Editing David Dickinson (section)

==Guest appearances==
In 2002, Dickinson appeared as a guest on ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'' joining Team B led by [[Ulrika Jonsson]] with [[Johnny Vegas]].

In 2004, Dickinson was one of several celebrities to have their portraits painted in the [[BBC One]] television series ''[[Star Portraits with Rolf Harris]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Portraits - Dickinson |url=http://www.starportraits.co.uk/programme.htm#dickinson |access-date=22 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204043607/http://www.starportraits.co.uk/programme.htm |archive-date=4 February 2007}}</ref> and, also in 2004, he appeared in the first series of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''.

In 2005, Dickinson appeared on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] reality show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'', where he first announced that he had used [[heroin]] in his younger years. He also presented information slots for viewers on how to bid on satellite shopping channel Bid TV. He appeared in one episode of the ITV drama ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', playing an antiques dealer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bargain Hunt host joins Heartbeat |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3392097.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=13 January 2004 |access-date=13 June 2014}}</ref>

Dickinson explored his family background in an episode of the third series of the BBC [[genealogical]] documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/18/bbcone.shtml|title= Autumn 2006|publisher=BBC One|date=18 July 2006}}</ref> broadcast in the UK on 4 October 2006. He was able to trace relatives in both the UK and [[Istanbul]].

On one radio episode of ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]'', [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] (voiced by [[Jon Culshaw]]) telephoned Dickinson to ask him how much he could get for a magnetic core extractor that was believed to have been owned by the Doctor when he was played by [[Jon Pertwee]]. Dickinson described the extractor as "a bit of a bobby dazzler".

In March 2014, Dickinson appeared in the eleventh series of ''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''. The duo disguised themselves with prosthetics and fake accents to dupe Dickinson into believing there was a live argument and subsequent car crash on the set of his new 'fake' show ''Long Lost Treasures''. During the aftermath of the wind up and following the big reveal from [[Ant & Dec]], Dickinson said "you two have done me up like a kipper!"<ref>{{cite web|last=McGeorge|first=Alistair|date=2014-03-08|title=Not the real deal: Watch Ant & Dec fool David Dickinson in hilarious prank for Saturday Night Takeaway|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/saturday-night-takeaway-david-dickinson-3206255|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Daily Mirror}}</ref>

He played the Emperor in the third episode of ''[[The Keith & Paddy Picture Show]]'' ("[[Return of the Jedi]]").<ref>{{Cite web|last=Darvill|first=Josh|date=2017-05-20|title=Keith & Paddy Picture Show does Star Wars' Return of the Jedi tonight on ITV|url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/310584-keith-paddy-picture-show-star-wars-return-jedi-tonight-itv.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=TellyMix}}</ref>