Nick Thorpe (born February 1960) is a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC’s domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He is based in Budapest and has over 30 years’ experience of reporting for the BBC and United Kingdom newspapers, becoming BBC Budapest Correspondent in 1986. He became BBC Central Europe Correspondent in 1996.
Books in order of publication:
’89: The Unfinished Revolution – Power and Powerlessness in Eastern Europe – 2009
The Danube – A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest – 2014
The Road Before Me Weeps – On the refugee route through Europe – 2019
Walking Europe’s Last Wilderness: A Journey through the Carpathian Mountains – 2025
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