Adam Wishart
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Adam Wishart is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His professional background includes writing, directing, and appearing in various productions for BBC television projects.
, which highlighted for the first time, the contradictions at the heart of the internet and ecommerce. The Financial Times said it was "an important story, as absorbing as a well crafted thriller". An extract from the book was published in The Guardian.
Wishart's second book, One in Three: A Son's Journey Into the History and Science of Cancer, was published in 2006 by Profile Books
in the UK, by Grove Atlantic in America and translated and published into German, Finnish, Chinese, Icelandic and Japanese. The book told the story of David Wishart's battle against cancer. The story of David, the author's father, was interwoven with the history of cancer medicine over two millennium. The book was nominated for The Royal Society Book Award in 2007.
Simon Singh, in The Sunday Telegraph, said "Wishart succeeds brilliantly in constructing a narrative that is a tribute both to his father and the scientists who have partly unpacked the mystery of cancer."
In a review for The Sunday Times
, John Cornwell said One in Three was an "imaginative fusion of anecdotal detail, medical science and poignant, elegiac narrative marks every chapter of this unusual book".
Wishart appeared on Andrew Marr's Start the Week, on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the launch of One in Three.
, Newsnight
, Horizon
, Tomorrow's World
, Panorama
, and Modern Times. As director, he made A Class Apart for the Back to the Floor series, which won the Royal Television Society
Best Feature in 1997.
He directed one episode of the BAFTA-winning Blood on the Carpet series and was producer on the Trouble At The Big Top four-part series, following Peter Mandleson, as he pushed through the Millennium Dome
project.
In 2006, he wrote, directed, and presented Monkeys, Rats and Me: Animal Testing for BBC2, which followed the battle against the Oxford Animal Lab, and which went on to win the Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary in 2007.
In 2008, he directed Warlords Next Door? for Channel 4
, about Somalian warlords who perpetrate human rights abuses from their suburban homes in England, which won the Best World Political Documentary at the Banff World Television Festival in 2009.
In 2009, Wishart wrote, directed, and featured in The Price of Life for BBC2, about the rationing of high cost cancer drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
, which was nominated for Best Science Documentary in the Grierson Awards of 2009.
In 2010, Wishart wrote, directed and featured in #23 Week Babies: The Price of Life, broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on 9 March 2011. The documentary followed several babies born four months early – 23 weeks gestation – in the neonatal ward at the Birmingham Women's Hospital. The Independent newspaper's review summarised the dilemma presented by the film.
The Telegraph review said that the film "took a taboo and broke it, gently, sensitively, but devastatingly".
The film attracted 1.903 million viewers for its terrestrial broadcast on BBC2, narrowly beating Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Dream School, which had 1.889 million viewers in the same time slot.
Writing
Wishart's first book, Leaving Reality Behind, co-authored with historian Regula Bochsler was published in 2002, by Fourth Estate in the UK and Harper Collins in the United States. Leaving Reality Behind tells the history of what's become known as the Toywars – a battle between an online retailer and a group of European artistsEtoy
Etoy is a European digital art group. Etoy won several international awards including the Prix Ars Electronica in 1996. Their main slogan is: "leaving reality behind."...
, which highlighted for the first time, the contradictions at the heart of the internet and ecommerce. The Financial Times said it was "an important story, as absorbing as a well crafted thriller". An extract from the book was published in The Guardian.
Wishart's second book, One in Three: A Son's Journey Into the History and Science of Cancer, was published in 2006 by Profile Books
Profile Books
Profile Books is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1996 to publish stimulating non-fiction. It publishes across a wide range of subjects including history, biography, memoir, politics, current affairs, travel and popular science. It also publishes all The Economist Books.In 2003 it...
in the UK, by Grove Atlantic in America and translated and published into German, Finnish, Chinese, Icelandic and Japanese. The book told the story of David Wishart's battle against cancer. The story of David, the author's father, was interwoven with the history of cancer medicine over two millennium. The book was nominated for The Royal Society Book Award in 2007.
Simon Singh, in The Sunday Telegraph, said "Wishart succeeds brilliantly in constructing a narrative that is a tribute both to his father and the scientists who have partly unpacked the mystery of cancer."
In a review for The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
, John Cornwell said One in Three was an "imaginative fusion of anecdotal detail, medical science and poignant, elegiac narrative marks every chapter of this unusual book".
Wishart appeared on Andrew Marr's Start the Week, on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the launch of One in Three.
Television
Wishart joined the BBC's Training Scheme in 1993, and went on to work as an Assistant on WatchdogWatchdog
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, Newsnight
Newsnight
Newsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
, Horizon
Horizon
The horizon is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc., and the resulting...
, Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new developments in the world of science and technology. First aired on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003.- Content :...
, Panorama
Panorama
A panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film/video, or a three-dimensional model....
, and Modern Times. As director, he made A Class Apart for the Back to the Floor series, which won the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Best Feature in 1997.
He directed one episode of the BAFTA-winning Blood on the Carpet series and was producer on the Trouble At The Big Top four-part series, following Peter Mandleson, as he pushed through the Millennium Dome
Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...
project.
In 2006, he wrote, directed, and presented Monkeys, Rats and Me: Animal Testing for BBC2, which followed the battle against the Oxford Animal Lab, and which went on to win the Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary in 2007.
In 2008, he directed Warlords Next Door? for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, about Somalian warlords who perpetrate human rights abuses from their suburban homes in England, which won the Best World Political Documentary at the Banff World Television Festival in 2009.
In 2009, Wishart wrote, directed, and featured in The Price of Life for BBC2, about the rationing of high cost cancer drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is a special health authority of the English National Health Service , serving both English NHS and the Welsh NHS...
, which was nominated for Best Science Documentary in the Grierson Awards of 2009.
In 2010, Wishart wrote, directed and featured in #23 Week Babies: The Price of Life, broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on 9 March 2011. The documentary followed several babies born four months early – 23 weeks gestation – in the neonatal ward at the Birmingham Women's Hospital. The Independent newspaper's review summarised the dilemma presented by the film.
Here's an unsettling Venn diagram. One circle encloses the set of fetuses that may, within the current law, be terminated. The other circle encloses the set of premature babies that, within current technology, can successfully be kept alive. And in the intersection – somewhere between week 23 and week 24 of a pregnancy – lie those babies that qualify both as abortable and savable – the subject of Adam Wishart's challenging film 23 Week Babies: the Price of Life.
The Telegraph review said that the film "took a taboo and broke it, gently, sensitively, but devastatingly".
The film attracted 1.903 million viewers for its terrestrial broadcast on BBC2, narrowly beating Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Dream School, which had 1.889 million viewers in the same time slot.
Published works
- Wishart, Adam; Regula Bochsler. Leaving Reality Behind, Ecco, 2002. ISBN 978-0066210766
- Wishart, Adam. One in Three: A Son's Journey Into the History and Science of Cancer, Grove Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0802143488