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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 sacked 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 ITV Good Morning Britain as a Stand in Presenter, 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.
Birth Name
Richard Paul Bacon
Born
Sunday, 30 November 1975
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This England | Graham Medley | 2022 |
| Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable | Self | 2021 |
| The Tez O'Clock Show | Self | 2019 |
| Top 30 | Self - Host | 2016 |
| Eternal Glory | Self - Host | 2015 |
| Explorer | Self | 2015 |
| Very British Problems | Self | 2015 |
| The Big Painting Challenge | Self | 2015 |
| Show Me the Telly | Self - Host | 2013 |
| The Science of Doctor Who | Self - Audience Member | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This England | Graham Medley | 2022 |
| Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable | Self | 2021 |
| The Tez O'Clock Show | Self | 2019 |
| Top 30 | Self - Host | 2016 |
| Eternal Glory | Self - Host | 2015 |
| Explorer | Self | 2015 |
| Very British Problems | Self | 2015 |
| The Big Painting Challenge | Self | 2015 |
| Show Me the Telly | Self - Host | 2013 |
| The Science of Doctor Who | Self - Audience Member | 2013 |
| Sunday Side Up | Self - Sunday Scoop Presenter | 2013 |
| The Golden Rules of TV | Self | 2012 |
| Playhouse Presents | Interviewer | 2012 |
| The Matt Lucas Awards | Self | 2012 |
| Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 2012 |
| Most Annoying People 2011 | Self - Narrator | 2011 |
| My Life in Books | Self | 2011 |
| 10 O'Clock Live | Self - Broadcaster | 2011 |
| James Corden's World Cup Live | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Peter Andre: The Next Chapter | Self | 2009 |
| You Have Been Watching | Self | 2009 |
| Psychoville | Interviewer | 2009 |
| Heston's Feasts | Self | 2009 |
| FM | Richard Bacon | 2009 |
| Celebrity Juice | Self | 2008 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2007 |
| The Law of the Playground | Self | 2006 |
| Annually Retentive | Richard Bacon | 2006 |
| Hotel Babylon | Richard Bacon | 2006 |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Self | 2005 |
| The Thick of It | Richard Bacon | 2005 |
| Back to Reality | Self - Host | 2004 |
| 19 Keys | Self - Presenter | 2003 |
| The Terry and Gaby Show | Self | 2003 |
| Timeshift | Self - Narrator | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 2002 |
| The Wright Stuff | Self - Guest Host / Self - Host | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| To Me, to You! | Self | 1996 |
| Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990 |
| Top of the Pops | 1964 | |
| Blue Peter | Himself - Guest | 1958 |
| Panorama | Self - Reporter | 1953 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| I Literally Just Told You | 2021 |
| This Is My House | 2021 |
| The Hustler | 2021 |
| Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey | 2015 |
