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David Reynolds

Writer, ActorBorn February 17, 1952 (74 years)
David Reynolds, FBA is a British historian. He is Emeritus Professor of International History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

Reynolds has made thirteen documentaries on 20th-century history for the BBC, most recently the three-part BBC Two series "Long Shadow", based on his award-winning book about the legacies and memory of 1914–18 and a trilogy of films about the Big Three allies in the Second World War: "World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel", "World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly" and "World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President". All these films have been directed by Russell Barnes.

Reynolds was also the writer and presenter of the award-winning ninety-part series "America, Empire of Liberty", broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Known For

  • Long Shadow
  • The Wheelchair President
  • Armistice
  • The Improbable Mr Attlee

Filmography

2021
The Abyss - Rise and Fall of the Nazis (TV Series) · as Self - Historian, University Of Cambridge
2015
Nixon in the Den · as Self
2015
1945 and the Wheelchair President · as Himself (presenter)
2015
The Wheelchair President (TV Series) · as Self - Host
2014
Long Shadow (TV Series) · as Himself - Presenter
2011
2011
2005
MasterChef (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

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