Dominic Harrison

Head Lawyer, Programme Compliance at Channel 4

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Dominic is the Head Lawyer, Programme 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 BAFTA winning Children of the Taliban and Peabody Award winning Ukraine Life Under War, Lyra, and The Price of Truth. 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 Brexit : The Uncivil War.

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.