[citation needed] Riks fronted various bands before going solo, following his performance on Central Television's New Faces in 1988.
[4] By 2008 Riks was featured and interviewed on the BBC television magazine programme Inside Out – as he had become the most-viewed comedian on YouTube in the UK.
[5] Also in 2008 Riks worked with Bob Mortimer of Pett Productions, writing and performing on the ITV programme The All Star Impressions Show.
[9] Riks hosted "The Liverpool Beatles Mathew Street Festival" from 2009 through 2012, where he compered and performed as John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Riks released a self-penned album titled Songs from the Parlour and was a co-writer on a 2008 Christmas single performed by Davy Jones of The Monkees.