10 Facts About Richard Stubbs

Richard Stubbs was born on 4 November 1957 and is an Australian radio and television presenter, writer and comedian.

Since then, Richard Stubbs has performed in many Australian and international comedy venues, including Montreal, Los Angeles, London and New York.

Richard Stubbs started on 3XY's XY-Zoo breakfast show, followed by Triple M in the mornings before moving to the Richard Stubbs Breakfast Show for five years.

Public interest in Richard Stubbs became evident when he retired from radio at the end of 1997.

Richard Stubbs completed a sell-out season at the Athenaeum Theatre during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April 1998 and had two national tours in the same year.

Richard Stubbs returned to live stand-up comedy, performing his Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2003 show, Richard Stubbs Comperes Le Joke.

Richard Stubbs then continued the festival run by selling out his Up Close show at the Gold Coast Comedy Festival and a season at Sydney's Comedy Store, together with varied corporate engagements around the country in 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, Richard Stubbs joined 774 ABC Melbourne as the Afternoons presenter.

Richard Stubbs had been the subject of formal complaints of workplace bullying in his final months.

In October 2016, Richard Stubbs joined 3AW's Weekend Break as a regular contributor alongside brother Peter and Diane Dunleavy.