A.N. Wilson
Birthday: Born in 1950-10-27 in Stone, Staffordshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He is an occasional columnist for the Daily Mail and a former columnist for the London Evening Standard.
TV Credits
Only Connect
Character: Self - Contestant
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge....
Art That Made Us
Character: Self - Writer
An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works from across the UK that have shaped the history of the British Isles and inspired their own work....
Queen Victoria's Children
Character: Self - Biographer of Queen Victoria
With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet....
Question Time
Character: Himself - Panellist
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience....
The Stuarts: A Bloody Reign
Character: Self
Four kings from the House of Stuart sat on the English throne from 1603 to 1688. It was a time of great religious struggle and political instability. The Gunpowder Plot nearly wiped out King James I. The Thirty Years War broke out on the continent. A civil war erupted which led to the public beheading of King Charles I and the birth of a commonwealth headed by Oliver Cromwell. London was ravaged by the plague and the Great Fire of London. Throughout this series we look at the reign of the Stua...
Movie Credits
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Character: Self
Patricia Routledge, as patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, presents a documentary on the author's life and work....
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis
Character: Self - Presenter
C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved....
Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed
Character: Himself
Professor Saul David examines Prince Albert's role in shaping British culture, governmental policy and international relations in Victorian Britain....
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Character: Self
This is the story of Queen Victoria as never heard before; a psychological insight of the woman told through her own words, her experiences recounted solely through her personal diaries and letters....
Miss Pym's Day Out
Character: Self
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama documentary biopic sees Patricia Routledge as Pym and follows the day of the prize presentation, as she observes people and reminisces about life and love....
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Character: Self
No profession, no say, no freedom of expression. Life as a prince consort is not exactly pleasure taxing. No constitution ascribes any function to the husband of a queen. Nowhere does it say what he must or must not do. A life in the shadow of the crown. Can that go well?...