Charles Rangeley-Wilson

Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Occupation	Journalist, Angler, Broadcaster
Nationality	British

Charles Rangeley-Wilson is an author known for his books on travel and fishing such as Somewhere Else and The Accidental Angler, and in 2006, presented a TV series of the same name.^[1]

Wilson has written two books and edited one anthology related to fishing. He is the fishing correspondent for The Field magazine, and writes regularly for other outdoor magazines and for newspapers. In 2001 he was won the PPA Specialist Writer of the Year Award and 2003 he was highly-commended in the Angling Writers Association (AWA)'s Arthur Oglesby Writer of the Year award. In 2006 the same association voted The Accidental Angler their Travel book of the Year.^[2]

Works

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else, Wilson's fist book was published Yellow Jersey Press in 2004. It is a non-fiction work of 14 stories about fishing and travel.

Chalkstream: In Praise of the Ultimate River

Wilson's second book, Chalkstream: In Praise of the Ultimate River is an anthology of writing about the nature of chalkstreams and an appeal for the preservation and conservation of these habitats. It was published in 2005 by The Medlar Press.

The Accidental Angler

The Accidental Angler is a book that accompanied the BBC2 TV series of the same name. It contains 14 stories about fishing, and travel, including chapters about the four episodes of the TV series.

The Accidental Angler on BBC2

Wilson devised wrote and presented the BBC2 series which first aired in November 2006. The series combines travel and culture with fishing adventures in India, Bhutan, Brazil and London.

Bonefish-a fishing odessey

A film about the writer's quest to land a giant bonefish , 10#. The fishing takes place in various places through the Bahamas. It was co-produced by Matthew Dyas. It was copywrited in 2008.

Fish! A Japanese Obsession on BBC4

Made for BBC4 by Keo films and first aired in March 2009, this film - written and presented by Wilson - is his attempt to understand the notoriously impenetrable Japanese culture and mindset through a shared passion for all things fishy. The film was a travelogue through Japan from the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo to the sleepy island of Okinawa, exploring tuna farming, the infamously poisonous fugu, which he eats as kaiseki and loves, the unknown delights of rotten-carp sushi, and the obsession of koi carp along the way.

References

1. ^ IMDb: The Accidental Angler
2. ^ Angling Writers Association

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