Career
Rickard has written for numerous United Kingdom comedy shows, notably including The Armstrong and Miller Show, The Charlotte Church Show and The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, as well as children"s programme Maine and My Monsters. He is perhaps best known for his role as a principal cast member, lyricist and writer for the award-winning CBBC programme Horrible Histories, in particular for creating and performing the character of "Special Correspondent" Bob Hale (a parody of presenter Peter Snow). He has also appeared regularly on the spin-off game show Horrible Histories: Gory Games and in the Horrible Histories British Broadcasting Corporation Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
A second series was released in 2015 and a third has since been commissioned and began filming in early 2016.
In addition he is the co-writer of Bill, a British Broadcasting Corporation-produced comedy film which is based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare and involves the same starring troupe. Filming began in February 2014, and the film was released in several cinemas across the United Kingdom in September 2015.
As a performer he has also appeared in the Channel Four Comedy Laboratory "Private Lives" as well as the television series Balls of Steel. He is also a writer for Tracey Ullman"s Show.
