.Born in reading in the early sixties,he made it to university in london where he got a degree in philosophy
.Ricky had a brief career in a pop band called Bitter heart in which they released a song called seona dancing. the music video was actually made in a parking garage next to the BBC studios
.To make ends meet Ricky dabbled in student union work ,discos,pub quizzed and guitar bands This opened up a brief management career with a band called Suede (walked away shorty before they was signed)
.Following that came a portentous appointment with the then fledgling and unlicenced radio station Xfm. It was here that Ricky took on a new assitant, Stephen Merchant, who would later become co-writer/director of 'The Office'
.Ricky wrote and starred in a one-off called 'golden years' about a businessman who is obsessed with becoming a david bowie lookalike.
.On March 26th 2006 Ricky's own Simpsons episode entitled This Is Your Wife was aired Ricky had written and starred in this as a character called Charles. As a big fan of the Simpsons this was like "a dream come true"
Ricky's First Tv Appearances on the 11 O'clock show
IDEAS
- Create a timeline of ricky's history from he's pop career to his hollywood blockbusters and comedy stand ups
- Online interview with Ricky himself to get information about all of his flops and career choices before hitting the big one with the office and what he went through
- creating a short film using one of Rickys scripts ( the david brent episode of the office or golden years)
Further research
Rickey created a book called flanimals he is created a cgi-movie of the book being produce by Chris Meledandri who also worked on the simpson movie and the ice age series.
Also had a cameo on Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto
