me a New York Jewish Princess'', ''What Men Think'', ''Dr, Why?'', ''Men in Therapy'' and ''Tel Aviv Comes Out'' which won gold at the New York Festivals international radio awards. ''Tim Samuels' Sleepover: Inside the Israeli Hospital'' was nominated for radio documentary of the year at the Radio Academy ARIAS awards. For
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he created and fronted the men's magazine show ''Men's Hour'' - the male counterpart to Radio 4's ''
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''. Samuels presented ''I Wish I'd Written That'' on BBC Radio 2. A keynote event at the Danish TV Festival described Samuels as the 'Benevolent Anarchist'. In 2013, the mental health charity Mind awarded Tim Samuels its Making A Difference award for his television and radio work - the first time it has been given to an individual. For BBC One, Samuels returned to the topic of immigration for his documentary ''The Great Big Romanian Invasion'' - which investigated the panic surrounding the threatened mass influx of Romanians to the UK and included an exploration of his own background. The National Geographic Channel announced Samuels had joined its new current affairs show ''Explorer'' as a global correspondent - reporting on US politics and covering stories in Australia, Pakistan, Iceland, Israel, Russia and Egypt.


Writing

Samuels published his first book, ''Who Stole My Spear?'', a candid exploration of what it means to be a man and the state of masculinity today. Blending the autobiographical with journalistic and anthropological research, the book examined the plight of modern men – covering relationships, work, religion, mental health, fatherhood, pornography, and rites of passage. Samuels argued that, 'Trapped in bodies barely changed since caveman days, males are now contending with corporate culture, lifelong commitment, rampant depression and crazy expectations to be a success at work and home.' He made the case for 'good masculinity' – a new way for men to connect with their innate nature and conditioning but in positive, contemporary ways. ''Who Stole My Spear?'' was serialised in
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.


Awards

* Royal Television Society: Best Current Affairs Documentary (2008) * Royal Television Society: Best British News Story (2004) * Royal Television Society: Young Journalist of the Year (2002) * Banff World Television Festival: Best Current Affairs Documentary (2006) * Race in Media Awards: TV Journalist of Year (2005) * New York Festivals: World Medal (2004) * Amnesty International commendation (2005) * Mind Media Awards: Making A Difference award (2013) * New York Radio Festivals: Gold Medal (2014) * UK Radio Documentary of the Year - nominated (2017)


See also

* The Abandoned Soldier


References


External links

*http://www.tim-samuels.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuels, Tim 1975 births Living people English television presenters English documentary filmmakers English non-fiction writers English radio presenters English people of Romanian-Jewish descent English people of Jewish descent Journalists from Manchester People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of the University of St Andrews