Julian C. Richards, FSA (born 1951) is a British television and radio presenter, writer and former professional archaeologist with over 30 years' experience of fieldwork and publication.

[2] After three years Richards left commercial archaeology and joined English Heritage to work on its Monuments Protection Programme (MPP).

Shortly after joining the MPP, Richards acted as a consultant to a TV programme about the construction of Stonehenge.

Richards is also responsible for creating two site-interactive games: Hunt the Ancestor (for which he won a British Archaeology award) and Viking Quest, for the BBC History website.

Richards lives with his family in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where he maintains his special interest in the prehistory of Wessex and particularly Stonehenge.