Acting

Rick Edwards

Born May 20, 1979 · UK (age 47)

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 i…

Known For

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty · 2013

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

MovieDocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Stalled

Stalled · 2013

MovieComedyHorror

A janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies.

Baguettes

Baguettes · 2015

MovieComedyMystery

A woman enjoys a baguette sandwich on a park bench. A suit-clad stranger walks by and away, then returns and sits right beside her. His unusual offer is cause for concern.

The Boot Sale

The Boot Sale · 2010

MovieRomanceComedy

A man pitches up at a car boot sale. But refuses to sell a thing.

Steal

SeriesDramaCrime

A 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.

Impossible

Impossible · 2017

SeriesRealityTalk

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.

Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum · 2015

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!

Impossible Celebrities

Impossible Celebrities · 2018

Impossible Celebrities

A Saturday evening, celebrity version of the quiz show in which contestants must avoid giving the impossible answer. Hosted by Rick Edwards.

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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty · 2013

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

MovieDocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Presenter

Stalled

Stalled · 2013

MovieComedyHorror

A janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies.

Operator (voice)

Baguettes

Baguettes · 2015

MovieComedyMystery

A woman enjoys a baguette sandwich on a park bench. A suit-clad stranger walks by and away, then returns and sits right beside her. His unusual offer is cause for concern.

Writer

The Boot Sale

The Boot Sale · 2010

MovieRomanceComedy

A man pitches up at a car boot sale. But refuses to sell a thing.

Writer

Steal

SeriesDramaCrime

A 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.

Impossible

Impossible · 2017

SeriesRealityTalk

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.

Host

Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum · 2015

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!

Rick Edwards

Impossible Celebrities

Impossible Celebrities · 2018

Impossible Celebrities

A Saturday evening, celebrity version of the quiz show in which contestants must avoid giving the impossible answer. Hosted by Rick Edwards.

Host

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Evil Genius with Russell Kane · 2023

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

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?

The Courtship

The Courtship · 2022

A group of eligible suitors vie to win the heart of a heroine at a 19th-century English castle in Regency-style England!

Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle

Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle · 2018

Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle

SeriesDocumentary

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.

Rick Edwards

The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker

The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker · 2020

The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker

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.

Presenter