title: Nick Fraser
text: # Nick Fraser
  
  Nick Fraser (born 21 January 1948) is a British documentary producer and journalist.
  
  ## Education
  
  Fraser was educated at Eton College, and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1969.
  
  ## BBC and Storyville
  
  Fraser spent seventeen years at the BBC, where he created and ran the international documentary strand Storyville. In 2016 he left the BBC to launch the documentary streaming platform Docsville.
  
  ## Books and The Why Foundation
  
  Fraser is also a founder and executive producer of the Danish nonprofit organisation The Why Foundation, and has authored several non-fiction books.
  
  ## Honors and awards
  
  Fraser received the 2017 BAFTA Special Award for his work in the field of documentary.
  
  