Richard Bacon
Birthday
1975/11/30 (49 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mansfield, England
Also know as
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Biography
Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter. He was a host of the children's show Blue Peter—his first high-profile media role—until he was fired in 1998 after 18 months for admitting to taking cocaine. He has since worked as a reporter or presenter on numerous television shows, including The Big Breakfast, and on radio stations including Capital FM, Xfm London and BBC Radio Five Live. In 2016 Bacon became the presenter of The National Geographic Channel's reboot of its documentary/panel discussion TV series, Explorer.
Acting
(1964) Top of the Pops
as Self - Presenter
(2021) Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as Self
(2006) Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
as ---
(2008) Celebrity Juice
as Self
(2004) Back to Reality
as Self - Host
(1992) The Big Breakfast
as ---
(2006) School's Out
as Self
(2002) Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
(2009) You Have Been Watching
as Self
(2006) The Big Idea
as ---
(2012) Hidden Talent
as ---
(2007) Castaway Exposed
as Self - Host
(2007) Would I Lie to You?
as Self
(2005) The Thick of It
as Richard Bacon
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
(2011) Dragons' Den: How to Win in the Den
as Himself - Narrator
(1996) To Me... To You...
as Himself
(1979) Question Time
as Himself - Panellist
(1979) Question Time
as Self - Panellist
(2005) 8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
(1958) Blue Peter
as Self - Guest
(1964) Top of the Pops
as Self - Host
(2002) Bo' Selecta!
as Self