18 Facts About Brian Sibley

Brian David Sibley was born on 14 July 1949 and is an English writer.

Brian Sibley is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes.

Brian Sibley's family moved to Chislehurst, Kent when he was five years old.

Brian Sibley was educated at St Nicholas Church of England Primary School and Chislehurst Secondary School for Boys, where he was awarded A-levels in English and Art.

Brian Sibley returned to Peake's writings in 2011 with The History of Titus Groan, a cycle of six one-hour plays for BBC Radio 4's 'Classic Serial' based on Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone and Maeve Gilmore's Titus Awakes.

Brian Sibley was a contributor to and then regular presenter of the former BBC Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope and the BBC World Service arts magazine, Meridian.

Brian Sibley presented the Radio 4 film programme, Talking Pictures, was a regular presenter of The Afternoon Shift and chaired the radio panel games Break A Leg and Screen Test.

Brian Sibley has contributed to Radio 4's Last Word, Brief Lives, A Good Read, The Radio 2 Arts Show and Radio 3's Night Waves.

Brian Sibley presented several series of the BBC television programme, First Light.

Brian Sibley wrote and presented a series on the history of film music, The Sound of Movies.

In 1992 Brian Sibley wrote much of the script for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus.

Brian Sibley has written as a columnist, reviewer and obituarist for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, The Observer, The Listener, Radio Times, The Church Times and Films and Filming.

Brian Sibley is currently editing a book of the letters of Walt Disney.

Brian Sibley recorded DVD audio commentaries for Around the World in 80 Days, Animal Farm and Fantasia.

Brian Sibley has appeared on the bonus extras to a number of Disney Blu-rays and DVDs, among them Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as well as being included in the documentaries associated with various home media releases of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Brian Sibley is the editor of The Sunday Times Best-seller, JRR.

Brian Sibley was the President of The Lewis Carroll Society when he relinquished the presidency in order to become the Society's Chair.

Brian Sibley is an honorary member of The Children's Books History Society, The Magic Circle and the Tolkien Society, from whom he received an Outstanding Contribution Award 2022.