Marcel Theroux
Marcel Theroux is a broadcaster and novelist. He was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1968. He grew up in England, studied English Literature at Cambridge University and then won a fellowship to Yale where he took an MA in International Relations with a specialisation in Soviet and East European Studies.
Since graduating, he has worked for various TV companies in the U.S. and Britain while working on his novels. He has presented various documentaries about life in the former Soviet Union and fronted arts programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and More 4. Most recently he presented In Search of Wabi Sabi with Marcel Theroux for BBC4.
In 2008 Marcel authored and presented The Great Russian Art Boom on Channel 4, exploring why Russian Billionaires are suddenly buying art.
Marcel is also a contributing editor to Travel and Leisure Magazine. A piece he wrote for them about travelling to the coldest town in the world was chosen to appear in “Best American Travel Writing 2000” published by Houghton Mifflin.
The New York Times called his first novel, A Stranger in the Earth, “charming and sprightly... a buoyant novel that amuses and entertains.” His second novel, The Paperchase, appeared in paperback in 2002. Reviewing it in the New York Times, the critic John Lanchester described it as "exquisitely calculated,,, very satisfying." His latest book ‘A Blow to the Heart’ was published in July by Faber’
WORK:
March 2006: The Death Of A Nation as part of More 4’s Russian Season which examined the problems facing Russia and it’s declining population. To see an excerpt from The Death Of A Nation, click here;
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VBf3-WHki34
December 2004: The End of the World As We Know It as part of Channel 4's War on Terrorism season focusing on the threats to the earth's future.
November 2003: The Texas Solution for Channel 4's Texas Season
December 2002: Mao’s Children for Channel 4’s China Season
April 2002: Milan in a Van for BBC 4. Half hour film for The Talk Show about furniture design.
March 2002: The State We’re In for BBC Choice. Satirical news show presented by Jeremy Vine. Did an investigative report about special advisers. 30 minute show. Broadcast on Easter Sunday.
February 2002: The Talk Show for BBC 4.
November 2001: Our New Best Friend. MBC for Channel 4. Third series of Unreported World. Human rights in Uzbekistan. 30 minutes.
July 2001: Being Nice To Mr Putin. MBC for Channel 4. Second series of Unreported World. War in Chechnya.
April 2001: Arctic Pilots. Also for Out There. Pilots who fly biplanes in the arctic. 30 minutes.
December 2000: Return to the Exclusion Zone. October Films for National Geographic Television. Series called Out There produced by Noel Dockstader. About the effects of Chernobyl on the wildlife around the power station. 30 minutes.
July 2000: All The President’s Oil. MBC for Channel 4. First series of Unreported World. About corruption and the oil industry in Azerbaijan. 30 minutes. (series was produced by Eammon Mathews.)
February 2000: Coldest Town. As above. Except I went to the coldest town on earth (in Northern Siberia). 50 minutes.
August 1999: Bering Straits. Transatlantic Films for Discovery Europe/Travel Channel. Part of a travel series called Trailblazers. Marcel travelled from Eastern Russia to Alaska. 50 minutes. (series was produced by Noel Dockstader).
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