Rick Edwards
Birthday: Born in 1979-05-20 in UK
Deathday: Alive
Rick began his career on the standup circuit after graduating with a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. He now works as a journalist, presenter and screenwriter. Rick has a keen interest in history and loves a bit of wild swimming - he has swum outdoors across the UK. On television, Rick hosts BBC1’s smash daytime quiz show !mpossible which will be recording its fourth series in 2018. Amongst his other numerous presenting credits are: ITV2’s comedy roast Safeword, BBC Three’s live current affairs debate show Free Speech and Channel 4’s Paralympic Breakfast Show. Rick hosts the podcast Science(ish) alongside Dr Michael Brooks which delves into the science behind popular films. The series proved such a hit that the duo were commissioned by Atlantic to write a book of the same name, Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind The Movies, which was published in October 2017 and ranked number 1 in the Physics, Cosmology and Humorous Essays Amazon charts for several weeks as well as achieving a position of 21 in the overall book charts. The podcast itself has topped the iTunes Science & Medicine chart.
TV Credits
Mandy
Character: Himself
Mandy is a woman with dreams. Big dreams. Most of all she dreams of breeding Doberman Pinchers. But there are hurdles to overcome before that dream can become a reality. In the series we'll see her go on a health kick, rent out her small back bedroom on Airbnb and attempt a series of short-lived jobs in the modern gig economy....
We Need Answers
Character: Self - Contestant
We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service....
Sweat the Small Stuff
Character: Self - Panelist
Nick Grimshaw hosts the panel show that makes a big deal about the little things in life....
Celebrity Juice
Character: Self
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show....
Between the Covers
Character: Self
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections....
The Courtship
Character:
A group of eligible suitors vie to win the heart of a heroine at a 19th-century English castle in Regency-style England!...
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
Character:
Russell, alongside celebrity guests, expert witnesses, and historians, will interrogate the reputation of a famous face from history in order to determine whether they’re sinned against or a sinner. By the end of each episode, Russell will call upon his panel of celebrities to cast a vote and settle, once and for all, the burning question: Evil or Genius?...
Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Character: Rick Edwards
This gripping documentary explores the mysteries surrounding our planet's most notorious stretch of water: the Bermuda Triangle. This half-million-square-mile expanse of the Atlantic Ocean has seen ships and planes vanish without trace. Theories about their disappearance abound, from the plausible to the paranormal, from hurricanes to human error, ghosts to UFOs, sea creatures to time travel....
Impossible
Character: Host
Quiz show in which the 30 contestants competing across the series must avoid giving impossible answers to give themselves a chance of winning £10,000....
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games....
The Weakest Link
Character: Self - Participant
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?...
River Hunters
Character: Himself
US Youtube sensation Beau Ouimette, a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience, and presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards search the UK’s waterways for archaeological finds. Using state-of-the-art technology, archive maps and contemporaneous accounts from the period, Beau and Rick perform the first underwater archaeological digs in some of the most exciting and iconic historical sites in Britain, often in dangerous and fast-flowing water....
Impossible Celebrities
Character: Host
A Saturday evening, celebrity version of the quiz show in which contestants must avoid giving the impossible answer. Hosted by Rick Edwards....
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas"....
Chewing Gum
Character: Rick Edwards
The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!...
The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker
Character: Presenter
Hosted by Rick Edwards, Lee Mack and master craftsman Will Hardie, The Chop is a competition series searching for Britain's finest carpenter. All filmed in the stunning beauty of Epping Forest, there is much whittling, carving, chopping and a never-ending supply of innuendo about wood....
Movie Credits
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Character: Presenter
Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity fans and special surprises....
FHM: The Last of the Lads' Mags
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
For Him Magazine hit the shelves in 1985 and soon grew to become the biggest selling magazine in Britain. Written by some of the funniest contributors in the world, FHM spoke to the man on the street and embraced the 'girl next door' image of its cover stars. This documentary follows FHM's UK staff as they produce the final issue of the magazine in late 2015, and celebrates its heyday while hearing from the stars whose careers were changed by it....
Stalled
Character: Operator (voice)
A janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies....
The Science(ish) of… Stranger Things
Character: Self
Comedian Sophie Duker, science nerd Rick Edwards and quantum physicist Dr Michael Brooks dissect the science of Netflix’s Stranger Things, sorting the nanoscience from the nonsense....
Chalet Girl
Character: Himself - T4 Presenter
While working a job at an exclusive ski resort to support her Dad, Kim learns to snowboard and is so good at it that she enters a competition with a huge cash prize. She has to dig deep to overcome her fears, but her life gets more complicated through her spoken-for boss, Jonny....