A former Head of BBC TV History programmes and Creative Director of BBC Television History, Laurence has specialised in writing books and making television documentaries focusing on the Nazis and the Second World War for nearly twenty years.
He has written six history books: a theory of communication based on the work of Josef Goebbels: Selling Politics (BBC Books 1992), The Nazis a Warning From History (BBC Books 1997), War of the Century (BBC Books 1999), Horror in the East (BBC Books 2001) and Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution' (BBC Books 2005). The final four titles have also been published in many other countries throughout the world. His latest book, Their Darkest Hour (Ebury Press 2007) is a collection of essays about people tested to the extreme in WW2. It has been hugely praised by the critics.
Educated at Solihull School and the University of Oxford, Laurence has also made the acclaimed television documentary series The Nazis a Warning From History, War of the Century, Horror in the East and, most recently, Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution'.
His television work has won him a myriad of awards, including a BAFTA, a Grierson Award, two International Documentary Awards and a British Television Press Guild Award.
In July 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sheffield for services to television and history.
In 2006 he won the History Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards for Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution'. He thus became the first person ever to have won both a British Book Award, as well as a BAFTA for a television series he wrote, produced and directed.
You can find more information about Laurence at www.laurencerees.com
Website:
http://www.laurencerees.com
Bibliography:
Selling Politics (BBC Books 1992)
The Nazis a Warning from History (BBC Books 1997)
War of the Century (BBC Books 1999)
Horror in the East (BBC Books 2001)
Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution' (BBC Books 2005)
Their Darkest Hour (Ebury Press 2007)
TELEVISION
The Nazis: a Warning from History (first shown on BBC2, 1997)
War of the Century (first shown on BBC2, 1999)
Horror in the East (first shown on BBC2, 2000)
Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution' (first shown on BBC2, 2005)
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