Born in Mansfield in 1975. Television and radio presenter, and a former host of Blue Peter. His first job in the media was with BBC Radio Nottingham.
His career includes The Big Breakfast, Top of the Pops, Young Voters’ Question Time, Hotel Babylon and The Thick of It. More recently he presented the Big Painting Challenge alongside Una Stubbs.
Richard now lives in America and, with almost 1.5 million followers, has one of the most widely followed accounts of any British personality on social media.