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