Ricky Kelehar
Executive Producer
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About the Speaker
Ricky is an executive producer who has helmed vast programming departments and development teams in both the UK and US. He has showrun hit primetime shows, worked on the network side and won awards for shows he&rsquos personally produced and directed over the course of his 25 years in content production. He&rsquos renowned as a very strong ideas generator and format creator and has excellent industry contacts across creative, talent and commercial in both the US and UK markets. Ricky has produced 100s of hours of primetime network television spanning entertainment to documentary - as well as created and sold many primetime returning series and specials. Highlights include: showrunning and directing shows for the likes of Disney+, Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery, helming major BBC landmark series on film and comedy, acclaimed documentaries on the Munich Air Crash, Blondie and Morrissey as well as creating Gadget Man and Travel Man for Channel Four. Recently, Ricky ran a ground-breaking series on autism for A&E in the States a series on the 1980s for Nat Geo/Disney SAS: Who Dares Wins Vietnam for C4 and created Meet The Rees-Moggs for Discovery+. He is currently making a feature documentary on Photobooths slated for release in 2026.
Matchmaking Information
Attending
Speaker's Sessions (1)
Date
Session
Conference
Best in Class: How do we Protect Working-Class Talent in a Contracting Industry?
With the commissioning slowdown continuing to squeeze freelancers and early career creatives, those from working class backgrounds are feeling the strain most acutely. Lacking financial safety nets or established industry networks to fall back on, many are now questioning whether they can realistically afford to remain in the sector.
This session looks at what that pressure feels like on the ground for freelancers. And asks how we can stop losing the working-class talent that OFCOM frequently criticises broadcasters for failing to represent on and off screen.
Bringing together creatives who have built their careers from working class beginnings, the panel will explore the barriers that persist, the support that is missing and the distinctive value that working class perspectives bring to storytelling and decision making.
This session looks at what that pressure feels like on the ground for freelancers. And asks how we can stop losing the working-class talent that OFCOM frequently criticises broadcasters for failing to represent on and off screen.
Bringing together creatives who have built their careers from working class beginnings, the panel will explore the barriers that persist, the support that is missing and the distinctive value that working class perspectives bring to storytelling and decision making.



