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=== Other appearances ===

Dawkins has made many television appearances on news shows providing his political opinions and especially his views as an atheist. He has been interviewed on the radio, often as part of his book tours. He has debated many religious figures. He has made many university speaking appearances, again often in coordination with his book tours. As of 2016, he has more than 60 credits in the [[Internet Movie Database]] where he appeared as himself:
* ''[[South Park]]'': "[[Go God Go]]" and "[[Go God Go XII]]" (2006) – as himself<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sean |first1=Nicholls |last2=McKenny |first2=Leesha |title=Scientist parks trannie sex jibe |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/scientist-parks-trannie-sex-jibe-20100303-pj4j.html |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=4 March 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'' (2008) – as himself, presented as a leading scientific opponent of intelligent design in a film that contends that the mainstream science establishment suppresses academics who believe they see evidence of intelligent design in nature and who criticise evidence supporting Darwinian evolution
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': "[[The Stolen Earth]]" (2008) – as himself
* ''[[Inside Nature's Giants]]'' (2009–12) – as guest expert
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': "[[Black Eyed, Please]]" (2013) – appears in Ned Flanders' dream of Hell; provided voice as a demon version of himself<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/03/10/richard-dawkins-appears-in-ned-flanders-nightmare-on-the-simpsons/ |title=Richard Dawkins Appears in Ned Flanders' Nightmare on The Simpsons |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=20 January 2016 |first=Hemant |last=Mehta |publisher=[[Patheos]] |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130060804/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/03/10/richard-dawkins-appears-in-ned-flanders-nightmare-on-the-simpsons/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)|Endless Forms Most Beautiful]]'' (2015) – by [[Nightwish]]: Finnish [[symphonic metal]] band Nightwish had Dawkins as a guest star on the album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-next-album-to-feature-guest-appearance-by-atheist-writerleader-richard-dawkins/ |title=Nightwish's Next Album To Feature Guest Appearance By British Professor Richard Dawkins |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=16 October 2014 |access-date=19 January 2015 |archive-date=9 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209031827/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-next-album-to-feature-guest-appearance-by-atheist-writerleader-richard-dawkins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-tuomas-holopainen-gives-endless-forms-most-beautiful-track-by-track-breakdown-video/ |title=Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen Gives 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' Track-By-Track Breakdown (Video) |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051208/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-tuomas-holopainen-gives-endless-forms-most-beautiful-track-by-track-breakdown-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shutt |first1=Dan |title=Nightwish, Wembley Arena, gig review: Closing with The Greatest Show on Earth too much for sell-out audience to handle |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/live-music/live-reviews/nightwish-wembley-arena-gig-review-closing-with-the-greatest-show-on-earth-too-much-for-sell-out-a6781496.html |website=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Print Limited |access-date=3 January 2016 |date=21 December 2015 |archive-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125184215/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/live-music/live-reviews/nightwish-wembley-arena-gig-review-closing-with-the-greatest-show-on-earth-too-much-for-sell-out-a6781496.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He provides narration on two tracks: "Shudder Before the Beautiful", in which he opens the album with one of his own quotes, and "The Greatest Show on Earth", inspired by and named after his book ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]]'', and in which he quotes ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' by [[Charles Darwin]].<ref name=spaziorock>{{cite web |title=Nightwish: track by track di "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"! |url=http://www.spaziorock.it/speciale.php?&id=nightwish-esclusivo-track-by-track-di-endless-forms-most-beautiful |website=SpazioRock |access-date=10 April 2015 |date=17 March 2015 |language=it |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704195744/http://www.spaziorock.it/speciale.php?&id=nightwish-esclusivo-track-by-track-di-endless-forms-most-beautiful |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=EMP>{{cite web |last1=Schleutermann |first1=Marcus |title=Nightwish – Food for Thought |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLMBGFBJ4I |website=EMP Rockinvasion |access-date=10 March 2015 |location=[[Köln]] |language=en, de |date=27 February 2015 |archive-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503004023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLMBGFBJ4I |url-status=live }}</ref> He subsequently performed his parts live with Nightwish on 19 December 2015 at the [[Wembley Arena]] in London; the concert was later released as a part of a live album/DVD titled ''[[Vehicle of Spirit]]''.
* ''[[Intersect (2020 film)|Intersect]]'', a 2020 American thriller film in which Dawkins provided the voice of Q42/Computer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millican |first1=Josh |title=Trailer: INTERSECT Delivers High-Concept, Lovecraftian Horror/Sci-fi September 15th |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/341097/trailer-intersect-delivers-high-concept-lovecraftian-horror-sci-fi-september-15th/ |website=[[Dread Central]] |access-date=30 June 2022 |date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Squires |first1=John |title=Lovecraftian 'Intersect' Brings Monsters to Miskatonic University This September [Trailer] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3628798/lovecraftian-intersect-brings-monsters-miskatonic-university-september-trailer/ |website=[[Bloody Disgusting!]] |access-date=30 June 2022 |date=24 August 2020}}</ref>