Past Preservers People is proud to announce the latest addition to our presenter team: Dr Islam Issa, Author, Curator & Historian.

In Islam’s own words, “As a British-Egyptian with a foot in each culture, I know that I always bring something unique to the screen. I’m excited to see where this partnership with Nigel and Past Preservers takes me.”

About Dr Islam Issa

Islam is a multi-award-winning writer, broadcaster, and curator, recently named by the BBC as “one of the UK’s most significant new thinkers”. Islam has featured on TV and radio more than 100 times on over 50 different stations worldwide. A regular contributor to the BBC, he has hosted such radio programmes as Free Thinking and Sunday Feature documentaries, the most recent of which was The Balcony. He presented the well-received BBC television documentary Cleopatra and Me: In Search of a Lost Queen, and features on upcoming history shows on the BBC and Netflix. 

Nigel J. Hetherington, Founder & CEO of Past Preservers, says “Past Preservers has strong roots in Egypt so we are thrilled to add Islam to our roster of science communicators, we are looking forward to working with him.”.

About Our Agency

Islam is joining our team of presenters that make up Past Preservers People, a boutique, a full service talent management agency which represents experts in their fields from around the globe. The company is built around a small but diverse group of individuals that share the passion and drive necessary for success in the highly competitive media world.