Richard Burrell

{{Short description|British television drama producer}}

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Richard Burrell is a British Television Drama Producer and Executive Producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb5e8ffb4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612094400/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb5e8ffb4|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2018|title=Richard Burrell|website=BFI}}

He was educated at Pangbourne College. He was an actor in the National Youth Theatre and studied English and Drama at the University of Surrey graduating with a BA in 1990. He has Produced or Exec Produced Waking The Dead, Robin Hood, Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, The Invisibles, All The Small Things, Silent Witness, Framed and New Tricks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/richard_burrell/|title=Richard Burrell|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}

Richard was involved in the retrieval of the missing tapes for the BBC's Robin Hood in Budapest.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5326630.stm | title=Robin Hood overcomes theft drama | date=8 September 2006 |work=BBC News}}{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5329212.stm | title=Stolen Robin Hood tapes recovered | date=8 September 2006 |work=BBC News}}