Richard began his fascination with technology in the dark ages of the early 80s, trying his hand at amassing significant fortunes playing Elite on the BBC computer (one of the first home PCs available in the UK). He matured quickly though, and, in a foretaste of life in his 30s, was soon blithely breaking UK law by taping radio broadcasts and ripping his record collection onto chrome tapes.

In the 90s, Richard (or “Inspector Gadget” as he was known by close associates) divided his time between hooking up hardware synths to computers and exploring the endless possibilities of the web. On his return to the UK from North America, he wound up as a journalist in the newsroom at BBC World.

Ever the technology evangalist, it was perhaps a natural progression to become Editor of the new e-commerce show, Click Online, at the height of dot com mania in 2000. Richard soon realised the untapped potential of the show, and widened its remit to include consumer tech of all shapes and sizes. As an homage to that, the show lost the “Online” part of its moniker, and is now known simply as “Click”. (www.bbcworld.com/click). The show’s has a huge following, both domestically in the UK and abroad, largely aided by the sad fact that many other mainstream broadcasters have yet to wake up to the tech revolution which is reshaping so many of our lives.