Jad Adams was born on 27 November 1954 and is a British writer and television producer.
12 Facts About Jad Adams
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Jad Adams took an MA in Victorian History at Birkbeck, University of London.
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Jad Adams trained as a journalist on the South East London Mercury newspaper where he won the Young Journalist of the Year award in 1978.
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Jad Adams worked on various investigations, including Called to Account on the mysterious death of Roberto Calvi, which won the Royal Television Society award for international current affairs in 1982.
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The programme won the Royal Television Society award for Best International Documentary in 1986 and stimulated Jad Adams to write his first book, AIDS: The HIV Myth.
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Jad Adams later concentrated on history and current affairs programmes, working with Phillip Whitehead at Brook Productions on Dynasty: The Nehru-Gandhi Story for BBC and PBS while writing the book to accompany the series.
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Jad Adams later worked with Roger Bolton at Roger Bolton Productions on current affairs and cultural programmes for ITV.
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Jad Adams co-organised a conference called The Benn Legacy, held at Westminster University, to discuss Benn's lasting influence.
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Jad Adams has specialised in writing books on nationalists and radicals, with biographies of Emmeline Pankhurst and Gandhi.
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Jad Adams frequently contributes reviews and other pieces to national newspapers and magazines.
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Jad Adams has lived with fellow historian Julie Peakman since 1983.
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Jad Adams frequently comments on public affairs; he is a critic of corruption in local government and of what he sees as a decline in representative government.