Adam Riches


Adam Geoffrey Christopher Riches is a British comedian, and 2011 winner of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award.

Early life

He was born in Cambridge, England, but raised in Glasgow and London, where he attended Sutton Grammar School for Boys. Following a brief spell working at Disneyland Paris, he studied media and performance at Salford University. He worked as a bit-part actor on TV before doing his first show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2003. Riches is a fan of Liverpool F.C.

Comic style

His performances involve audience participation, including getting audience members to play Swingball and race on skateboards.

TV appearances

Riches has appeared in Dictionary Corner on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown on three occasions, in October 2016, June 2017, and September 2019. For his appearances he was entirely in character as an exaggerated comic parody of the actor Sean Bean. He was introduced as "Sean Bean" by the announcer at the beginning of each episode, and addressed as "Sean" by presenter Jimmy Carr throughout.
He played the character of Tony, the boyfriend of Lance's ex-wife Maggie, in the first series of the BBC television series Detectorists.

Edinburgh Fringe shows