In 2008, he bought the rights to Sooty from HiT Entertainment. He has made a direct-to-DVD feature length Sooty episode called The Big Day Out, which was released September 2009. He went on to write, present and act as executive producer on the 2011 series of Sooty. He is also the current voice of Kipper the Cat, Butch, and Ramsbottom. He also provided the voice of the announcer at the go-kart race in the episode, The Great Race. In a 2012 interview with the Daily Mail, Richard stated that he intends to keep the rights to Sooty for as long as possible.