BBC presenter Rick Edwards has said he will begin a one-man campaign to save his TV show after it was axed.
The presenter, 44, took to Instagram to reveal he is on a solo mission to revive his programme Impossible.
The show ran for four years from 2017 to 2021 before it was dropped by the BBC but Rick has seemingly not given up hope of bringing it back.
On Thursday, Rick shared the details behind his ‘covert operation’ via write-ins to try and bring the show back to screens across the UK.
Posting on Instagram Stories, Rick shared a photographed page of RadioTimes, stating: ‘I write a letter to the Radio Times every week under the pseudonym ‘Sandie Hobley’ and FINALLY they’ve printed one!’
BBC presenter Rick Edwards has said he will begin a one-man campaign to save his TV show after it was axed
The letter read: ‘Am I alone in wondering why the BBC don’t appear to have commissioned any more series of Impossible, hosted by Rick Edwards, who now presents the Breakfast show (weekdays) and Fighting Talk (Saturday) on Radio 5 Live?
‘This was easily the best new quiz format of recent years and I have so enjoyed the early afternoon re-runs on BBC2.’
‘Without any disrespect to newer quizzes, their gimmicky runways and lights are so distracting that the quiz element almost gets drowned out,’ the writer continued.
‘Please, please, BBC, get this one back on as soon as possible – it’s worthy of an evening slot but I do hope it would remain a shining star in the daytime schedules.’
It is unclear if Rick is genuinely behind the name of Sandie Hobley from Sutton Coldfield, or if he is taking credit for the letter.
Impossible ran for 237 episodes – including 12 celebrity specials – with contestants fighting for a maximum £10,000 prize.
Each round features questions in which certain answer choices are considered ‘impossible’ – or inconsistent within the category given.
In July 2022, Rick confirmed the show was over, saying it was due to ‘the BBC in its infinite wisdom’.
The presenter, 44, took to Instagram to reveal that he is on a solo mission to revive his programme Impossible
Although it has been away from screens for nearly three years, previous episodes of Impossible often appear on rotations of the BBC’s daytime TV schedule.
