William Woollard
Birthday: Born in 1939-08-23 in London, United Kingdom
Deathday: Alive
William Woollard is a historian and retired British television producer and presenter. Woollard went to a state grammar school in London and Oxford University. He trained to be a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force. He worked with an oil company in Borneo and Oman. He has worked as a social scientist on corporate social responsibility with several American and European organizations. He has written about his Buddhist beliefs. He has also produced, written and presented many television documentaries and series, particularly on science and technology. They have been broadcast on the BBC and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, as well as the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel and the Public Broadcasting Service in the US.
TV Credits
Decrypting the Codes
Character: Self
This series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought far from the bombs of any battlefront. A game of chess and war amongst code breakers to learn the battle plans of enemy commanders in the field. Revealed here are the remarkable exploits of American and British code breakers and their immense contribution to victory in Europe and the Pacific during WWII....
Movie Credits
RJ Mitchell Aircraft Designer
Character: Narrator
The determined designer of the Spitfire shepherds it from initial rejection by the RAF to becoming the symbol of Britain's pride and power in WW2....
Tek Sing: China's Titanic
Character: Narrator
This unique program tells the remarkable story of the search for the Tek Sing, a Chinese Junk which sank in 1822 on the Belvidere Reef in the South China Sea with the loss of nearly 2000 lives and its valuable cargo....