Richard Bacon
Acting • Born 1975-11-30
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.
Filmography
25 credits
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self - Presenter
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
TV • 2021
Self
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV • 2006
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Back to Reality
TV • 2004
Self - Host
The Big Breakfast
TV • 1992
School's Out
TV • 2006
Self
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
TV • 2002
Self
You Have Been Watching
TV • 2009
Self
The Big Idea
TV • 2006
Hidden Talent
TV • 2012
Castaway Exposed
TV • 2007
Self - Host
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
The Thick of It
TV • 2005
Richard Bacon
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self - Panellist
Dragons' Den: How to Win in the Den
TV • 2011
Himself - Narrator
Question Time
TV • 1979
Himself - Panellist
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
Blue Peter
TV • 1958
Self - Guest
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self - Host
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Newsnight
TV • 1980
Self
The Simpsons Quiz Show
TV • 2004
Self - Contestant
FM
TV • 2009
Self