A firmly established favourite on the nation’s screens, TV presenter Richard Arnold bows out of GMTV this autumn after a record breaking ten years appearing daily on the nation’s favourite sofa.

 

During his long tenure on the show, Richard hosted the Richard Arnold Show on GMTV every Friday for two summers, anchored the channel’s coverage of I’m A Celebrity 2009, appearing on the ITV2 spin-off show and remains popular Down Under as Channel 7’s UK Showbiz Correspondent on Australian TV’s top rated Sunrise breakfast show.

 

Alongside his co-presenter Kate Garraway, he danced his way to the final of this year’s Let’s Dance For Sports Relief on BBC1’s hit show watched by over 8 million viewers after winning the public vote in their heat. Other star turns include The Paul O’Grady Show and Stars In Their Eyes.

 

He recently starred in Stephen Mulhern’s ITV1 hit celebrity hijacking show Anonymous,  and is currently a guest presenter on London’s LBC Radio station.

 

Richard can also be seen as the host of Challenge TV’s biggest hit to date, quiz show Take It Or Leave It from the makers of Deal Or No Deal and he also appeared on Celebrity Are You Smarter Than A Ten Year Old on Sky One, the highest rated ‘Celebrity’ edition of the show, winning £100,000 for his chosen charity.

 

Richard hosted the successful daily celebrity cook off Soapstar Superchef on ITV1, as well as guest presenting on UK TV’s Great Food Live. He was also a finalist in the first celebrity edition of ratings smash Masterchef on BBC1.

 

He also co-hosted ITV1’s first live interactive TV quiz Soap Challenge. The show – screened against cricket coverage of The Ashes in its final days – won a 30 percent share of viewers peaking at three million on a Sunday afternoon.

 

In 2003, Richard hosted two series – more than 160 shows – of the Living TV’s hit live daily chat show Loose Lips alongside Melinda Messenger. He went on to present a twenty part series of the channel’s first live paranormal chat show Psychic Live and also anchored another spooky hour long live special for Living TV’s smash hit Most Haunted Live series.

 

Richard took to the spotlight once again to front a celebrity audience with Will and Grace star Eric McCormack. Will on Will and Grace first aired September 2004 to great acclaim amongst fans – winning its time slot across all multi-channels and against Channel 5. It also appears on the Season Six DVD collection.

 

2004 saw Richard at home once again on ITV1 and ITV2 with the UK version of The Planets Funniest Animals and another return to Living TV with The Good Soap Guide, a mix of reviews, previews and celebrity chat for soap fans. Richard also hosted the Inside Soap Awards 2003 for Living TV and again in 2004.

 

Also for Living TV, Richard added his typically fruity and Woganesque commentary to Miss Universe 2003, Miss Teen USA 2003, Miss USA 2004 and Miss Universe 2004– all ratings winners for Living TV.

 

In the same year on Challenge TV Richard hosted Soap Addicts -  his first foray into the quiz show format, another popular show from a man who has rarely been off our screens since starting his TV career in two series of the BBC’s flagship youth programme The Sunday Show in 1995.

 

Since then Richard has notched up countless hours of live broadcasting. From 1997 he presented his own daily three-hour music and lifestyle show on London’s Liberty Radio for four years - a show that bucked the traditional breakfast trend to become the station’s top-rated programme. A regular BBC Radio Five Live pundit, Richard’s banter is also welcomed regularly on BBC Radio Scotland and by his own reckoning has appeared on practically every local radio station in the country.

 

Richard has continued to add to his list of ‘acting’ roles starring ‘As Himself’ in ITV1’s Rock Rivals, previously he has appeared in BBC1’s Hustle, alongside Max Beesley in ITV1 drama Is This Love?,  Footballers Wives and Channel 4’s acclaimed drama Shameless.

 

Richard writes a weekly column for Woman’s Own and is a guest columnist for The People newspaper and has been an established print journalist for nearly 20 years, beginning his career as a member of the launch team of phenomenally successful Inside Soap magazine before leaving in 1995 to pursue a freelance career. He has contributed to a host of consumer and celebrity titles –Closer, TV Quick, TV Choice and Heat.