Rick hosts the podcast Science(ish) alongside Dr Michael Brooks which delves in to the science behind popular culture. The series has proved such a hit that the duo have been commissioned to write a book of the same name for publication in Autumn 2017 by Atlantic.
As a broadcaster Rick has most recently made a foray in to the world of quizzing as the host of BBC1’s daytime show !mpossible which aired in January 2017 and will return for an extended second run in May this year. 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. As a writer his original film Burger 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 by Time Out as ‘funny, touching [and] superbly written’.
Rick Edwards Job Title Presenter of BBC3’s Free Speech, and author of ‘None of The Above’.
