He is an award-winning British filmmaker, presenter, traveller and author. He is best known as the scribe and assistant cameraman for the 1955-1956 Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition from London to Singapore. Graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Geography, he joined the BBC in 1957 and for more than 30 years worked with the BBC making documentaries all over the world, receiving a Peabody award.
Slessor ended his BBC career as deputy head of its features documentary department and subsequently turned to freelance work – writing for various magazines and producing for National Geographic.
His filmography includes, as Producer and Director, "Australia", "Looking at Britain", and "Looking at the United States".
At the age of 87, Tim and others in one of the original Land Rovers, are re-creating the first London to Singapore trip by doing it in reverse; they are starting from Singapore on August 25, 2019 on a trip called the Last Overland.
