comedian - presenter

SWEET BOY OF COMEDY

I can remember Richard as a youngster growing up in Mitcham. His appearance was allot different then, sporting large spectacles on a wiry framed body. Even then he had fame at his fingertips though. You see his uncle was the famous Junior who was riding high in the charts with the very catchy early 80's song, Mother used to say.

Richards high profile career started in less auspicious surroundings with a
one-off gig at a London comedy club. Perhaps his chosen profession comes as no surprise seeing as his step-sister is super model Naomi Campbell. His dad used to be married to her mother Valerie.

As a university graduate, Blackwood knew that he wanted to be a performer and
plugged away doing guest spots on late night black entertainment programmes.
His dedication and hard work paid off and he was signed up by MTV where
for the past two years he had presented its video request show, also co presenting on Singled out. To where he would coin the phrase "you gotta go, you gotta go", towards the teenage contestants who were voted off.

His terrestrial big break came soon after and he was eventually given his
own show on Channel 4 The Richard Blackwood Show, an achievement he is
rightly proud of. He says "There are only four black people who have been given their own
[self-titled] show - me, Trevor McDonald, Lenny Henry and Ian Wright."
A pop career then beckoned and his first release Mama Who Da Man rocketed
to number two in the charts. The annoyingly catchy 1,2,3,4 Get with the Wicked repeated this success. Richard also stood in for Chris Moyles as a Radio 1 presenter.

With so many things under his belt, Richard would like to break into Hollywood and become as recognized as with Will Smith, Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock.

Today Richard is still working just as hard as ever. He recently appeared in the late night reality tv show The Club alongside Dean Gaffney and Samantha Fox and has also appeared in Celebrity Detox. He writes his weekly lifestyle article for the The Voice newspaper and has appeared in Casualty.

Whatever happens in the next year, I am sure Richard will be on our screens.

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