Rick Edwards
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 44 |
| Born | Enfield |
| United Kingdom | |
| Height | 193 (cm) |
| Spouse | Emer Kenny |
| Books | Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies |
| None of the Above | |
| Birds of Pray | |
| Date of birth | May 20,1979 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Pembroke College |
| Portsmouth Grammar School | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 421539 |
Rick Edwards Life story
Richard Edwards is an English television presenter, journalist, and author. Edwards presented T4 for four years, and has also presented Tool Academy, Freshly Squeezed, E4 Music, and much of Channel 4's 2012 Paralympics coverage. Edwards also hosted the "Fighting Talk" radio show on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Gary Lineker tops star salaries list in BBC annual report
... Rick Edwards made £178,000 after replacing Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live s breakfast show...
Seven shot and two killed at Virginia high school graduation
... A 19-year-old suspect has been taken into custody, according to Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards...
Venus Williams: 'It's important people continue to break barriers'
... " She was speaking to Rick Edwards alongside her sister Serena before the release of King Richard , a biopic about their childhood and the instrumental role their father had on their journey to dominating tennis...
Nicky Campbell praises co-host Rachel Burden on his last 5 Live Breakfast show
... Campbell will be replaced on the Breakfast show by former T4 presenter Rick Edwards...
Joe Sugg on Strictly gives YouTubers hope for TV success
... T4 was a Channel 4 weekend programme that ended in 2012, but helped develop the likes of Rick Edwards, Jameela Jamil and Radio 1 s Nick Grimshaw Riyadh Khalaf, a YouTuber who s made documentaries for BBC Three and hosts a podcast for Radio 1, says: I only went on YouTube because I couldn t get a job on TV...
Joe Sugg on Strictly gives YouTubers hope for TV success
Joe Sugg says his success on Strictly Come Dancing has given other YouTubers hope of having successful TV careers.
The 27-year-old made it to in December, losing to Stacey Dooley .
Speaking at a conference for vloggers this weekend, Joe said his appearance "was beneficial for the whole of Social Media ".
he hoped going on Strictly would "build a relationship" between vloggers and broadcasters.
Joe was speaking at VidCon London .
Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell are now a couple after meeting on The ShowBut that transition from Social Media to telly is not one all are capable of making.
"They need help," Lucy Loveridge told Radio 1 Newsbeat at the convention.
Lucy's The Head of Talent at Gleam Futures - the UK's largest agency for online stars.
"They've been in their bedroom [vlogging] and need a bit of coaching," she explains. "That investment is necessary. "
Recently there's been an increase in traditional Media booking online stars: Zoe Sugg (Joe's sister) took part in The Great British Bake Off for Comic Relief and Trisha Paytas appeared on Celebrity Big Brother .
BBC Radio 5 live of the boxing match between YouTubers Logal Paul and KSI.
Holly Horne, who has More Than 13m followers on Social Media app TikTok, says she's starting to be approached more by execs.
"Life is starting to Get Crazy ," she explains. "Since I've blown up over The Past few months there's been offers and I've said yes to everything. "
The 22-year-old from Guernsey, known online as HollyH, posts comedy lip syncs and is The Most followed Brit on the platform.
"I've had a couple of meetings over The Past few days which have been insane," she tells Newsbeat .
When asked if she'll be taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing , Holly smiles and says: "Joe Sugg 's manager is my manager so crazy stuff is going to happen. "
Holly also said she'd like to move into movies and is working on a CBBC series.
It's the same on The Other side of The Atlantic too.
"We're getting opportunities because of YouTube," the Merrell Twins tell Newsbeat .
Veronica and Vanessa Merell are based in Los Angeles and have had More Than 778m views on YouTubeThe 22-year-old sisters post comedy sketches and music covers to their four million subscribers.
"I'm not trying to brag but it's crazy the numbers we can bring," Veronica explains.
"Traditional Media see The Influence we have and want to get viewers. "
"Because of YouTube" they've just landed a role in upcoming comedy film Limited Partners starring Salma Hayek and Tiffany Haddish .
"It gave us validation for The Role because of the success our channel. "
GettyFriends most popular programmeYouTube favourite website
3 hoursAmount of time children aged 5-16 are spending online per day
7/10Children have used Netflix during The Past week
10%Watch almost all programmes on TV
58%Watch on-demand programmes on mobile phones
Source: ChildwiseYounger audiences online than they do watching TV or films, with only 10% of Young People getting "almost all" their TV programmes through a TV screen.
But, as Lucy Loveridge explains, there's a limit to what online stars can bring to TV.
"There's no T4 anymore and that was such a testing ground for finding and developing new Talent . "
T4 was A Channel 4 weekend programme that ended in 2012, but helped develop the likes of Rick Edwards , Jameela Jamil and Radio 1 's Nick GrimshawRiyadh Khalaf, a YouTuber who's made documentaries for Bbc Three and hosts a podcast for Radio 1 , says: "I only went on YouTube because I couldn't get a job on TV. "
He says TV execs started to take notice when online sites started writing about him but "they didn't know where to put me. "
"We are now proving to traditional Media that if you develop us and train us we can be just as good as Davina Mccall , Alan Carr or Graham Norton .
"There's a real democracy of Talent , which is great. "
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