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Timothy "Tim" Prager, is a British television and film writer. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he was an assistant director at the Old Vic Company under Timothy West. He wrote (with composer Geoff Morrow) and directed ''Spin of the Wheel'', which opened at the Comedy theatre in London in 1987, giving Maria Friedman her West End debut. ==Television== Prager has written extensively for television, including episodes of ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Dangerfield'', ''The Ambassador'' and ''Silent Witness''. He has created three series for the BBC: ''Safe and Sound'', ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky'' and ''55 Degrees North'' (known as ''The Night Detective'' in North America). His 2003 television play ''Hear the Silence'', starring Juliet Stevenson and Hugh Bonneville, covered the MMR vaccine controversy, portraying the efforts of Andrew Wakefield against the vaccine. It received widespread criticism due to its perceived misrepresentation of evidence in favour of the anti-MMR campaign.〔(Ben Goldacre, ''Never mind the facts'', ''The Guardian'', Thursday 11 December 2003. )〕 Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, writing in the British Medical Journal described it as "grossly one sided",〔(BMJ. 2003 December 13; 327(7428): 1411. )〕 later accusing it of "turning junk science into drama".〔(Michael Fitzpatrick, Pandemic flu: turning a drama into a crisis )〕 Wakefield's work has since been discredited;〔("GMC: MMR doctor 'abused position of trust'" ), ''Channel 4 News'', 28 January 2010〕 and the articles against the MMR vaccine recanted by the Lancet in a highly unusual step.〔http://www.statesman.com/news/world/journal-retracts-study-that-linked-autism-to-vaccine-210033.html〕 Prager's writing has received Royal Television Society nominations, and he received the Roald Dahl prize for ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timothy Prager」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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