
Rick Edwards
Actor · b. 1979 · UK
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.
Series21
TV7.2Talk ShowA weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 · 57 votes
TV6.7ComedyTalk ShowThe 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.
Celebrity Juice
2008 · 29 votes
TV10.0RealityFamilyIn this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018 · 1 votes
TV6.1ComedyTalk ShowEach week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · 25 votes
TV7.4DramaCrimeA typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who stole £4 billion pounds of people's pensions and why.
Steal
2026 · 170 votes
TV6.4RealityTalk ShowQuiz show in which the 30 contestants competing across the series must avoid giving impossible answers to give themselves a chance of winning £10,000.
Impossible
2017 · 5 votes
TV6.0RealityRomesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
The Weakest Link
2021 · 5 votes
TV6.0RealityMusic quiz in which contestants try to recognise as many hit songs and artists as possible, under intense pressure.
The Hit List
2019 · 3 votes
TV5.5Talk ShowSara 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.
Between the Covers
2020 · 2 votes
TV3.0Talk ShowAmanda Holden hosts the quiz show where contestants and their celebrity partners must outsmart each other to win big.
The Celebrity Inner Circle
2025 · 1 votes
TV7.1ComedyThe 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!
Chewing Gum
2015 · 108 votes
TV5.0ComedyNick Grimshaw hosts the panel show that makes a big deal about the little things in life.
Sweat the Small Stuff
2013 · 1 votes
TVDocumentaryUS 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.
River Hunters
2019
TV7.2ComedyWe 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.
We Need Answers
2009 · 3 votes
TV6.0RealityA group of eligible suitors vie to win the heart of a heroine at a 19th-century English castle in Regency-style England!
The Courtship
2022 · 4 votes
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Here to answer the world's problems is the `Celebrity Advice Bureau', where star guests give their solutions to the dilemmas they are presented with. In the first series agony aunts and uncles making an appearance are Rick Edwards, Alice Levine, David Baddiel, Laura Jackson, Ellie Taylor, Matt Richardson, Fay Ripley and Louis Walsh. In pairs the celebrities are given a problem to solve, it could be an everyday issue or something quite bizarre. Tuning into their own personal experiences the duo come up with some advice, of which should be taken with caution.
TVRussell, 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?
TVRealityTalk ShowA look behind the curtain of The Apprentice to analyse every task and tactic in detail as Lord Sugar searches for a new business partner.
TVNo More Women was broadcast on the BBC Comedy website as a spin-off from We Need Answers.
No More Women
2009
TV8.0RealityHosted 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.
The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker
2020 · 1 votes
TVDocumentaryFollow presenter Rick Edwards as he ventures inside some of the UK’s most spectacular and endangered castles. From crumbling medieval towers to collapsing royal chambers, engineers and historians battle to stabilise these epic structures before they're lost forever.
Movies4
Movie6.4ComedyRomanceWhile 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.
Chalet Girl
2011 · 673 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryTV MovieZoe 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.
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · 1 votes
Movie4.9ComedyHorrorA janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies.
Stalled
2013 · 70 votes
MovieDocumentaryFor 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.