Richard Blackwood

Paul Chuckle, Kae Kurd, Richard Blackwood join Celebrity MasterChef

Comedians Paul Chuckle, Kae Kurd and Richard Blackwood are contestants on the new series.

Richard Blackwood tried to shoot himself

Stand-up turned Hollyoaks actor Richard Blackwood has revealed he once tried to shoot himself by putting a gun in his mouth, but he was saved when an ex knocked the weapon out of his hand.

Monkey Kingdom apologises to Baptiste and Blackwood

Monkey Kingdom has apologised profusely after mistaking comedian Dane Baptiste for actor Richard Blackwood during an exchange with the former.

Company mixes up Dane Baptiste with Richard Blackwood

Actor/comedian Dane Baptiste has been sent a picture of himself for him to approve for a press announcement. Except that he was sent a picture not of himself but of actor/comedian Richard Blackwood.

Richard Blackwood interview

Comedian, TV presenter, pop star ... the 'British Will Smith' was geared for Hollywood stardom until his life came crashing down. Now, in a powerful play about death in custody, he's making a fresh bid for stardom.

10 moments that made Brass Eye the funniest show ever

The brainchild of enigmatic satirist Chris Morris, Channel 4's Brass Eye only lasted for six episodes and a special - albeit the most controversial one of all time.

Stand-up Richard Blackwood plays new EastEnders villain

The 42-year-old will play a new Walford villain and is set to first appear next month during the BBC One soap's 30th anniversary week.

What I see in the mirror: Richard Blackwood

'As I saw my career take off, the idea solidified for me that maybe I am blessed, I am special'.

My Funniest Year may well give you the longest night of yours, though in putting this two-hour programme on at 10 at night, Channel 4 is clearly hoping that alcohol will already have done its bit to erode our judgement. It's classic slump television, the sort of thing you watch because there's nothing else on and your volition is lying on the floor somewhere, underneath a pizza box. The concept is insultingly lazy. Hire a comedian to stitch together a clip show along the lines of I Love the 80s, but take the word "love" out of the title so that he or she can slag everything off. This week it was Rufus Hound reading the autocue - a gamily flavoured comedian at the best of times, but one who can be funny in the right setting. He wasn't here, rarely rising above the level of pub abuse. The lines followed a formula: mention event from 2000, think of feebly insulting metaphor, try and stiffen it up with a heavily stressed vulgarity. Thus: "That river of fire looked like the funeral of the world's shittest Viking", "Castaway was like a microcosm of an island full of dicks" and Heather Mills described as "always on the hunt for treasure like a Long John Silver with tits". Fortunately for him, the year in question contained two moments that proved television can sink lower than this - Rebecca Loos manually pleasuring a pig and Richard Blackwood evacuating his bowels on camera. Alongside those clips, My Funniest Year looked almost classy.