Meet the Richardsons

Meet the Richardsons is a British comedy television series that premiered on 27 February 2020, on Dave. It stars husband and wife comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont as fictionalised versions of themselves discussing their lives in a mockumentary format. Various comedians and celebrities make appearances, usually also as fictionalised versions of themselves.

In August 2020, it was announced an 8-episode second series would screen in 2021, with two Christmas specials broadcast in December 2020. A third series began broadcasting in March 2022. In May 2022, a further two series were commissioned, with the announcement that Manchester based company King of Sunshine Productions would be the new television company responsible for making the show. The fourth series began broadcasting on 6 April 2023, with all episodes available to stream on UKTV Play on the day of release. The fifth series began broadcasting on 8 April 2024, with all episodes available to stream on UKTV Play on the day of release.

Main characters

 * Jon Richardson as himself
 * Lucy Beaumont as herself
 * Elsie Richardson, Jon and Lucy's daughter, is played by an uncredited child actor
 * Michele Austin as Dani Julian, Jon's agent
 * Damion Priestley as Damion, Jon and Lucy's neighbour
 * Emma Priestley as Emma, Jon and Lucy's neighbour
 * Thomas Priestley as Thomas, Damion and Emma's son

Recurring and guest characters
• Gill Adams as herself (Lucy's mother)

• Amanda Abbington as herself

• Alexander Armstrong as himself

• Dane Baptiste as himself

• Rob Beckett as himself

• Kemah Bob as herself

• Marcus Brigstocke as himself

• Alex Brooker as himself

• Beverley Callard as herself

• Alan Carr as himself

• Craig Charles as himself

• Adrian Chiles as himself

• Bernie Clifton as himself

• Julian Clary as himself

• Janice Connolly as herself / Mrs Barbara Nice

• Brian Cox as himself

• Jack Dee as himself

• Susie Dent as herself

• Jason Donovan as himself

• Anton Du Beke as himself

• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as himself

• Matt Forde as himself

• Sarah Greene as herself

• Graeme Hawley as Bob / himself

• Nigel Havers as himself

• Richard Herring as himself

• Derek Horsham as Andy

• Russell Howard as himself

• Rosie Jones as herself

• Chris Kamara as himself

• Russell Kane as himself

• Kerry Katona as herself

• Jessica Knappett as herself

• Mark Lawson as himself

• Sally Lindsay as herself

• Gabby Logan as herself

• Tim Lovejoy as himself

• Zoe Lyons as herself

• Melinda Messenger as herself / Lucy Beaumont

• Kevin McCloud as himself

• Justin Moorhouse as himself

• Rachel Parris as herself

• Joe Pasquale as himself

• Steve Pemberton as himself

• Sally Phillips as herself

• Tim Reid as himself

• Jonathan Ross as himself

• Katherine Ryan as herself

• Ben Shephard as himself

• Kellie Shirley as Jean / herself

• David Tennant as himself

• Georgia Tennant as herself

• Johnny Vegas as himself

• Dan Walker as himself

• Gregg Wallace as himself

• Seann Walsh as himself

• Kimberly Wyatt as herself

• Alex Zane as himself

Series 2
In August 2020, Dave commissioned a second series of the show plus two Christmas specials to be broadcast at the end of 2020.

Series 3
In June 2023, Jon Richardson, Adrian Chiles, and Matt Forde were made honorary members of Sheffield F.C. after visiting the club to film for the series.