Matt Richards

Matt Richards

Managing Director / Executive Producer


Location:
Leeds
Career stage:
Experienced

Industries

  • Unscripted TV

Regions can work

  • Yorkshire and the Humber


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About

Managing Director of Air TV, one of the UK's fastest-growing factual independent production companies.

E-learning

See which ScreenSkills e-learning Matt Richards has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.

Tackling harassment and bullying at work

Completed
Expired

Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

Completed

Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries

Not completed

Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

Not completed

Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

Not completed

Introduction to mental health awareness at work

Not completed

Experience

  1. Series Producer

    Helicopter ER - Air Television for UKTV · Mar 2016 - Present

  2. Producer

    Inside Out - BBC · Sep 2015 - Mar 2016

  3. Producer / Director

    The People Remember - BBC · Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

  4. Producer / Director

    The One Show - BBC · May 2015 - Jul 2015

  5. Development Producer

    BBC Factual and Features - BBC · Mar 2015 - May 2015

  6. Producer / Director

    Break-in Britain: The Crackdown - BBC · Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  7. Producer

    Helicopter Heroes Down Under · Feb 2014 - Dec 2014

  8. Assistant Producer

    Helicopter Heroes - BBC · Mar 2009 - Feb 2014

  9. Camera Director

    Children's Emergency Rescue - BBC · Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  10. Producer / Director

    Keeping Britain Alive - The Garden for BBC · May 2012 - Jun 2012

  11. Video Journalist / Reporter

    BBC Look North - BBC · Jan 2002 - Mar 2009

  12. Producer

    Inside Out (West) - BBC · Mar 2005 - Jan 2006

  13. Broadcast Journalist

    BBC Look North - BBC · Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

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Education and training

  1. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

    ScreenSkills Learning · Jul 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

  2. The art of sizzles

    ScreenSkills · Feb 2022

    ScreenSkills Funded

  3. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Jun 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

  4. BA Degree BA Broadcast Journalism

    University of Leeds · Sep 1998 - Jun 2001

  5. A Levels Maths, Geography, Media

    The Sheffield College · Sep 1996 - Jun 1998

Certificates

  • Tackling harassment and bullying at work

    Screenskills Learning
    Issued 19 Jul 2023

Matt Richards

Matt Richards

Managing Director / Executive Producer


Location:
Leeds
Career stage:
Experienced

Industries

  • Unscripted TV

Regions can work

  • Yorkshire and the Humber


Download CV