The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

In March 2006 Rickitt took part in the Channel 4 reality show The Games. He made a return to the London stage to star in Bill Kenwright's production Office Games followed by a new play Final Judgement and also appeared in Nick Moran's play Telstar on UK Tour. He finiAdam Rickittd last in the contest.

He now works as a charity fundraiser. He is most well known for playing Nick Tilsley in the soap opera Coronation Street from 1997–99 between 2002-04.