Acting
Richard Bacon
Birth Date
November 30, 1975
(50 years old)
Place of Birth
Mansfield, England
Popularity
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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.
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Top of the Pops
Self - Presenter
1964 • 135 episodes
Newsnight
Self
1980 • 1 episode
Blue Peter
Self - Guest
1958 • 1 episode
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
1979 • 1 episode
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990 • 3 episodes
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
— • 2 episodes
Celebrity Juice
Self
2008 • 2 episodes
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005 • 1 episode
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007 • 1 episode
Playhouse Presents
Interviewer
2012 • 1 episode
The Thick of It
Richard Bacon
2005 • 1 episode
The Big Breakfast
1992 • 60 episodes
This England
Graham Medley
2022 • 2 episodes
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Self
2002 • 1 episode
FM
Self
2009 • 1 episode
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Self
2021 • 1 episode
You Have Been Watching
Self
2009 • 1 episode
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006 • 1 episode
Hidden Talent
2012 • 6 episodes
School's Out
Self
2006 • 1 episode