Richards' occasional TV work includes "Holby City", "Doctors", "Judge John Deed, Moon & Sun" (BBC), "Virgin Birth" (Granada), "Sparkle Baby Sparkle" (ITV). Richards co-wrote the award-winning short film "The Crouch End Negotiator" (48 Hour Smoke & Screen Challenge) in 2007 and co-starred in "Lucky old Bag" the following year. His newest short, "Crime Central", was released in 2015. He was most recently seen in London at the Barbican performing with Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn in Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker in the songs Clara, Jolson and Jones, and Farmer in the City. He recorded his debut album in 2009, called "A Shining Truth", a collection of previously unrecorded songs by Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Conor Mitchell & Others, which was due for release on 3 August 2009. Prior to the launch Richards played Stryver in the HBO version of "A Tale Of Two Cities". Richards also teaches jazz at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, the leading conservatoire in Britain for student artists who can sing, dance and act. Richards' second CD of new writing, called "Short Stories", was due for release in 2015.