Christopher Riley Biography
Christopher Riley is a British writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker specializing in the history of science. He has a Ph.D. from Imperial College, the University of London where he pioneered the use of digital elevation models in the study of mountain range geomorphology and evolution. He makes frequent appearances on British television and radio, broadcasting mainly on space flight, astronomy, and planetary science, and was Visiting Professor of science and media at the University of Lincoln between 2011 and 2021.
Christopher Riley Age
Riley is 54 years old as of 2022. He was born on 21 September 1967, in Bridlington, United Kingdom. He celebrates his birthday every 21 September every year.
Christopher Riley Height and Weight
Christopher stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Christopher Riley Education
Riley went to school in Cambridge, where he grew up. He studied geology at the University of Leicester for his first degree and completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College, the University of London in the mid-1990s.
Christopher Riley Family, Parents, and Siblings
Riley was born and raised by his parents in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of his parents is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.
Christopher Riley Dating, Wife, and Children
Riley has not gone public with his relationship, it is not publicly known whether he is married or in a relationship. His partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.
Christopher Riley Career
Riley is a veteran of two NASA astrobiology missions (Leonid MAC) from 1998 and 1999 – reporting on their progress for BBC News. He co-presented the BBC’s live coverage of 1999, 2001, and 2015 solar eclipses, and has fronted their astronomy magazine show Final Frontier, their cosmology series Journeys in Time and Space, and their live All Night Star Party – a co-production with the Open University.
In 2006 he wrote and presented BBC Radio 4’s cosmology series The Cosmic Hunters. Other documentaries he’s written and presented for BBC Radio 4 include Save the Moon (2014) and For All Mankind (2012). Behind the camera, he has written and directed more than 50 films for the BBC’s classic science magazine show Tomorrow’s World and was a producer and director on series six of Rough Science.
In 2004 he produced the BBC’s two-part drama-documentary Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. He was the science consultant on the BBC’s remakes of their science fiction cult classics A for Andromeda (2006) and The Quatermass Experiment (2005). He directed and produced the feature documentary film In the Shadow of the Moon, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Audience Documentary Award.
The film was released in the US and Europe in the autumn of 2007. Riley directed the spinoff six-part series Moon Machines for the Discovery Channel in 2008, which celebrated the 400,000 engineers who’d made the Moonshots possible. The series aired in the US and the UK in June of that year.
Christopher Riley Salary
Details about his salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Christopher Riley’s Net Worth
Riley’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Television Personality.