Richard has been a BBC journalist for more than twenty years, as a TV and radio producer, correspondent and business presenter working all across national and international BBC news. He's currently the Science and Technology Correspondent based in Cambridge, where he's been making films about everything from the latest breakthroughs in catching cancer early, to the search for aliens on far off planets. His recent report on awake brain surgery, where he interviewed the patient during the operation, won a Royal Televsion Society award. Before taking over the science brief, Richard was the Transport Correspondent, leading the BBC's coverage of the VW emissions scandal, Heathrow expansion, the rail franchise fiascos and a number of aviation accidents including the Virgin Galactic crash, the accident at Shoreham air show and the disappearance of Malaysian airliner, flight MH370. Over his career he's also managed to interview various Prime Ministers, meet the Queen, fly a fighter jet (literally fly it, they handed over the controls for one glorious minute), ride a superbike around the TT circuit and he still has his chemical suit from covering the Gulf War.