Rick began his career on the stand-up circuit after graduating with a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. He now works as a journalist, presenter and screenwriter. Alongside numerous presenting credits Rick currently hosts BBC Three's live current affairs debate show, Free Speech, and he actively campaigns for more youth engagement in politics. 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 has a monthly column in the Observer Magazine, and contributes regularly to the Evening Standard and Huffington Post.
