Brian Lapping

Brian Michael Lapping CBE (born 13 September 1937) is an English journalist, television producer and historian. Lapping is also the chairman and founding member of Brook Lapping, a television and radio production company focused on the production of historical documentaries.

Lapping was educated at the City of London School for Boys, an independent school in central London, followed by Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read for a degree in History. While at Cambridge he was a member of the university's Labour club.

Lapping began his career as a journalist working for the Daily Mirror, The Guardian and the Financial Times, before moving to producing documentaries, first for Granada Television, then for his own production studio Brian Lapping Associates. During the 1960s, he was also editor of Venture, the Fabian Society's monthly journal, and deputy editor of the influential social science magazine New Society, where he worked alongside Paul Barker.

In 1997, Brian Lapping Associates merged with Brook Associates to form Brook Lapping Productions. Notable television productions produced by Lapping include Obama's White House (2016), Putin, Russia and the West (2011), The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) and End of Empire (1985).

Lapping is married to Anne Lapping, and they both live in London, England. Lapping remains a member of The Fabian Society.

Lapping, along with his wife, was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to broadcasting.