Richardson started her television presenting career on
The Big Breakfast on
Channel 4, and thereafter for the next six years appeared regularly in television programmes including
Love Bites for
ITV, for which she was nominated for an
RTS award. Richardson went on to present
Love Bites Back,
Dream Ticket,
Des Res, and the ITV series
Big Screen, in which she interviewed a number of prominent Hollywood personalities. Richardson has written and produced television programmes including
No Waste Like Home,
Turn Back Your Body Clock and Channel 4 series
You Are What You Eat. Richardson fronted Channel 4's
The Sex Education Show, broadcast from 9 September to 14 October 2008.
The Sex Education Show returned in March 2009 as
The Sex Education Show vs. Pornography. A third series,
The Sex Education Show: Am I Normal?, was broadcast in July 2010. The fourth series, called
The Sex Education Show: Stop Pimping Our Kids, aired from 19 to 21 April 2011. The fifth series began on 19 July 2011. Richardson presents Channel 4's
Secret Eaters, which began on 16 May 2012. She, alongside
Louise Redknapp, hosts
How Not to Get Old, which began on 7 August 2013. Richardson and
Andi Osho present
Supershoppers, which began on
Channel 4 on 1 February 2016. She presents Channel 4's
Naked Attraction, which began on 25 July 2016. In 2017, Richardson co-presented
How to Retire at 40 on
Channel 4. From January to June 2018, she was a panellist on six episodes of ITV's
Loose Women. In February 2018, she co-presented
How to Get Fit Fast with
Amar Latif on
Channel 4. In 2019, Richardson presented Channel 4's
Thomas Cook: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Oldest Travel Agent, a documentary about the collapse of
Thomas Cook Group. Richardson presents Channel 4's
How to Save a Grand in 24 Hours. The first episode aired on 26 April 2021. On 5 May 2021,
Channel 4 confirmed Richardson will be the host of the
reboot of
Changing Rooms. On 26 May 2022, it was confirmed that Richardson would co-present with Yinka Bokinni the Channel 4 series
Naked Education. On 13 June 2023,
Channel 4 commissioned the documentary ''The Truth About the 'Skinny' Jab'' about
slimming jabs, which Richardson presented. It aired on 19 September 2023. On 2 October 2024, Richardson presented
Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia; a
Channel 4 documentary about
dementia in her own family. On 7 December 2025, Richardson joins
Magic Radio as a regular cover presenter. Her first day is covering
Mel Giedroyc for the Magic Radio Request Show. ==Legal dispute with Arnold Schwarzenegger==