Richard Heeley

Series Director / Producer

Profile

Richard Heeley is a very experienced series director and producer, with an extensive track record in Factual Entertainment programming.  He directed seven series of Top Gear from its re-launch in 2002 and was a key contributor to the highly stylized photographic look that the show become known for.  

After Top Gear Richard worked on a host of British television shows including Holiday, What Not to Wear, Jo Frost, Biggest Loser and Fifth Gear, as well as Amercian shows including The Pioneer Woman and Selling London.  

Between 2012 and 2015 he worked on multiple series of Wheeler Dealers both in the UK and the US.

In parallel Richard has had an extensive career in the corporate and commercial sector, creating content for clients including Aston Martin, Aviva, Barclays, Butlins, Lockheed Martin, Red Bull Racing, Rolls-Royce, SAB Miller and Shell.  He has also shot numerous TV commercials.

In 2017 Heeley teamed up with first time director, Amy Lerner, creating an award winning feature length documentary, One More Win, which tells the story of off-road racing legend, Rod Hall, the only man to have raced every Baja 1000 since the race began in 1967. 

Between 2018-2022 Richard series produced two series of Vintage Voltage, a trailblazing observational show for Discovery, featuring classic cars being converted to run on electric power.

Since then Richard series directed Fifth Gear Recharged, featuring all the latest developments in EV technology. The show included a travelogue film directed by Richard where the team drove an electric Kia right up through Norway and into the Arctic Circle.

Most recently Richard has series produced Dream Car Fixers and Classic Car Kings for UKTV, which he largely self-shot over 12 months on location at a car restoration company in Cumbria.

Richard is also a highly skilled photographer and drone operator, whose work has been used commercially to support the productions he’s worked on.