Greetings I am Andrew Roberts, a professional writer and voice actor. My most recent work is as the failed television presenter 'Pete Debbage ' on the series 'Tales from Elsewhere Cresent'. - _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ As a writer, I focus on British cinema and related culture. Since 2004, I have authored books for both academic and general readership, contributed chapters to major cinema-history titles, and planned, researched, and written major feature articles for broadsheet newspapers and specialist film and classic car titles. I also advised on the 2008 BBC4 documentary Truly, Madly, Cheaply about the British B-film. I enjoy applying my organisational and diplomatic skills to represent major classic motoring titles at photo shoots and events, including the Silverstone Festival. I regularly speak in public about film and culture; I have appeared on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking, and I have given talks at venues such as the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Automobile Club, and the National Motor Museum. I’m committed to continuing research and writing across cinema history and the British film industry.

Andrew Brian Roberts

Greetings I am Andrew Roberts, a professional writer and voice actor. My most recent work is as the failed television presenter 'Pete Debbage ' on the series 'Tales from Elsewhere Cresent'. - _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ As a writer, I focus on British cinema and related culture. Since 2004, I have authored books for both academic and general readership, contributed chapters to major cinema-history titles, and planned, researched, and written major feature articles for broadsheet newspapers and specialist film and classic car titles. I also advised on the 2008 BBC4 documentary Truly, Madly, Cheaply about the British B-film. I enjoy applying my organisational and diplomatic skills to represent major classic motoring titles at photo shoots and events, including the Silverstone Festival. I regularly speak in public about film and culture; I have appeared on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking, and I have given talks at venues such as the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Automobile Club, and the National Motor Museum. I’m committed to continuing research and writing across cinema history and the British film industry.

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Greetings I am Andrew Roberts, a professional writer and voice actor. My most recent work is as the failed television presenter 'Pete Debbage ’ on the series ‘Tales from Elsewhere Cresent’. - Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup As a writer, I focus on British cinema and related culture. Since 2004, I have authored books for both academic and general readership, contributed chapters to major cinema-history titles, and planned, researched, and written major feature articles for broadsheet newspapers and specialist film and classic car titles. I also advised on the 2008 BBC4 documentary Truly, Madly, Cheaply about the British B-film. I enjoy applying my organisational and diplomatic skills to represent major classic motoring titles at photo shoots and events, including the Silverstone Festival.

I regularly speak in public about film and culture; I have appeared on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking, and I have given talks at venues such as the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Automobile Club, and the National Motor Museum. I’m committed to continuing research and writing across cinema history and the British film industry.

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Experience Level

Expert

Language

English
Fluent
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Professional Writer & Journalist at Self-employed / Independent
January 1, 2004 - November 27, 2025
I have authored books about British cinema for both an academic and a general readership, contributed chapters to major titles concerned with cinema history, and planned, researched and written major feature articles for broadsheet press and major film and classic car titles. I advised on the BBC4 documentary Truly, Madly, Cheaply (2008) about the British B-film. I have represented various major classic motoring titles at photo shoots and events, including the Silverstone Festival, leveraging my organisational and diplomatic skills. In broadcasting and public speaking I have appeared on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking on autism, film and patterns, and have been a guest speaker at the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Automobile Club, and the National Motor Museum.

Education

PG Cert Historical Studies at Oxford University
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
PhD in Cinema History at Brunel University London
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015
Bar Vocational Course at University of the West of England
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010
Graduate Diploma in Law at Solent University
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007
MA Contemporary British History at University of London
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004
Post Graduate Certificate in Communication, Culture & Media (Merit) at Coventry University
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 1999
Post Graduate Diploma in Social Research (Merit) at Southampton Institute of Higher Education
January 1, 1993 - December 31, 1995

Qualifications

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Called to the Bar
January 1, 2011 - November 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education