Timothy David Samuels was born on 3 October 1975 and is an English documentary filmmaker, author and broadcaster.
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Tim Samuels's work is characterised by approaching serious topics in provocative and entertaining ways to produce hard-hitting documentaries.
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Tim Samuels has been referred to as a younger British Michael Moore, but without the political agenda.
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Tim Samuels has won three Royal Television Society awards and best documentary at the World Television Festival in Banff.
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Tim Samuels was born in Manchester, the son of photographer Sefton Samuels.
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Tim Samuels joined the BBC as a news trainee after university.
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Tim Samuels spent a number of years as an investigative correspondent for the programme Newsnight and the main evening news bulletin.
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Tim Samuels reported from the United States to expose miscarriages of justice on death row and Northern Ireland to reveal new forms of racism against the Muslim community in Northern Ireland, and became Young Journalist of the Year.
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Tim Samuels is a regular presenter on BBC Two's arts magazine show, The Culture Show.
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Tim Samuels continues to contribute provocative journalism to the Newsnight programme.
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The SNP complained after Tim 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.
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For Newsnight, Tim Samuels has repeatedly investigated the case of British businessman Krishna Maharaj who is jailed in Florida.
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Tim Samuels has made a number of documentaries for BBC Radio.
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Tim Samuels presented I Wish I'd Written That on BBC Radio 2.
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For BBC One, Tim 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.
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The National Geographic Channel announced Tim 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.
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Tim 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.