Television programmes on angling, author of many books on fishing
John Dennis WilsonMBE (1943 – 13 November 2018) was a British angler who had been involved with anglingtelevision production for over twenty years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time. Wilson was voted 'The Greatest Angler of all Time' in a 2004 poll by readers of the Angling Times Newspaper.[1]
Wilson died in Thailand on 13 November 2018 following a stroke two days previously.[8] A service in memory of Wilson took place at Norwich Cathedral on 24 May 2019.[9][10]
Wilson's last series, John Wilson's Dream Fishing, aired in Autumn 2008 on Discovery Real Time. The series featured Wilson, his daughter Lisa Wilson and nephew Martin Bowler going 'dream' fishing across the world including New York State, Norway, Scotland and Wales.
Wilson was also an author on the subject with several published works, and wrote a column for the Sunday Express newspaper until 2009 and continued to write within the UK angling press.
Television series and available DVDs
Go Fishing (1986–2002)
Go Fishing Specials (?–2002)
John Wilson's Fishing Safari (2004)
John Wilson's Dream Fishing (2007)
John Wilson's 20 Greatest Catches (2008)
John Wilson's Fishing World (2009)
Books
A Specimen Fishing Year (His first book published in 1977) ISBN0 7136 1799 3