Nick Fisher (broadcaster)

Nick Fisher (14 August 1959 – c. 17 November 2022) was a British television scriptwriter, journalist and angler. He won a BAFTA award in 2006 for his work on The Giblet Boys which was voted Best Drama in the BAFTA Children's Awards, and was nominated as Best Writer for the same programme.

Fisher appeared on TV with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, featuring his hobby as an angler.[1] Together with Fearnley-Whittingstall, he won the André Simon Memorial book award in 2007 for The River Cottage Fish Book.[2] He also appeared with Fearnley-Whittingstall on River Cottage: Gone Fishing.

Fisher, who lived in Hooke, near Bridport, Dorset, went missing in November 2022.[3] His body was discovered on 17 November.[4][5]

References
  1. Fishpool. "Nick Fisher – Fallons Angler". Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. "Past winners of the Andre Simon Memorial Fund Awards – the annual awards for food and drink books". www.andresimon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. "Celebrity angler and scriptwriter Nick Fisher goes missing in Dorset". The Guardian. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. Steven Morris; Harry Taylor (17 November 2022). "Tributes paid to River Cottage star Nick Fisher after body found in Dorchester". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. Rogers, Jude (4 December 2022). "Nick Fisher obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2022.


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