John Willis, author of Nagasaki: The Forgotten Prisoners, is one of Britain's best known television executives. He is a former Director of Programmes at Channel 4 and Director of Factual and Learning at the BBC. He was Vice-president of National Programs at WGBH Boston. In 2012 he was elected as Chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). He is currently Chair of Mentorn Media, producers of Question Time for BBC and he also chairs the Board of Governors at the Royal Central School for Speech and Drama. He divides his time between London and Norfolk.
In nearly 40 years of exposure to written and broadcast testimony of what happened in Japan...I don't think I've ever been given such a vivid and persistent impression...spoken with eloquence and obviously deep feelings. * Sunday Telegraph * Remarkable story, more dramatic and horrific than any TV dramatisation. * Daily Mail * This well-timed and brilliant documentary was a fitting reminder of not only the sacrifices but the horrors of war. * Yorkshire Post * Vividly real and down to earth, told in an unembellished way it was more persuasive than a thousand shrill anti-nuclear slogans. * Daily Mail * These homely, ordinary men described the destruction with a dreadful precision. * Daily Express *