Danny Horan (United Kingdom)
Head of Factual
Channel 4

Danny’s role at Channel 4 sees him take responsibility for documentaries, where he works across History, Science, Natural History, Arts and Adventure, alongside the network’s Head of Specialist.

Before heading up the Factual team at Channel 4, Danny worked for the BBC as the Commissioning Editor for Documentaries. His award-winning commissions include Hospital, Louis Theroux’s Dark States, Ambulance, and Generation Gifted, as well as numerous other factual projects that screened on BBC One, Two and Three.


Channel 4 is a publicly-owned and commercially-funded UK public service broadcaster, with a statutory remit to deliver high-quality, innovative, alternative content that challenges the status quo.