Richard Bacon
Acting Born Nov 30, 1975 Mansfield, England 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self - Presenter
- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self - Host
- Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
- Blue Peter (1958) as Self - Guest
- Newsnight (1980) as Self
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist
- Would I Lie to You? (2007) as Self
- Question Time (1979) as Himself - Panellist
- Question Time (1979) as Self - Panellist
- Celebrity Juice (2008) as Self
- 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005) as Self
- Playhouse Presents (2012) as Interviewer
- The Thick of It (2005) as Richard Bacon
- The Big Breakfast (1992)
- FM (2009) as Self
- Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable (2021) as Self
- You Have Been Watching (2009) as Self
- Johnny Vaughan Tonight (2002) as Self
- Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive (2006)
- School's Out (2006) as Self
- Back to Reality (2004) as Self - Host
- Hidden Talent (2012)
- Castaway Exposed (2007) as Self - Host
- The Simpsons Quiz Show (2004) as Self - Contestant