Richard Klein

Richard is a documentary film-maker, executive producer and channel controller with numerous awards to his name, from an Oscar (for Man on Wire) to an Emmy (for Maxwell) to BAFTAS, RTSs and Grierson awards. He oversees Plimsoll’s documentary and specialist factual slate, where he has won a broad range of commissions including When Big Things Go Wrong, for History Channel, Women of 9/11, with Robin Roberts for ABC News and Fela Kuti: Father of Afro-Beat for the BBC, and Britain By Beach for Channel 4. He is currently overseeing a Sky Documentaries true crime series about one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. He has had a prestigious career in all forms of television, from Drama to Unscripted, Comedy and Entertainment. As Controller, BBC Four he created the international phenomenon known as Scandi-Noir, won Channel of the Year twice and oversaw enormous success with scripted hits like Taylor and Burton and Holy Flying Circus as well as unscripted success with British Masters and If Walls Could Talk. As Head of Independent Factual at the BBC he oversaw some of the broadcaster’s biggest hits including The Choir, Tribe, Victorian Farm, Traffic Cops, The White Season, My Heart Belongs to Daddy and Beautiful Young Minds. As Director of Factual at ITV he commissioned ITV’s highest rated factual series in the past 15 years, When Ant and Dec met Prince Charles, as well as creating returning brands like Motorway Cops and Sugar Free Farm, and bringing natural history back to the channel with Life at the Extreme.