2018
November
Collaborating with 59Productions on their Deep Field film for composer Eric Whitacre
September-October
Writing two NOVA specials for WGBH for 2019.
July
Chairing Space Age Lectures at Egglescliffe school in County Durham, UK
June
Filming in New York for Revolutions
Filming in Northern Germany for Revolutions
March
Filming in US and Italy for PBS Revolutions
February
Filming in Portugal for PBS Revolutions
January
Re-broadcast of Riley's Neil Armstrong biopic on BBC2 comes in just outside the top ten factual docs of the week.
2017
October- December
Final editing for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
August
Voyager's Final Message announces first results for the 40th anniversary of the pioneering mission.
August
In Oregon for America's great eclipse.
June
Shooting in Chernobyl for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
May
Camera training with astronaut Paolo Nespoli for his upcoming shoot on the International Space Station.
April
Writing ESA's new film for the 2017 Le Bourget Air show.
April
Shooting in Tanzania for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
March
Shooting in South Africa for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
February
Shooting in the Maldives for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
February
Riley writes a new Soyuz re-entry VR show for London's Science Museum - to accompany the new exhibition of Tim Peake's spacecraft.
January
Shooting in the Hebrides for National Geographic's One Strange Rock.
January
New collaboration with Hammersmith, Ealing and West London College, to re-launch Voyager's Final Message Campaign.
2016
October
Quaker Apollo commercial released
14th-15th September
Riley writes a new film for ESA's conference on commercialising Low Earth Orbit.
6th July
Riley's miniseries "Survival in the Skies" premieres in Europe on the Discovery Channel.
3rd February
The Fear of 13 comes to the Calgary Film Festival.
31st January
Network premiere of The Fear of 13 on BBC FOUR.
25th January
The Fear of 13 released on DVD, Bluray and download. Order here.
15th January
Riley discusses Tim Peake's space walk with the BBC World Service, Radio 4 and BBC News online.
5th January
The Fear of 13 returns to the cinema across the UK. Check thefearof13.com for screening times.
2015
15th December
Riley's new short film film - a collaboration with with Icelandic composer Úlfur Eldjárn is released to
mark British Astronaut Tim Peake's first orbit of the Earth - premiering at London's Science Museum.
Watch it on Vimeo and YouTube.
13th November
The Fear of 13 is released across the UK, and wins the Politiken Audience Award at Copenhagen's festival
of documentary cinema CPH:DOX.
11th November
Join Riley for a Q&A screening of "The Fear of 13" at the Curzon Bloomsbury at 7.30pm.
2nd November
Grierson Judges highly commend Riley's doc "The Girl who talked to Dolphins" as 'an original and
entertaining film which had a lot to say about the scientific method...presented with great sensitivity
and love'.
31st October
Riley launches his new Facebook campaign on Sky News for a final message to be sent to the Voyagers.
29th October
Riley's biopic of Richard Feynman hits Netflix
Read a review of "The Fantastic Mr Feynman" here.
18th October
The Fear of 13 to receive it's US Premiere in New York at DOC NYC
16th October
The Fear of 13 to play the CPH DOX in Copenhagen.
10th October
Riley's new film 'The Fear of 13' premieres at the London Film Festival.
8th October
Riley calls for a final message to be sent to the Voyager.
7th October
Trailer for "The Fear of 13" released today.
6th October
Riley launches his new book on the Voyager Missions - at the Encounters Festival in Scotland.
4th October
Riley is collaborating with composer
Úlfur Eldjárn's on a new music video for his song - “Poyekhali!” - the first track on his new album "The
Aristókrasía Project" which will be performed in Iceland against a backdrop of scenes from the film
"First Orbit".
15th September
Riley's doc "The Girl who talked to Dolphins" is nominated for a Grierson Award.
4th September
Tickets go on sale for Riley's Encounters Festival talk next month, in Lanarkshire
3rd September
Tickets go on sale for Riley's "In the Shadow of the Moon" talk next month at the Winchester Science Centre.
2nd September
Riley's new four part series "Survival in the Skies" coming to MIPCOM.
1st September
Riley's latest feature doc "The Fear of 13" to premiere at the 2015 London Film Festival.
16th July
Riley's 2015 Nat Geo doc Hubble's Cosmic Journey nominated for an Emmy.
13th July
Riley talks to UK Space Agency CEO David Parker for Space News.
June 2015
Riley collaborates with 59Productions on their film for Global Citizen & Richard Curtis' Project Everyone
called "Home"
12th May 2015
Pre-order Riley's new book on the incredible Voyager Missions at Amazon.
12th May 2015
Another chance to see Riley's BAFTA and RTS nominated film 'The Girl who talked to Dolphins' on BBC FOUR
5th May 2015
Riley's Nat Geo doc Hubble's Cosmic Journey released on DVD.
20th April 2015
Riley's new film "Hubble's Cosmic Journey" airs across National Geographic Channel's global network.
12th April 2015
Riley's guest reporter spot broadcast on the Sky at Night, BBC FOUR.
4th April 2015
Channel 4's End of the World Night featuring Chris Riley, discussing the science behind some of
Hollywood's apocalyptic blockbusters.
20th March 2015
Riley is in the Faroe islands for the BBC's coverage of the Total Solar Eclipse on Stargazing Live.
2nd March 2015
National Geographic releases sneak peaks of Riley's new film Hubble's Cosmic Journey:
25th February 2015
Riley's 2014 BBC film 'The Girl who talked to Dolphins' - nominated for an RTS award.
18th February 2015
Riley's new short film for Vodafone's #firsts campaign released. Watch it on YouTube here and on Facebook here.
21st January 2015
National Geographic Channels announce Christopher Riley as director of their new film on Hubble, for the
telescope's 25th anniversary. Press release here.
2014
3rd December
US premiere of Riley's acclaimed biopic of Neil Armstrong - 'First Man on the Moon' on PBS NOVA
23rd October
Riley's film 'The Girl who talked to Dolphins', nominated for a BAFTA.
August
Moonwalk One showcased in new Land Rover/Virgin Galactic - dawn of a new partnership commercial.
20th July
Moonwalk One - the director's cut - released in France for 45th anniversary of Apollo 11.
17th June
Network premiere of 'The Girl who talked to Dolphins' at 9pm on BBC FOUR.
11th June
World premiere of my new film for the BBC'The Girl who talked to Dolphins', at the 2014 Sheffield International Documentary Festival. Watch more clips on the BBC's YouTube Channel.
22nd April
Listen to my BBC Radio 4 documentary on the new land grab for the Moon.
11th April
Special screening of First Orbit at Life on Mars an event at 3Space in London.
8th April
Reflecting on the implications for global collaborations, following events in the Ukraine, with the Youth Information Agency.
4th April
Working with Egypt's Famelab finalists near the Red Sea.
3rd April
Reflecting on the spiritual gifts of our exploration beyond the Earth, as part of theUniversity of Kingston's Lent talks.
9th March
Celebrating Yuri Gagarin's 80th with Russian Today.
9th February
My 2011 film Space Shuttle: the final mission airs on BBC FOUR.
28th January
Read my biography of pioneering female physicist Joan Feynman.
20th January
Talking about ESA's Rosetta mission withTarek Bazley on Aljazeera.
6th January
Starting to edit my new film on John Lilly and The Dolphin House, with the great Fergal McGrath
2013
20th December
Recording my new documentary on the Moonfor BBC Radio 4 in London with Sue Nelson.
5th December
The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers in Montreal celebrates my Feynman biography.
2nd December
Principle photography on my new film for the BBC 'The Girl who talked to Dolphins' - begins in the US with DOP Matt Pinder.
28th November
BBC WorldService interview about comet Ison.
27th November
Presentation to UK Sport's World Class Performance Conference 2013, on the lessons learnt from our exploration beyond Earth.
21st November 2013
Join my Kickstarter campaign to make our new animated web series 'The Apollo Fact Files', for YouTube.
16th November 2013
My Feynman doc airs on the Science Channel in the US - called Feynman: The Challenger.
7th November
First Orbit crosses 5 million channel views onYouTube
6th November.
My short film 'The Road' hits 50,000 downloads on Vimeo.
18th October 2013
Unique screening of 'Apollo Raw and Uncut' atFrequency 2013 - Lincoln's Digital Culture Festival.
15th October 2013
My new biography of Joan Feynman, is out forAda Lovelace Day.
11th October 2013
Mon Dieu released to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf. Staring the brilliant Lorraine Brunning, and directed by the equally brilliant Rufus Stone.
10th October 2013
Watch my new short film The Road made over three years, using over 4500 photographs taken on a bike ride from London to Bangkok.
3rd-22nd October 2013
Microwave new media arts festival in Hong Kong screening of First Orbit.
September 2013
Wonderful screening of 'In the Shadow of the Moon' in Kaunas at the Lithuanian Science Festival 'Spaceship Earth'.
Reflecting on Voyager 1's exit of the heliosphere with the BBC's Jonathan Amos, and on the BBC World Service show Newsday.
June 2013
22-06-13
Fun morning with the RegentTweet folks at the Apple Store in Regent Street giving a talk on how the twists and turns of the 20th century brought us our social media technology of today.
14-06-13
Great reception for our new film 'Fear of Thirteen' screened, as a work in progress, at this year's Sheffield Doc Festival.
May 2013
14-05-13
Stephen Fry adds his praise for 'The Fantastic Mr Feynman' on twitter. "Richard Feynman documentary on BBC TWO Utter Bliss"
13-05-13
Review of my film 'The Fantastic Mr Feynman' in the Telegraph.
12-05-13
I reflect on astronaut Chris Hadfield's impact on the world, on AlJazeera.
12-05-13
'The Fantastic Mr Feynman' trends higher than 'BAFTAs' on Twitter!
11-05-13
I joined the marvellous Robin Ince at the Bloomsbury Theatre to celebrate what would have been Feynman's 95th birthday to preview some clips from my new biopic of Feynman. Read physicist John Butterworth's account of the day in the Guardian.
10-05-13
The great Philip Sheppard - composer on my film 'The Fantastic Mr Feynman' previews some of his wonderful tracks.
05-05-13
Read my article Richard Feynman: Life, the universe and everything in today's Telegraph.
March
06-03-13
Come to my lecture on the Apollo Lunar Rover at the British Interplanetary Society, in London.
January
28-01-13
Come to my talk on structuring stories at BBC Bristol.
2012
My latest book for Haynes - Lunar Rover - an owner's workshop manual is released to mark the final drive of the rover on the Moon.
Producer/Director - Neil Armstrong - first man on the Moon, Darlow Smithson, BBC TWO.
Writer & Presenter, For All Mankind, BBC Radio 4.
Author, Apollo 40 years on - how the moon missions changed the world for ever, Observer.
Author, Apollo Lunar Rover Manual, Haynes
Author, Voyager - the space explorers that are still boldly going to the stars, Observer.
Guest Speaker, Gravity Fields festival, Grantham.
Guest Speaker, 21st birthday science communication conference, Imperial College
Consultant, The Bank.
Producer/Director - Voyager - to the final frontier, BBC Scotland.
Consultant, Regent Street Social Summer, Sister.
Judge, Turin Test 2012.
Guest Speaker, Regent Tweet, Apple Store
First AD, Mon Dieu, short film featuring Edith Piaf
Producer, Additive Manufacturing Series, University of Sheffield.
Famelab coach, Lithuania, British Council
Guest speaker, the UK launch of the film Iron Sky
Famelab coach, Cyprus, British Council
Tutor, Story Workshop, University of Sheffield.
Science consultant, ITV Factual.
Author, Words of Captain Scott, 100 years of hindsight. Welcome Trust
Communications Consultant, Department of Geography, Kings College, University of London.
Producer, First Orbit Multi-language BluRay and DVD
2011
Sponsor, The Space Shuttle, 30 Years of Space Flight, London Science Festival, 26-10-2011
Principal Author, First Orbit - a new film of Yuri Gagarin's Flight, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, 04-10-2011
Invited Speaker, 322 out of space, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia, 02-10-2011 Contributor, BBC 1 o'clock news, six tonne satellite tumbling to earth, 22-09-2011
Contributor, BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, Concerns for ISS after loss of supply ship, 25-08-2011
Contributor, BBC 10 o'clock news, Russian Progress space freighter lost, 24-08-2011
Producer - Space Shuttle: The Final Mission, BBC TWO, 11th July 2011
Contributing Author, Gagarin in Britain, Cornerhouse, July 2011
Author, Space Shuttle: An open letter to President Obama, Guardian, 07-07-2011
Science Consultant, James May's Things You Need to Know....about the Universe, 1 x 30 minute series for BBC TWO, June 2011
Invited speaker - The Cheltenham Science Festival, The Making of First Orbit, June 11th 2011.
Guest - BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage. 'So you want to be an astronaut'. Download the podcast from the 13th June 2011 here.
Invited speaker - The British Interplanetary Society, The Making of First Orbit, June 8th 2011
Invited speaker - Manchester's Waterside Arts Centre, The Making of First Orbit, May 23rd 2011
Invited speaker - London Science Museum Lates, The Making of First Orbit, April 2011
Producer / Director - First Orbit, April 201
Invited speaker - The IET, The Making of First Orbit, April 2011
Associate Producer, Destination Titan, BBC FOUR April 2011
The Gift of Apollo, UCL - Apex talk, London, 17th February 2011
The Forgotten Films of Apollo, Astrofest, London, 5th February 2011
Cone Crater, a new video installation piece to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 14 - a collaboration with the creative science agencysuper/collider which open at The Book Club, London, January 31st 2011 as part of Apollo's End.
Guest Speaker, Apollo's End, The Book Club, London, 31st January 2011
2010
Guest Speaker, Apollo - the 400,000 - Kingston University, Surrey, October 20th 2010
Guest Speaker, Apollo - the 400,000 - Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL, London, October 15th 2010
Guest Speaker, Brian Eno's Apollo, Birmingham Town Hall, October 9th 2010
Panel Member, Mars Symposium / 'Mission to Mars' play, Unlimited Theatre Company, Polka Theatre, October 8th 2010.
Guest - Pulse Project Podcast, September 2010
Contributor, The Sky at Night Magazine, Who is the Greatest Astronaut? July 2010
Author, The Guardian, Sound restoried to mission control film shot during Apollo 11... July 20th 2010
Invited Speaker, British Interplanetary Society, London, Apollo - the 400,000 June 9th 2010
Consultant Producer, 'Walking on Other Worlds' (W/T), Imax Film, Smithsonian, Jeffrey Marvin & Associates, 2010
Executive Producer, 'Dust', Stylus Films and The Attic Room, Premier Edinburgh Film Festival 2010
Guest director, HSBC Events - The Rocket Science Group, HSBC UK, January-May 2010
Invited Speaker, Cinephilia West, London, "In the Shadow of the Moon", screening, March 18th, 2010
Invited Speaker, Wallington Grammar School, London, "Apollo - the 400,000", March 17th, 2010
Judge, Debating Matters South East Regional Final, Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University, Feb 2010
Curator's Talk: NASA Archive 1966-1972, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Main Galleries, Montreal, 18th Feb 2010
Interview in Astrobiology Magazine , The Shoulder's of Giants - January 2010
Science Advisor, W/T Outcasts, Kudos, BBC One
Executive Producer, 'Destination Titan', Stephen Slater Productions & 483media, The Open University.
Producer, The1second Film, for the Collaboration Foundation.
2009
Tutor, The Thomson Foundation, Science Documentary Workshop, China, December 2009
Tutor, The Thomson Foundation & twofour54, An introduction to documentary production, Abu Dhabi, December 2009
Curator, Intermission: Films From a Heroic Future, Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 2009
Reporter, Inside Out, BBC 1, 16th November 2009
Invited speaker, NC3R workshop, 11th November 2009.
Invited Speaker, The Institute of Ideas, Battle of Ideas, A Space Age Future?, London, Sunday 1st November, 2009
Studio Guest, Today, BBC Radio 4, Launch of NASA's new rocket - the Ares 1-X, 27th October 2009
Invited Speaker, Battle of Ideas, Science on Screen - not testing enough, Shortwave Cinema, London 26th October 2009
Invited Speaker, Milton Keynes Science Festival, Moon Day, Open University, 24th October 2009
Studio Guest, BBC Newsround, Rollout of NASA's new rocket - the Ares 1-X, 20th October 2009
Guest director, Business TV - The Rocket Science Group, HSBC CEO speaks to the bank, September 2009
Invited Speaker, The 2009 British Science Festival, Guildford, Apollo at 40, Electric Theatre, 7th September 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, The Perseid Meteors, ITV, 12th August 2009
Invited Speaker, The Big Chill, BFI film tent, screening of In the Shadow of the Moon, 8th August 2009
Archive Consultant - Big, Bigger, Biggest. Channel 5, Windfall Films, July-August 2009
Invited Speaker, The Science Musuem Space Lates, London, Stand up talk by the Apollo Command & Lunar Module exhibits, 29th July 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, Space Tourism, ITV, 28th July 2009
Invited Speaker, University of Aberdeen, Apollo - the 400,000, 28th July 2009
Sofa Guest, GMTV, Apollo at 40, ITV, 20th July 2009
Host, Moonwalk One - the director's cut, TV Network Premier, Discovery Channel UK, July 20th 2009
Invited Speaker, British National Space Centre, Apollo - the 400,000, 20th July 2009
Video Installation Artist - Apollo Raw and Uncut, The London Science Museum, July-August 2009
Host, World Premier of Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut, British Film Institute, London, 19th July 2009
Invited Speaker, Lunacy Weekend, British Film Institute, London, 18th July 2009
Invited Speaker, The Royal Aeronautical Society, The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, 16th July 2009
Studio Guest, The Sky At Night - The Apollo Miracle, BBC FOUR, 11th July 2009
Author Guardian G2 Apollo articles - 3rd July 2009
Guest Guardian Apollo 11 Anniversary Podcast Coverage 2nd-20th July 2009
Invited Speaker, The Scientific & Medical Network, London Group - The Spiritual Gift of Apollo, 11th June 2009
Producer, Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut - launching 15th July 2009
Author - The magic of Apollo, BBC News Online, 15th July 2009
Adjunct Curator, British Film Institute, One Giant Leap, July 2009
Invited speaker, Secret Cinema, Glastonbury Festival, Screening of Moonwalk One - The Director's Cut, 27th June 2009
Invited speaker - The Cheltenham Science Festival, 6th & 7th June 2009
Invited Speaker, The Dana Centre, Apollo - the 400,000, 3rd June 2009
Author - Apollo 11 owners manual, Haynes June 2009
Author - Rendezvous around the Moon, BBC News Online, 18th May 2009
Invited speaker - British Council Israel - communication science on TV & Radio workshop, May 2009
Consultant - One Small Step - the Australian Story, Freehand Productions, May-June 2009
Consultant - James May on the Moon & James May at the edge of Space, BBC May-June 2009
Co-author with John Olsson - An analysis of the recording of Armstrong's statement on stepping on the Moon in July 1969.
Consultant - One Giant Leap - Wee Stories / Natioanl Theatre of Scotland, May 2009
Invited speaker - The UK Space Conference, 1-4th April 2009
Invited speaker - Royal Aeronautical Society, 25th March 2009
Invited speaker - Belvediere School, Shorpshire, Science Lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 25th March 2009
Author - Flight of the Spider, BBC News Online, 12th March 2009
Invited speaker - St Peter's School, Birmingham, Science Week lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 9th March 2009
Invited speaker - Downlands School, Surrey, Science Week lecture, Apollo - the 400,000, 5th March 2009
Invited speaker - British Council Bulgaria - science on TV workshop, February 2009
Invited Speaker - Imperial College, In the Shadow of the Moon, 9th February 2009
Invited speaker - UK Moon Meeting 2009, Open University 2nd February 2009
2008
Author - Happy Birthday Earthrise, BBC News Online
The tenth anniversary of the Space Station, The Today Programme, Radio 4
Artistic Director - The Ideas Foundation - Summer School
Invited Speaker - Cheltenham Science Festival
Author - Apollo 11 owners manual, Haynes
Executive Producer/ Director - Moon Machines, Dox Productions
Story Consultant - When we Left Earth - The NASA Missions, Dangerous Films
2007
Executive Producer/ Director - Moon Machines, Dox Productions
Story Consultant - When we Left Earth - The NASA Missions, Dangerous Films
Story Consultant - Inside the Mind of Stephen Hawking, Darlow Smithson Productions
Co-Producer / AD In the Shadow of the Moon, Dox Productions
Online launch of The Attic Room Ltd
Consultant The Faraday Project, GovEd Communications
Director The life of J.D.Bernal, GovEd/British Association
Producer/Director Jeffery's Story, a teen mini-drama series for Bebo
2006
Co-Producer / AD - In the Shadow of the Moon, DOX
Science Advisor - A for Andromeda, BBC FOUR
Writer/Presenter - The Cosmic Hunters, BBC Radio 4
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Media Production, Imperial College
Author - View from the Cosmic Shoulder, BBC Online
2005
Co-Producer / AD - In the Shadow of the Moon, DOX
Science Advisor - Quatermass, BBC FOUR
Producer/Director - Rough Science, Series 6, BBC TWO
Development Producer - UK Birth Map, BBC THREE
Invited speaker - 21st Century Trust, Taming the Wind?; Science Policy & Public Perceptions,
Science Consultant - Horizon: Titan; A Place Like Home? BBC TWO
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Media Production, Imperial College
Guest Lecturer - Lincoln School of Media, University of Lincoln
Guest Lecturer - UK Space School, University of Leicester
Invited Speaker - West London Astronomical Society, Guest Speaker
Invited Speaker - British Rocketry Oral History Programme Annual
Host - Dana Centre, Space Detectives, Probing Saturn's Secrets
2004
On a Bike and a Prayer, the web based story of my 1991 expedition to the High Atlas of Morocco
Producer/Series Producer - Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC ONE
Producer/Director - Space Odyssey: Robot Pioneers, BBC FOUR
Author - Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC Books
Presenter - Space Odyssey Interactive, BBCi
Presenter - Space Odyssey Live, BBC Education
Studio Guest - Blue Peter - An introduction to Space Odyssey, BBC ONE
Author - We Choose to go to the Planets, BBC Online
Author - Pushing the frontiers in TV Space, BBC Online
Guest Lecturer - UK Space School, University of Leicester
Guest Lecturer - M.Sc. Science Media Production, Imperial College
Guest Speaker - British Interplanetary Society, Christmas Lecture
Invited Speaker - BA 2004 Science Festival
Invited Speaker - Association of Astronomy Educators