He remained a sports presenter on the weekday morning Today show on BBC Radio 4 until 9 September 2024, after 43 years in the role.
He has stated that he believes in asking the same question three times if he has not received a response, a style also favoured by fellow journalists Jeremy Paxman and John Humphrys.
[1] He gained interviews from a wide range of sources (football) and regularly had guests from the national press as co-host.
[1] During a rain delay at Wimbledon, Richardson got a note through to former President of the United States Bill Clinton and persuaded him to give an impromptu interview in the Royal Box, with a crowd of 18,000 watching.
[1] In 2002, he irritated tennis player Anna Kournikova, who requested the interview be restarted when he cast aspersions on her confidence level after losing at Wimbledon.