Taylor Downing
Taylor Downing is a British historian and television producer. He studied at Latymer Upper School and Christ's College, Cambridge University, where he achieved a Double First in History. He worked at the Imperial War Museum and then for Thames Television for several years. In 1982, he formed a production company Flashback Television, for which he produced more than 300 TV documentaries for British and American broadcasters including several long-running series which have won many awards. He has recently written several popular history books.
His books include1942: Britain at the Brink1983: The World at the Brink Night Raid: The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWIISecret Warriors: Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great WarBreakdown: The Crisis of Shell Shock on the SommeSpies In The Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War IIThe World at WarChurchill's War Lab: Code Breakers, Boffins and Innovators: the Mavericks Churchill Led to VictoryCold War with Sir Jeremy IsaacsThe Army That Never Was: D-Day and the Great Deception
Downing is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.