the Mapp and Lucia novels of E. F. Benson. Coles featured as the subject of Fern Britton Meets... on BBC1 in December 2014. Since 2014 he has appeared regularly in the "Pause for Thought" slot on Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, for which he won a Jerusalem Award in 2014. In July 2016, Coles appeared on the BBC cooking series Celebrity Masterchef, finishing in fifth place. In December 2021, he once again appeared on the programme, this time winning the edition. In February 2017, he co-presented The Big Painting Challenge with Mariella Frostrup on BBC1. From September 2017, Coles was a contestant in the 15th series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. He was paired with professional dancer Dianne Buswell. They were the second couple to be eliminated after scoring 14 points for their Pasodoble to Flash Gordon – at the time, the lowest scoring Pasodoble in the history of the show. On 18 December 2017 Coles was a guest panellist on the Christmas special of the eleventh series of BBC1 comedy quiz Would I Lie to You?, hosted by Rob Brydon. Coles was captain of a team from the University of Leeds who were series champions on the BBC's Christmas 2019 University Challenge. In December 2020 Coles was featured in the BBC series Winter Walks, walking from Sutton Bank to Rievaulx Abbey. He said, "At the centre of what we do in order to be who we are, we need silence, we need retreat, we need contemplation." Coles appeared in a January 2021 episode of the BBC Four series Britain's Lost Masterpieces, discussing the story of the Magi in the gospels, in relation to a portrayal of Balthazar by Joos van Cleve. In August 2022, Coles appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Good Grief with Reverend Richard Coles, discovering some of the different ways people deal with bereavement. From 7 to 11 November 2022 Coles guest hosted Channel 4's game show 'Countdown' as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. Works Discography The Communards' studio albums: Communards (1986) Red (1987) Bibliography Non-fiction Lives of the Improbable Saints (illustrated by Ted Harrison, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2012, ) Legends of the Improbable Saints (illustrated by Ted Harrison, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2013, ) Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went From Pop to Pulpit (W&N, 2014, ) Bringing in the Sheaves: Wheat and Chaff from My Years as a Priest (W&N,