Career
Arnold was born in Hampshire, grew up in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, and attended University of Edinburgh, gaining an MA in English Language and Literature. He then studied journalism at City University London, an then worked for Inside Soap magazine until 1995.
Arnold's first television work was on The Sunday Show for the BBC. In 1997 he became the TV critic for GMTV, returning for a longer period in 2000. From 2000-2010, Arnold appeared daily on GMTV, on GMTV Today and LK Today. During the summer of 2007 and 2008, he had his own show, The Richard Arnold Show. In 2009, Arnold was appointed UK Entertainment reporter on Australian breakfast show Sunrise on the Seven Network. On 11 June 2012 he became the Showbiz Editor for ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak. Arnold has also hosted Soapstar Superchef, Take It or Leave It on Challenge, and Loose Lips, on LivingTV. He has appeared on a celebrity version of Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? on Sky One. He has also been on The Paul O'Grady Show, Stars In Their Eyes, Stephen Mulhern’s ITV1 celebrity hijacking show Anonymous, (series 2) of 71 Degrees North, and alongside his co-presenter Kate Garraway, he advanced to the final of 2010’s Let's Dance for Comic Relief, In 2011, he returned to Let’s Dance For Sports Relief once again partnered with Penny Smith, and performedToxic by Britney Spears.
He has also acted as a presenter on LBC Radio, hosting the show Saturday Night Live.
Arnold was partnered with Erin Boag after being confirmed as an act for the 2012 series of Strictly Come Dancing. The couple were eliminated in week 7, having previously survived two "dance-offs" against other competitors.
Away from the screen, Richard writes a weekly column for Hello magazine and Woman’s Own magazine. He is also a regular guest columnist for The People and The Sun newspapers and has been an established print journalist for nearly 20 years, beginning his career as a member of the launch team of moderately successful Inside Soap magazine before leaving in 1995 to freelance career. He has regularly contributed to numerous titles incuding the Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers, plus the Closer and TV Choice magazines.
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