Rick Edwards
Born	20 May 1979 Enfield, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Television presenter,journalist,author,screenwriter
Years active	1999–present
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Emer Kenny ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Richard Edwards is an English television presenter, journalist, and author.

Edwards presentedT4 for four years, and has also presentedTool Academy,Freshly Squeezed,E4 Music, and much ofChannel 4's2012 Paralympics coverage. Edwards also hosts the "Fighting Talk" radio show onBBC Radio 5 Live. As a journalist, he has written forThe Observer, theEvening Standard andHuffPost.^[1] From 2017 to 2021, he presented the BBC quiz showImpossible, and since November 2021 he has co-hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show (replacingNicky Campbell), usually alongsideRachel Burden.

Born in 1979, he went toChurcher's College and thenPortsmouth Grammar School^[2] and later attendedPembroke College, Cambridge,^[3] where he datedElizabeth Day and he studied mathematics originally before changing to natural sciences after his first year.^[4] He performed stand-up and sketch shows during his time at university.^[5][6]

Edwards hosted a Saturday evening radio show onXFM entitledThe Weekender for several years, hosting his last show on 10 January 2009. He also formed part of the BBC presenting team for their coverage of theReading and Leeds Festival. In 2011, Edwards began hosting E4'sTool Academy, a reality TV show about fed-up girlfriends who have enrolled their underperforming other halves in a school in which "tools become men". During the2012 Paralympics, Edwards formed part of theChannel 4 commentary team as well as co-presentingThat Paralympic Show withAde Adepitan.^[7]

In 2013, Edwards began co-presenting political discussion showFree Speech forBBC Three alongsideTina Daheley. During the2015 general election, they presented a series ofFree Speech specials.^[8]

As a writer, his original filmBurger Van Champion was commissioned as part of C4's Coming Up strand in 2013 and was described by the Observer as "a remarkable debut" and byTime Out as "funny, touching [and] superbly written".

In July 2015, Edwards began presentingITV2 panel showSafeword which returned for a second series in 2016.

Edwards currently 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.

In March 2016, Edwards landed the anchor role on Sky'sDC Fancast alongsideBec Hill. He claims this is a true highlight of his career. In January 2017, Edwards began presenting!mpossible, a daytimeBBC One quiz show which ran until April 2021.

From March 2019, Edwards costarred inHistory's miniseriesRiver Hunters, alongsideYouTuber and river-hunter Beau Ouimette.^[9]

In September 2021 BBC Radio 5 Live announced that it had hired Edwards to host its new breakfast show alongsideRachel Burden. The new-look 5 Live Breakfast launch took place on 8 November 2021 followingNicky Campbell’s move to a slot later in the day.^[10][11]

Edwards has said that he has a very poor sense of smell due to sniffing pureammonia while in school.^[12][13][14] Edwards supported green organisationGlobal Cool in 2010 as part of their Traincation campaign, along with his friendGeorge Lamb.^[15]

Edwards marriedEastEnders andFather Brown actressEmer Kenny in 2016.^[16] Their son was born in January 2023.^[17]

• Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies (2017,ISBN 978-1786492210)
• None of the Above (2015,ISBN 978-1471149320)
• Birds of pray (1998,ISBN 978-0953250400)

• Rick Edwards atIMDb
• 5 Live Breakfast (BBC Radio 5 Live)
• Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live)
• Rick Edwards T4 profile
• Rick Edwards InterviewArchived 26 September 2011 at theWayback Machine

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