Amanda Foreman
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Amanda Foreman is the author of the prize-winning best sellers, ‘Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' and 'A World on Fire: A Epic History of Two Nations Divided' She is currently a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Her latest work is the BBC documentary series, 'The Ascent of Woman'. In 2016, Foreman served as chair of The Man Booker Prize. Her book on the history of women, 'The World Made by Women' will be published in 2018. She is a co-founder of the literary nonprofit, House of SpeakEasy Foundation, a trustee of the Whiting Foundation, and an Honorary Research Senior Fellow in the History Department at the University of Liverpool. Amanda lives in New York with her husband and five children.
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE GEORGIANS 2014 | BBC Radio 4 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
THE PRIME MINISTERS 2011 | BBC Radio 4 | AS CONTRIBUTOR SERIES 2 EPISODE 2 'EARL GREY' |
QUEEN VICTORIA 2001 | BBC Radio 4 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
QUEEN VICTORIA 2001 | BBC Radio 4 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
THE HISTORY OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT 1998 | BBC Radio 4 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ORIGINS 2017 | NatGeo | AS SERIES CONSULTANT AND CONTRIBUTOR |
THE ASCENT OF WOMAN 2015 | BBC 2 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
CODE PLAN RED 2011 | Channel 5 | AS CONTRIBUTOR |
THIS WEEK 2011 | BBC 2 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER EP 27 MAY |
THIS WEEK 2011 | BBC 2 | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER EP 8 NOVEMBER |
MARIE ANTOINETTE 2002 | BBC 2/ Reputations | AS CONTRIBUTOR |
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS WOMEN 2002 | Channel 4 Television | AS WRITER AND PRESENTER |
NEWSNIGHT 1999 | BBC Television | AS PRESENTER AND WRITER EP 'THE ABOLITION OF THE HOUSE OF LORD: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS' |
THE PEOPLES' DUCHESS: GEORGINA, THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE 1999 | Channel 4 | AS CONSULTANT |