Richard
Senior

Richard is a director for television.

Rich Senior is a director who is currently working on Humans  - the BAFTA winning sci-fi drama for Channel 4. Rich has also directed on Hard Sun- Neil Cross's 3 part drama from BBC One, produced by Euston Films and the finale of The Last Kingdom 2 for Carnival. 

Prior to this he worked on Poldark season 2 and Silent Witness, Series 19 for BBC One. He also directed the mid-season premiere of Doctor Who, titled Let's Kill Hitler, the Doctor Who Comic Relief Special, and the Doctor Who sequence for the National Television Awards and Bad Night Good Night the Series 6 mini episodes for Doctor Who DVD. Rich then directed 4 episodes of MI High for Kudos and CBBC.

Subsequently, Richard directed episodes of Our Girl for BBC, starring Lacey Turner as a teenage army recruit. He also directed an episode of the BBC's The Interceptor about a special undercover police team who hunt down Britain's most ruthless criminals.

Prior to his work as a television director, Richard wrote, directed and edited promos for Mistresses: Series 2, Torchwood, Heroes and The Last Enemy; all of which received Promax Awards.

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Humans Season 4
Producer Vicki Delow
Director Richard Senior

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.


Channel 4
Hard Sun
Creator Neil Cross
Producer Hugh Warren
Euston Films for BBC One
The Last Kingdom 2
Poldark 2
Producer Margaret Mitchell
Starring
  • Aidan Turner
    •

    Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall.

    Mammoth Screen for BBC One
    Silent Witness
    2 x 60'
    Producer Madonna Baptiste
    Writer Graham Mitchell
    Starring
  • Emilia Fox
  • David Caves
  • Richard Lintern
    •

    Crimes through the eyes of a team of forensic pathologists and forensic scientists.

    BBC for BBC One
    The Interceptor
    2 x 60'
    Producer Patrick Schweitzer, Sarah Brown (Exec. producer)
    Writer Tony Saint
    Starring
  • O.T. Fagbenle
  • Lee Boardman
  • Melissa Johns
  • Jeany Spark
    •

    The Interceptor takes us into the world of a crack undercover team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous and ruthless criminals.

    Grafton House Productions BB1 for BBC1
    In production
    Our Girl
    2 X 60
    Producer Ken Horn, Executive - Caro Skinner
    Writer Tony Grounds

    Drama about a teenage girl who is drawn to the army. Following a pilot in March 2013, the series sees Molly Dawes (Lacey Turner) on active duty in Afghanistan. 

    BBC for BBC Drama
    MI High: series 7
    6 X 30
    Creator Keith Brumpton
    Producer Oona O'Brein, Executive Alison Jackson and Sue Nott
    Writer Ben Ward, Nathan Cockerill, Jonny Kurzman, Malcolm McGonigle
    Rich directed the opening and closing blocks of the most recent series of MI High, about secondary school pupils who double as spies.
    Kudos Film and Televison for CBBC
    MI High: Series 6
    4 x 30
    Creator Keith Brumpton
    Producer Oona O'Brein, Executive - Alison Jackson and Sue Nott
    Writer Ben Ward, Nathan Cockerill, Jonny Kurzman, Malcolm McGonigle
    MI High is an incredibly popular series about secondary school pupils who work as undercover spies.
    Kudos Film and Television for CBBC
    Doctor Who: Lets Kill Hitler
    1 X 50
    Creator Stephen Moffat
    Producer Marcus Wilson, Executive - Piers Wenger and Beth Willis
    Writer Steven Moffat
    Starring
  • Matt Smith
  • Karen Gillan
  • Alex Kingston
  • Arthur Darvill
    •
    This explosive episode sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory crash-land 1930s Berlin where they are dealt a mission to kill Hitler.
    BBC Wales for BBC One
    Doctor Who: Space and Time Comic Relief Special
    5 X 4
    Producer Annabella Hurst-Brown, Executive - Piers Wenger and Beth Willis
    Writer Steven Moffat
    Starring
  • Matt Smith
  • Karen Gillan
    •

    Comic Relief specials and other mini episodes 

    BBC Worldwide for BBC One / ITV 1 / 2 Entertain
    Doctor Who: Bad Night Good Night
    Creator Stephen Moffat
    Starring
  • Matt Smith
  • Karen Gillan
  • Aurthur Darvill
    •
    Series 6 mini episodes for DVD release
    BBC Wales
    National Television Awards Doctor Who pre-title scene
    1 x 4
    Writer Steven Moffat
    Starring
  • Matt Smith
  • Karen Gillan
    •
    Intro sequence for awards ceremony on ITV1
    BBC Wales / Indigo Television