Nagasaki

Bernard Clark was born into a British military family, spending his formative years in a dozen different countries, before joining the BBC.After spells as a reporter, presenter and foreign correspondent, he began making documentaries and factual series in the UK and the US, then launched a London-based independent production company in the mid-1980s, which is still thriving forty years later.Bernard began his relationship with Japan in 1988, with the award-winning 'Japan Season' for Britain's Channel 4 - 53 hours of programming across five weeks. Since then he has worked for every Japanese TV network, and won the coveted Japan Prize. His company TVT KK has translated and transmitted BBC World News in Japan for over thirty years.Bernard has written several books, including 'A Mother Like Alex', the story of a woman who adopted nine special-needs children, primarily with Down's Syndrome, which was a best seller.He lives with his family on a farm near Newbury, England.