Timothy Prager

Timothy 'Tim' Prager is a British television and film writer. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College in the United States and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Prager was an assistant director at the Old Vic Company under Timothy West. In 1987, he wrote and directed Spin of the Wheel, which debuted at the Comedy Theatre in London and marked Maria Friedman's West End debut. Prager has written episodes for various television shows, including Dalziel and Pascoe, Dangerfield, The Ambassador, and Silent Witness. He has also 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). Prager's 2003 television film Hear the Silence, featuring Juliet Stevenson and Hugh Bonneville, covered the MMR vaccine controversy and received criticism for its misrepresentation of scientific evidence.