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Born on 15 December 1964 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, Richard Hopkins was educated at Bedford School and at University College London, where he read English literature.
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In 1996, Hopkins became the producer and director of Independent Television"s Hotel Babylon and, in 1997, he became the series producer of Baby Baby. In 2000, he became the producer of Channel 4"s satirical The 11 O"Clock Show, producer of the British version of Big Brother, and, as executive producer, revamped Channel 4"s The Big Breakfast. He produced Fear Factor between 2001 and 2003, and Fame Academy between 2002 and 2003.
Between 2003 and 2006 Hopkins ran the British Broadcasting Corporation"s format entertainment department, and became executive producer of Mastermind, Weakest Link, A Question of Sport and Strictly Come Dancing.
He left the British Broadcasting Corporation in 2006 in order to found Fever Media, producing The People"s Quiz in 2007, and Move Like Michael Jackson in 2009. Richard Hopkins died in London on 7 January 2012, aged 47.
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The People