Dominic Harrison

Head Lawyer, Content Compliance, Legal & Compliance at Channel 4

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Dominic is the Head Lawyer, Content Compliance, at Channel 4 having worked there since 2006.

Dominic has advised on a varied range of programmes and films across all genres including recently the Grierson winning The Push which filmed a murder trial in the Scottish High Court, the RTS winning Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Dispatches, Undercover, and One Day in October. He has worked on many Dispatches and Unreported Worlds, 24 Hours in Police Custody, the Sri Lanka Killing Fields series, Leaving Neverland, Escape from Isis, The BAFTA winning documentaries The Murder Trial and The Paedophile Hunter, and dramas including the forthcoming James Graham drama Brian and Margaret.

The role played by and the expertise of lawyers in the Legal and Compliance Department is crucial to assisting Channel 4 in producing innovative, challenging and yet defensible programmes. They are brought in to advise creatively at the early stages of projects across every department and genre and have evolved a way of working with editors and programme makers designed to push the boundaries, achieve the Channel’s creative imperatives and not leave the Corporation vulnerable to successful regulatory or legal challenge. The department’s reputation as enablers means they are trusted by programme makers, editors and across the industry.