Meet the Richardsons

Meet the Richardsons

Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers get a glimpse into their home and work lives, surrounded by their celebrity friends and their Hebden Bridge neighbours.

Comedy

Seasons

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2020-02-27

To celebrate the Richardsons' move to Hebden Bridge, Lucy decides to stage a huge birthday party for their daughter, Elsie. Jon is initially against the party, but is finally convinced to take part by a family friend.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2020-03-05

Jon is given from career advice from his comedy hero, Jack Dee. Meanwhile, Lucy signs Jon up to be the celebrity judge at the World Dock Pudding Competition in Hebden Bridge.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2020-03-12

Lucy goes on a wild night out in London with TV personality Alan Carr, while back in Hebden Bridge, Jon spends the night with his best friend, Matt Forde.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2020-03-19

Jon and Lucy are thrilled when they are finally invited to the showbiz event of the year, the Jonathan Ross Halloween party.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2020-03-26

Chris Kamara asks Jon to take part in a Leeds United fundraiser for deprived children. While he's away Lucy tries to enrol Elsie in a private school against Jon's wishes.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2020-04-02

Lucy's sitcom is ready for a BBC run-through with Johnny Vegas as one of its stars. Jon hates the script, but everyone else disagrees. Jon's not bothered, as his Pixar film role is almost in the bag.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2021-04-08

The Richardsons return, their daughter has started swearing and the pair don't know who to blame. Johnny Vegas is directing the pilot for Lucy's sitcom and she starts learning how to drive. Meanwhile their neighbours, Emma and Damion are feeling the fame after being recognized for the first series.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2021-04-15

Jon starts work on his dream project, a documentary about his idol Yorkshire singer songwriter Jake Thackray, with co-host Sally Phillips. Lucy tries to reignite the passion in her marriage and gets some unorthodox advice from her mother.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2021-04-22

Jon and Lucy throw a wedding anniversary party. Lucy manages to insult Sally Phillips and Jon manages to get a member of staff fired from the local garden centre.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2021-04-29

Jon manages to wreck the family home while Lucy starts a new project with Rob Beckett. Sally Phillips tries to help the Richardsons to inject some passion into their sex lives.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2021-05-06

Jon tries to sell the house to Kevin McCloud even though he put Jon's phone number on TV . While Lucy and her mum Gill return to Hull to make a documentary about aliens for Brian Cox, Russell Howard reveals all about Jon's drug use.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2021-05-13

Realising his career is in a lull, Jon seeks inspiration from his sporting hero Marcelo Bielsa. Alex Brooker comes over to visit the pub. Lucy and her mum appear on a new television show called "Stand By Your Mam".

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2021-05-20

Jon and Lucy are thinking of moving to London but are struggling to tell the neighbours. So, to break the bad news they take them away for a camping trip in Bridlington. Craig Charles is interested in buying the house.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2021-05-27

Lucy has organised a birthday surprise for Jon - entering him into a The Masked Singer event. It's finally the recording of Lucy's BBC sitcom. Are the Richardsons moving to London? How can they tell the neighbours?

9. Out-Takes

Air Date: 2021-05-27

A special one-off that features unseen arguments, some hilarious bloopers and some new confessions. Jon explains to the Loose Women why he didn't have sex for eight years and Lucy finds out that her mum gave birth to her after an orgasm.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2022-03-03

Jon and Lucy give us a glimpse at their new home, and as Lucy does her best to impress their new neighbours, Jon has his eye on an old unloved pub.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2022-03-10

Jon and Lucy get to know their new neighbours, Lucy sees a PTA raffle as her chance to make a good impression, and old neighbours Emma and Damion pay a visit.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2022-03-17

Jon and Lucy agree to hamster sit for the neighbours, Jon tries out new stand up material, and Lucy uses a corporate gig as a chance to stage a protest against the fossil fuel industry.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2022-03-24

Lucy jets off to LA to launch her Hollywood career - leaving Jon on his own with a plan to prank his best mate Matt Forde - and a potentially career-defining audition with a genuine TV legend.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2022-03-31

Jon tries to organise Johnny Vegas' stag do in a brewery, Lucy tours the bookshops to promote her new 'Mumoir', and the couple come up against a ruthless opponent on a game show.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2022-04-07

Jon kicks off his serious acting career by landing a role in Line of Duty, and Lucy discovers another celebrity's 'Mumoir' and gets offered the chance to appear in The Masked Singer.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2022-04-14

Jon decides to start saying yes to any old rubbish TV show, and he and Lucy host a brand-new Channel 4 panel show before helping Gill and Johnny Vegas find the perfect wedding venue.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2022-04-21

It's Gill and Johnny Vegas's wedding day. Jon and Lucy are offered the chance to be on Who Do You Think You Are?: Lucy finds out she's got a famous relative. Jon and Lucy finally uncover the celebrity couple ripping off Meet The Richardsons.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2022-07-21

Jon and Lucy are asked to make a UK travel show with Sally Lindsay - they jump in an RV, visit Whitby, and sample the food and legends of the area in the hope of winning a BAFTA.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2022-07-28

Jon and Lucy are off to Blackpool to make the second half of their TV travel show with Sally Lindsay - Jon's excited about it, but Lucy's worried about his star billing being lost.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2023-04-06

Jon has a midlife crisis as his 40th birthday looms, and it doesn't help when Ben Elton is in the audience of his work-in-progress show. Meanwhile, Lucy meets Katherine Ryan.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2023-04-13

Lucy needs to make new comedy friends quickly when she's offered the chance to front an all-female sketch show, and Jon meets up with comedian Richard Herring to discuss a proposal.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2023-04-20

Lucy tries to up her telly game with quiz show lessons from Russell Kane, Jon and Lucy get help from a relationship therapist, and Jon manages to anger the usually unflappable Dan Walker.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2023-04-27

Jon gets much-needed life advice from new best friend Adrian Chiles, and Lucy grabs the chance to find her famous father and takes on Clare Grogan and Tamzin Outhwaite in a charity pub quiz.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2023-05-04

Jon considers faking his own death as Lucy gets to work on her sketch show, but when Sally Phillips gets cold feet, Lucy must get another genuine comedy legend on board.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2023-05-11

Lucy's offered the chance to do Strictly and meets Anton Du Beke for a taster, but when Jon catches up with Seann Walsh, he is desperate not to trigger Seann by mentioning that show.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2023-05-18

Jon and Lucy find out what real love looks like with Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, Jon gets into shape for five-a-side football, and Sally Phillips hijacks Lucy's sketch show.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2023-05-25

Lucy has loads of surprises planned for Jon's 40th birthday, including a private cooking lesson with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. In addition, there's a chance that Jon will finally get his Rik Mayall tattoo.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2023-06-01

Jon and Lucy are spending the night at one of Britain's most haunted houses for a Halloween special. But horrifyingly, Dave want TV legend Sarah Greene to present it.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2023-06-08

In this outtakes episode, Jon and Lucy go behind the scenes to find out if they're just as horrible to each other when they don't think the cameras are rolling.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2024-04-08

Lucy breaks into the big time after her BAFTA nomination as UKTV want a proper A-list comedy name on the couple's show and are ready to splash the cash, but Jon has other ideas.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2024-04-15

Lucy has a nightmare on Bake Off and Gregg Wallace isn't having it, Jon has a real nightmare and Lucy makes the most of it, and UKTV want Jon and Gill to be their new star double act.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2024-04-22

Lucy makes her mark on Taskmaster but finds out that Julian Clary is a dangerous man to know, and Jon helps Elsie win more house points but risks a sticky end to his meddling.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2024-04-29

Jon goes into business with old friend Adrian Chiles in a bid to save grassroots football from Hollywood, and Lucy struggles to keep up with new neighbour Kimberly Wyatt.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2024-05-06

Jon does a daytime quiz show with Kemah Bob and upsets Alexander Armstrong, and Lucy shows journalist Mark Lawson her typically perfect day for a newspaper feature.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2024-05-13

Jon buys a field to save the planet by filling it with trees, and Lucy discovers that she has a social media whistleblower in her circle and sets out to uncover the leak.

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2024-05-20

Jon and Lucy's projects get busy as Jon films the pilot episode of his new daytime quiz show with Kemah Bob and Lucy makes a gritty gangland film with Amanda Abbington.

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2024-05-20

Jon and Lucy come up with the perfect ending for the series, but Lucy's 40th birthday party goes sour when she lets slip that this might be the last-ever episode.

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2024-12-21

Jon Richardson & Lucy Beaumont look back on five years of the programme and go behind the scenes with the help of celebrity fans in this special episode.

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2024-12-21

Bloopers show host Wallace Carmichael presents a set of moans and mistakes in this outtakes episode.

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Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

2020-02-27

Episodes

45 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Second Act Productions