Richard Bacon
ActingNovember 30, 1975(age 50)
Mansfield, England
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.
TV Shows
(25 total)
The Thick of It
20058.1
as Richard Bacon
Would I Lie to You?
20077.8
as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
20057.1
as Self
Top of the Pops
19646.6
as Self - Presenter
Top of the Pops
19646.6
as Self - Host
Celebrity Juice
20086.6
as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
N/A7.1
as Self - Panellist
Question Time
19795.5
as Himself - Panellist
Question Time
19795.5
as Self - Panellist
FM
20096.5
as Self
Newsnight
19806.0
as Self
Blue Peter
19587.6
as Self - Guest
Dragons' Den: How to Win in the Den
2011
as Himself - Narrator