After Dinner Speakers: Richard Blackwood, Barbara Dickson, Steve Backley

Richard Blackwood always wanted to be a performer, but he did the sensible thing and took a business degree course. After he graduated he did a one off gig at "The Spot" in Covent Garden and from there he's popularity grew. He also did guest spots on BBC2s late night black entertainment programme ‘The A-Force’ as well as sketches on ‘The Real McCoy’ and ‘Five Night Stand’. His hard work paid off and he was picked up by MTV, where he has been the host of MTV ‘Select’ and ‘Singled Out with Sara Cawood, which is now screened on Channel 5. Channel 5 was the first TV station to realise his true potential as a comic host and gave him his own comedy, making him only the second British black comedian to be given his own show to host.