14 Facts About Diederick Santer

Diederick Santer was born on 3 July 1969 and is a British television producer and is best known for his work on the popular BBC television soap opera EastEnders, a post which he assumed on 23 October 2006 and left on 1 March 2010.

Diederick Santer was Chief Executive of production company Kudos from 2015 to 2019, and is currently Chief Creative Officer of BritBox International.

Diederick Santer is the son of the late Anglican Bishop Mark Santer.

Diederick Santer attended Burlington Danes School in Hammersmith, where he played keyboards in Crazy Luke with Simon Stafford, whose band The Long Pigs made it into the UK Charts in the 1990s.

Diederick Santer produced The Taming of the Shrew, the Bafta-nominated Much Ado About Nothing for BBC One, and a lavish adaptation of Jane Eyre.

Diederick Santer became Executive Producer of EastEnders on 23 October 2006, his first episode airing on 5 January 2007, replacing Kate Harwood.

Diederick Santer introduced several characters to the show, including ethnic minority and gay characters to make the show 'feel more 21st Century'.

Diederick Santer reintroduced a number of previous characters to the programme, including Janine Butcher, Bianca Jackson, Steven Beale, Louise Mitchell and Sam Mitchell.

Diederick Santer axed a number of characters, such as Kevin Wicks, Deano Wicks, Carly Wicks, Mickey Miller, Keith Miller, Yolande Trueman, Garry Hobbs and Dawn Swann.

Diederick Santer was responsible for recasting the role of Bobby Beale.

Diederick Santer presided over numerous highly successful storylines during his time as executive producer, such as the aftermath of the demise of Pauline Fowler, the Christmas 2007 episode, which saw the reveal of Max Branning and Stacey Slater's affair, attracting 14 million viewers, and the "who killed Archie" storyline of Christmas 2009 was widely acclaimed.

In 2015, Diederick Santer become joint CEO of Kudos, with Lovely Day becoming absorbed into Kudos.

Diederick Santer executive produces a number of the Kudos shows, including Grantchester, Flowers, and Tin Star.

In 2021, Diederick Santer joined BritBox as their first chief creative officer.