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Richard Coles

Richard Keith Robert Coles FRSA FKC is an English musician, journalist and Church of England parish priest. Now vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, he was formerly the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards. They achieved three Top Ten hits, including the No. 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a dance version of "Don't Leave Me This Way".He is an author and Chancellor of the University of Northampton.


Aliases
  • Reverend Richard Coles
English
  • Born In Northampton
  • Born March 26, 1962
  • Gender Male
  • Created November 28, 2020 by
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  • Modified January 21, 2024 by
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Writer

Episode Winter Walks
Richard Coles
2021
Episode The Secret Life of Books
The Water-Babies
2016
Episode BBC Proms
Brahms Requiem
2018

Host

Episode The Secret Life of Books
The Water-Babies
2016

Guest Star

Episode Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Episode 15
2022
Episode Have I Got News for You
Mel Giedroyc, Richard Coles, Ross Noble
2013
Episode BBC Documentaries
Queer as Art
2017
Episode QI
Knights and Knaves
2013
Episode The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C
Joe Locke/Richard Coles/Adam Hills/Sara Cox
2024
Episode QI
Jobs
2012
Episode Winter Walks
Richard Coles
2021
Episode Utterly Outrageous Comedy
Celebrity & Politics
2019
Episode My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips
The Rev Richard Coles
2022
Episode Have I Got News for You
Tracey Ullman, The Reverend Richard Coles, Clive Myrie
2016
Episode The Traitors: Uncloaked
Episode 5
2024
Episode This Week (2003)
27/10/2016
2016
Episode Have I Got News for You
Arthur Smith, Richard Coles
1994
Episode QI
Liblabble
2014
Episode Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Episode 3
2020
Episode Pointless Celebrities
Episode 17
2024
Episode Utterly Outrageous Comedy
Sex
2019
Episode Celebrity Mastermind
Amol Rajan, Reverend Richard Coles, Courtney Act, Mark Lane
2018
Episode Utterly Outrageous Comedy
Religion & Death
2019
Episode Richard Osman's House of Games
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Richard Coles, Stuart Maconie and Lou Sanders (1/5)
2020
Episode The Weakest Link (2021)
Episode 6
2021
Episode Richard Osman's House of Games
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Richard Coles, Stuart Maconie and Lou Sanders (2/5)
2020
Episode Have I Got News for You
David Mitchell, The Rev. Richard Coles, Andrew Maxwell
2009
Episode Richard Osman's House of Games
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Richard Coles, Stuart Maconie and Lou Sanders (3/5)
2020
Episode Richard Osman's House of Games
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Richard Coles, Stuart Maconie and Lou Sanders (4/5)
2020
Episode Richard Osman's House of Games
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Richard Coles, Stuart Maconie and Lou Sanders (5/5)
2020
Episode Have I Got News for You
Victoria Coren Mitchell, Adam Boulton, Richard Coles
2017
Episode Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Salmon Mousse And Bullshit
2015
Episode Would I Lie to You?
At Christmas (2017)
2017