Richard Ashdown

Richard Ashdown (born 30 September 1978, Harlow, Essex, England) is an English darts master of ceremonies, referee, spotter and statistician who has worked within the sport of darts since 2002, for broadcasters and organisers of both World Darts Federation and Professional Darts Corporation events.

It was announced in April 2013 that Ashdown would be the new Master of Ceremonies at the Lakeside World Darts Championship for the British Darts Organisation, a role he carried out from 2014 to 2019 and later returned to Lakeside for the World Darts Federation in 2022.

Richard has appeared as an announcer on the BBC for celebrity introductions and darts challenges, including The One Show and Let's Play Darts for Sport Relief.

From 2020 to 2022, Ashdown appeared on Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow in the Tony Green role as the darts scorer on Bullseye.

A Bullseye Christmas special was commissioned by ITV in 2024 with Freddie Flintoff as the host and Richard Ashdown as scorer. Flintoff and Ashdown reprise their respective roles when Bullseye returns for a full series in 2025.

Ashdown is affectionately known as "Little Richard", in reference to his height of 160 cm (5 foot 3 inches).