Richard Farmbrough - Managing Director

Richard Farmbrough founded Reef Television in March 2003. After graduating from Durham University and completing a post-graduate course at the Courtauld Institute, Richard started his career in BBC Entertainment. He then moved to the in-house Arts department, working on The Story of Painting, Bookworm and Home Front. At Talkback Productions, he directed the Bafta-nominated first series of Channel Five's 'House Doctor', as well as co-creating and producing the hit show 'Your Money or Your Life'. Richard produced 'The Art Club' for CNN and was Executive Producer at Spire Films where he made 'Return of the Architect' for BBC Four.

At Reef, Richard is responsible for developing company strategy and heading up senior management. He has been Executive Producer on most Reef projects and currently oversees the company's programme development.

A personal highlight for Richard was interviewing Sir Gary Sobers and Sir Richard Hadlee in one day for a Channel 4 cricket documentary. Richard divides his time between Somerset and London, is married with two young sons and spends his spare time in art galleries and playing sport with his children.

Paul Hanrahan - Director of Production

As a Director of Reef Television, Paul is responsible for business, legal and financial affairs and plays a key role in the running of the company. Paul also supervises all of Reef's productions, from development to delivery. Other responsibilities include managing Reef’s intellectual property and, with a strong knowledge of the international market place, he works closely with both distributors and international broadcasters.

Previously Paul was a Unit Manager for another independent production company and has been a Production Manager for all the major broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, Discovery, UKTV and US broadcasters. In 2005 whilst at Reef Television, Paul received a Broadcast “Hot Shot” award which, acknowledges emerging talent within the industry.

Paul’s favourite and most memorable programme produced is the BBC One documentary, ‘In Living Memory’. Outside work, Paul is a keen runner and 2011 saw him run the London Marathon for the third time, in support of the Variety Club. He is also a board member of the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival and PACT Council.

Alex Dundas - Head of Popular Factual

Alex oversees all of Reef’s popular factual output including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (BBC 1), Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is (BBC 1) and Sarah Beeny Selling Houses (Channel 4). Under his stewardship, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is has grown to become one of the most-watched shows on BBC Daytime.

Alex has over thirteen years' experience in producing large-scale, fast turnaround, high-volume TV shows. He has produced prime-time entertainment: ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’, ‘Dancing on Ice’, ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Comic Relief’, as well as directing successful factual brands, including ‘Location Location Location’ and ‘How to be a Property Developer’. He has also spent four years series producing shows for the BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and Channel 5, including ‘Zoo Days,’ ‘The New Reclaimers’ and ‘Celebrity Parents SOS’.

Ben Weston - Head of Specialist Factual

Ben joined Reef as Head of Specialist Factual in October 2012. Ben is a multi-award winning TV executive whose programmes have ranged from major international events to landmark films and series for all major British TV networks. They include Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream for BBC Two; the Vodafone Live Music Awards and Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s Trust for Channel 4; How Britain Got the Gardening Bug for BBC Four; and Holocaust – A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz for BBC Two for which he won a BAFTA, an International Emmy and a Royal Television Society award. Before joining Reef he was Executive Editor at the BBC for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee including the Diamond Jubilee Concert for which he won a Broadcast Award. Prior to that he was Commissioning Executive for Music and Events at the BBC. For his services on the Diamond Jubilee he was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Honours in September 2012.

Ben has already landed Reef its first network commission on ITV – a one hour documentary special about the smash album series Now That’s What I Call Music! which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.  The Story of Now will transmit on ITV in the summer.

Claire Gooding - Unit Manager

Claire joined Reef TV as a production manager in 2008 and is responsible for the smooth running of the company’s productions on a day to day basis. Claire works closely with Reef’s production teams and reports to the Director of Production, Paul Hanrahan.

Claire has worked as a production manager for 10 years, beginning with documentaries for Channel 4 and FIVE, before moving onto features, which have included ‘Haunted Homes’ and ‘Grand Designs Trade Secrets’. Claire is currently production manager on Reef Television’s The Story of Now for ITV.

Ann Walsh - Head of Development

As a trained journalist with wide-ranging broadcast credits in everything from news and current affairs to primetime features, Ann is ideally suited to cope with the constantly changing demands and steers that land on the development desk. From concept to pitch, Ann is involved with every stage of the creative process at Reef. Since joining the company as head of development in 2010 she has helped secure three exciting new commissions.

Dominik James - Head of Post Production

Dominik joined Reef in 2008 after completing a degree in Media Production at Lincoln University. Initially starting out as an edit assistant, he worked his way up to staff editor and has worked on a wide variety of shows for Reef.

As well as editing, Dominik is responsible for all technical aspects of Reef’s post-production department and works closely with other editors and the edit assistants to keep Reef up to date with current technologies.

Dominik has recently been nominated as a Broadcast Hot Shot for Emerging Talent Under 30 in the TV Industry.