Phil Rees is a Welsh writer, reporter and television producer who has specialised in international relations. He has won more than a dozen international awards for his work.

Background

Rees graduated from Oxford University in 1982. In the same year, he joined the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 as a trainee journalist and began his career as a reporter on television news in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. He has covered Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas during his career. He has written widely and presented or produced nearly fifty documentaries.

At the BBC, his reports appeared on the nightly TV news, Newsnight, Correspondent, World Service Radio, NPR and BBC World News satellite and cable channel. In 2006, Rees set up Out of Office Films, a TV production company based in London. It has made programmes for Channel 4, ZDF, Al Jazeera, ERT (Greece) and Swedish television.

His awards include two from the Royal Television Society

Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...

 for best foreign affairs documentary (1994 & 1998). From 1986 - 2002, Rees covered Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, South

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

 and Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

 for the BBC’s news and current affairs’ department.

Written works

• Dining with Terrorists: Meetings with the World's Most Wanted Militants (2005)

Documentary films

Dining with Terrorists (Al Jazeera English) http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2009/02/20092565012929122.html

• Dispatches: At Home with the Terror Suspects
• Dispatches: Britain Under Attack (MPACUK criticism and prasie for 'Britain Under Attack')

External links

• Phil Rees' official website
• Official Dispatches page for documentary
• Daily Mail article on documentary
• Telegraph article on documentary
• Phil Rees official Guardian article on documentary by Phil Rees
• BBC on Phil Rees
• IslamicAwakening discussion on 'Britain Under Attack'
• MPACUK on documentary
• Inside Story - 9 Sept - New Bin Laden tape - Part 1 - featuring Phil Rees (video)
• Inside Story - 9 Sept - New Bin Laden tape - Part 2 - featuring Phil Rees (video)