Meet the Click team

Read all about the people who make the BBC's technology programme.

Spencer Kelly Presenter

Spencer took over as presenter of the show from Stephen Cole in January 2006.

Previously, he studied computer science at Cambridge for three years, before realising that he had not understood any of it.

So he went to work in radio, and presented a breakfast show for years and years. And years.

He now tries to combine his love for tech with his love for not doing too much work, with limited success. He only shaves when he's on telly.

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Richard Taylor Editor and Series Producer

Richard Taylor earned scholarships at Oxford and McGill Universities before deciding in 1994 it was time to leave the ivory towers and enter the big, bad world of broadcast journalism.

In addition to shaping the overall look and taking responsibility for the content of the programme, Richard is Click's self-proclaimed gadget freak.

Outside of work, he dabbles in electronic music and enjoys watching Arsenal FC win numerous trophies.

He lives in London and is married with two beautiful daughters.

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Chris Long Producer

Chris spent six years fixing computers "not very well" so decided to report on them instead.

He worked on magazines for 10 years and then decided to annoy television viewers.

Now, he is to be found offering his breathtakingly accurate insights on the world of technology and making bad jokes on Click.

Whatever it is he did, he is terribly sorry - and asks that you send food.

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Ian Hardy Reporter

Our North American Technology Correspondent Ian Hardy has been based in New York City for more than 10 years.

He has worked on scores of BBC programmes: everything from Radio One's Newsbeat to the exclusive Mayor Giuliani special with David Frost.

Ian has reported from dozens of locations around the United States - the White House Oval Office, a helicopter over Miami Beach and from the top of the World Trade Center.

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David Reid Reporter

David is a much travelled man. After growing up in the United States, Britain and the Caribbean, his first job was working for a newspaper and then a TV station in the Central American country of Belize.

After studying for a Masters in International Relations he worked for BBC Radio 4 as a reporter and producer before quitting the smoke and heading for France.

He now lives in Lyon where he works as an independent TV producer and pursues the British dream of doing up a ramshackle farmhouse, though in his case it is a former laundry.

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Dan Simmons Reporter

Dan started as a freelance journalist in 1994, and joined the BBC as a news reporter/producer in 1997.

He is interested in the ways in which we all use and interact with technology. Pet hate: error messages he doesn't understand. Pet love: USB keyrings.

Outside work he tries to keep the peace between skiers and snowboarders. He also enjoys sailing and photography.

If he was not doing this job he would like to run his own vineyard.

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Marc Cieslak Reporter

Marc trained as a designer at Goldsmith's but after graduation decided that designing was essentially very precise "colouring in".

A career in television beckoned and Marc got his first taste of production making shows about videogames and technology.

Over the next few years he made everything from entertainment and music programmes to comedies.

But it was his love of all things tech that lead him to Click's doors, where the opportunity to report about technology seemed too good to pass up.

Outside work Marc loves movies and has an unusually large collection of very nice shoes.

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LJ Rich Reporter

LJ Rich is happy to be one more geek among many at Click.

She read Music at Oxford and has perfect pitch, the logical conclusion of which is that she can recognise most gadgets by their startup beep.

She has come a long way since her 48K ZX Spectrum, and has an unhealthy fascination with all things technical and musical.

LJ loves reading sci-fi in the bath, playing piano upside-down and Japanese food.

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Kate Russell Webscape-r

Kate's passion for computers started when she got hooked on her very first computer game, Elite, at the tender age of 12.

Since then she has been lucky enough to turn that childhood passion into a career, appearing on a frightening amount of TV programmes and in print as a technology pundit and general all-round know-it-all.

In her spare time she likes to tinker with her PC, is still hooked on video games and is currently teaching herself computer animation. Yes, that's right. She really is a geek.

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Rob Freeman Click tip-ster

Robert was brought up in New Zealand, his hi-tech experience beginning at an early age with a school programming course in RISC-OS.

Sadly RISC-OS did not become mainstream, and at university, Robert had to start all over again with a new operating system. "OS/2 Warp, now that's the future, they told me," says Rob.

Sadly OS/2 Warp lost out to Microsoft in the vicious WIMP wars of the mid-90s and Robert started again, with the promising BeOS (now defunct).

"I'm sure they're out to get me!" says Rob.

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Talia Franco Producer

Talia brings an international flavour to the team, being half Italian and half Turkish.

She studied media and communication systems at university before deciding to ditch all that to work on a technology TV show. She used to work for CNN and, since leaving, smiles incessantly.

She is the brightest spark in the team and keeps everyone's spirits up when new bits of kit crash and burn.

Tania Teixeira Web producer

Tania has managed to combine her web addiction with work, after studying English literature at university and wondering what on earth to do with it.

She looks after the Click site, but started off as a researcher on the BBC News Channel.

She loves gadgets and always wanted to be a journalist. But she only learned how to ride a bike in 2008.

Tania loves skiing, yoga and riding her bike on sunny days.

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