Making his debut on BBC Radio 2, Tim Samuels interviews songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan about the pivotal tracks in his life - for I Wish I’d Written That
Saltwater Crocs - on NatGeo
In the Norther Territory of Australia, Tim Samuels find out how saltwater crocodiles have come back from the brink of extinction - on National Geographic TV.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/753dc54824524185cc478f58c3dce012/
https://twitter.com/NatGeoChannel/status/1068927710750068736
Sperm counts - on NatGeo TV
In a new series of flagship show Explorer on the National Geographic TV channel, Tim Samuels heads to New York to explore why men’s sperm counts have halved in the past few decades.
Radio 4 documentary - 'Dr, Why?'
Tim’s documentary ‘Dr, Why?’ airs on BBC Radio 4 - in which he explores: there are more PhD students in the UK than ever, but who is really benefitting? And is a labour of obscure academic love really worth it?
Listen at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9vgdn
Appearance on Radio 4's 'Bringing up Britain'
Tim appeared on Radio 4 show Bringing Up Britain, with Mariella Frostrup, discussing dealing with aggression - especially amongst boys and young men.
Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcg6z6
BBC radio series on masculinity around the world
BBC World Service are airing a three-part documentary series in which Tim Samuels explores and compares the state of men across three continents.
Tim heads to Lagos, Delhi and North Carolina in search of 'What Men Think'.
To listen to the Nigeria episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxg1m
To listen to the USA episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxg1n
To listen to the Indian episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxg1p
Tim nominated for top radio documentary award
Tim Samuels has been nominated for UK radio documentary of the year - at the Radio Academy's ARIAS awards (formerly the Sony's).
'Tim Samuels' Sleepover: Inside the Israeli Hospital' - which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - has been shortlisted for the best factual storytelling award.
The programme follows the extraordinary story of Israel treating Syrians wounded in its civil war - despite the two countries technically still being at war with each other.
Book published in Lithuania
Who Stole My Spear? has been published in Lithuania - where the title (apparently) translates to Where Disappeared My Spear?
Book launch photos for Who Stole My Spear?
Photos released for the London launch of Who Stole My Spear?, by Tim Samuels. Featured guests include Jemima Khan, Professor Green, Angus Deayton, Nigella Lawson, Mariella Frostrup, Robert Peston, David Baddiel, Martha Ward, Martin Lewis, Henrietta Conrad, Michael Crick.
Radio 4 series on Disruptors
Tim Samuels hosts a BBC Radio 4 series - Breakfast With The Disruptors - that explores upstarts who are promising to revolutionise different sectors and how we live.
The three-part series looks at disruption around property, finance and death.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08s8gt5/episodes/guide
Israel/Syria documentary - on BBC World Service
Tim's documentary about wounded Syrians being treated in Israeli hospitals has aired on the BBC World Service in its The Documentary strand:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xq7
Inside Jesus' tomb - on NatGeo
Tim Samuels goes inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a rare look at what many believe to be Jesus Christ's tomb - for Explorer on National Geographic.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/videos/holy-rock/
Iceland's medical breakthroughs - on NatGeo
Tim investigates how DNA breakthroughs from Iceland could transform the future of medicine - for Explorer on the National Geographic channel.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/videos/decoding-iceland/
BBC documentary - Israel treating Syrians
Hear Tim's BBC Radio 4 documentary about the Israeli hospital treating wounded Syrians...
Tim Samuels' Sleepover: Inside the Israeli Hospital
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j9r62
Tim Samuels spends twenty-four hours immersed in an extraordinary medical scene - Israeli doctors tending to Syrians who have been smuggled over the border for life-saving treatment into a country Syria istechnically still at war with.
In the Ziv hospital in the northern Israeli town of Safed, Tim follows two doctors on their rounds as they treat Syrians - both civilians and fighters - who have been seriously wounded in their country's civil war. Unable to get proper medical attention at home, they are amongst several thousand Syrians who have headed to the border and into Israel for treatment. Tim meets a Syrian man shot during conflict; once his leg has been repaired he intends to head back to rejoin the fight.
On the children's ward, a mother who has brought her son for treatment describes how her trip to Israel must remain a secret - or she fears she could be killed when they return. On the Syrian border, Tim sees two badly wounded fighters smuggled into Israel by the IDF as they are rushed to Ziv for emergency attention.
In the hospital - staffed by Jewish, Muslim and Druze medics - the doctors talk about the psychological toll of treating the war wounded. A hospital social worker describes waking up repeatedly through the night at home to check that his young son wasn't injured. The doctors at Ziv say they hope their work is at least a sliver of humanity in a dark region.
Tim explores what motivations might underpin Israel's assistance to those coming from enemy territory - and how such an unusual situation, even by Middle Eastern standards, has come about.
Religious highs - on NatGeo
Catch Tim meeting the ultra-orthodox in Jerusalem - getting a spiritual high from their impromptu dancing...
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/videos/god-is-my-drug/
Russia dating - on NatGeo
See Tim brave the world of gender camps in Russia - as seen on Explorer on NatGeo
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/videos/russian-dating-school/