Daniel Richler (born 1957) is a Canadian arts and pop culture broadcaster and writer.
Biography
Richler was born in London, England. His biological father is screenwriter Stanley Mann. His mother, Florence Wood, divorced Mann when Daniel was two years old, and married Mordecai Richler in 1960. He also joined the Ontario biker gang The New Hegelians as an honorary member, despite not actually owning a motorcycle. which he later served as host and executive producer. At that time Richler also oversaw the schedule, acquisitions, commissioning and original programming of the channel's arts sector. He developed and launched Prisoners of Gravity with Mark Askwith and host/comedian Rick Green,
In 2001 he moved back to ChumCity as editor-in-chief and executive producer of its new literary specialty channel BookTelevision, which launched on September 1, 2001 as a digital service across Canada. There he conceived and developed the channel format, oversaw development of its schedule, budget of original in-house programming, acquisition selection and overall design. In the United Kingdom, he has been a writer and director of television documentaries, including How Do They Do It? and Real Vampires, and has continued as an occasional contributor of feature journalism to Canadian newspapers such as the National Post and The Globe and Mail. He returned to Canadian broadcasting in 2015 with a week-long stint as a guest host of CBC Radio's Q.