Richard Bacon (broadcaster)
Richard Paul Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter. Bacon's first high-profile media role was as a presenter of Blue Peter, from which he was fired in 1998 following newspaper reports of him taking cocaine. He then worked as a reporter or presenter on numerous television shows, including The Big Breakfast, and on radio stations including Capital FM, and Xfm London.
In January 2010, he started presenting the mid-afternoon programme on BBC Radio 5 Live, having previously presented the station's late-night show.
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