Michael Collins (writer and broadcaster) explained

Michael Collins (born 12 February 1961) is a British author, journalist and television presenter.

Early life

Collins was born in Walworth, south east London, England. He attended Archbishop Michael Ramsey comprehensive school in Camberwell. In 1977, as part of the Great Education Debate, the school was the subject of the Thames Television documentary Our School and Hard Times.[1] [2] That same year, aged 16, he left school and trained as a bespoke tailor.

Career

Throughout the 1990s, he worked in television production as a scriptwriter and producer. During this time he wrote the Channel 4 documentaries The Battersea Bardot (1994)[3] and The National Alf (1994).[4]

His book The Likes Of Us: A Biography of the White Working Class[5] won the George Orwell Prize in 2005. The book was serialized in The Guardian [6] and became the Channel Four documentary The Biography of the British Working Class,[7] which was written and presented by the author.

In 2011, he wrote and presented The Great Estate, a documentary about social housing in the UK.[8] broadcast on BBC4 and BBC2.

His BBC4 documentary on suburbia, Everyday Eden: A Potted History of the Suburban Garden[9] was broadcast in April 2014.

Collins has contributed to BBC TV's The Culture Show and The Politics Show as well as Radio 4's Start the Week,[10] [11] Woman's Hour, Saturday Review and The Long View.

He has also written on television, film, new media, politics and history for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Observer, Guardian, Independent, TLS, Sunday Telegraph, Prospect, New Statesman, Literary Review, Wallpaper, French Vogue and The Sunday Times.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our School and Hard Times | BFI | BFI. 4 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140204004120/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6e3ac476. 4 February 2014.
  2. Web site: The myth of multiculturalism. Michael. Collins. 21 May 2007. the Guardian.
  3. Web site: "Without Walls" The Fame Factor: The Battersea Bardot (TV Episode 1994) - IMDb. www.imdb.com.
  4. Web site: "Without Walls" The National Alf (TV Episode 1994). IMDb.
  5. Web site: The Likes Of Us What's New Granta Books . grantabooks.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202142650/http://grantabooks.com/The-Likes-Of-Us . 2014-02-02.
  6. Web site: Forgotten tribe. Michael. Collins. 3 July 2004. the Guardian.
  7. Web site: The British Working Class on Channel 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060914/http://tenalpsmedia.com/news.php?id=281. 2014-02-03. 12 July 2005. tenalpsmedia.com.
  8. Web site: BBC Four - The Great Estate: The Rise & Fall of the Council House. BBC.
  9. Web site: Wingspan Productions 0207 428 8700 . 2014-03-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320012607/http://www.wingspanproductions.co.uk/eden.htm . 20 March 2014 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, 04/04/2011. BBC.
  11. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week - 12 July. www.bbc.co.uk.

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