Richard Bacon Biography
Richard Bacon is a television and radio presenter from England. He has worked as a reporter or presenter on numerous television shows, including Blue Peter and The Big Breakfast, as well as as a stand-in presenter on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, and on radio stations such as Capital FM, Xfm London, and BBC Radio Five Live.
How old is Richard Bacon? – Age
He is 47 years old as of 30 November 2022. He was born in 1975 in Mansfield, United Kingdom. His real name is Richard Paul Bacon.
Richard Bacon Education
Bacon grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and attended St Peter’s Church of England Primary School on Bellamy Road before attending two independent schools in the county: Wellow House School, a preparatory school on Newark Road in the village of Wellow, and Worksop College, a boarding school on Windmill Lane in Worksop. He studied Business Studies with Electronics at Nottingham Trent University for a year before dropping out.
Richard Bacon Wife
In 2008, Bacon married Rebecca McFarlane. They live in Los Angeles, where Bacon works in television in the United States. They have two kids. His father-in-law is John McFarlane, who was Barclays’ chairman from 2015 to 2019.
Richard Bacon Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Richard Bacon Blue Peter
Bacon first appeared on television as a presenter on the children’s show Blue Peter, which he joined on February 21, 1997. He shared the stage with Romana D’Annunzio, Katy Hill, Konnie Huq, and Stuart Miles. On October 19, 1998, he became the show’s first-ever mid-season contract termination after the tabloid newspaper News of the World published a report about Bacon taking cocaine. His time on the show lasted just over 18 months. Lorraine Heggessey, then-Head of BBC Children’s Programmes, went on air to explain Bacon’s dismissal to CBBC viewers. Bacon was required to return his Blue Peter badge after being fired.
Richard Bacon Podcast
Bacon announced on his podcast in October 2011 that he had been contacted by the Metropolitan Police, who informed him that his phone had been hacked by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.
Richard Bacon Explorer
Beginning on November 14, 2016, the United States’ worldwide educational cable network National Geographic Channel debuted its “global” overhaul and rebranding with an entirely new primetime lineup that night: the much-anticipated, multi-million-dollar docudrama miniseries Mars, followed by the reboot of Explorer, and then Star Talk, a lighthearted panel discussion series loosely centered on astrophysics and astronomy, hosted by astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tysoe. Bacon became the host of the Explorer program, which consists of several (usually three) short films introduced by Bacon and shot all over the world that deal with social, political, environmental, and/or humanitarian issues.
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Each film is then discussed in front of a live studio audience, usually with the filmmaker or another representative of the film, with Bacon moderating. Then, at least one expert from each side of the debate joins the conversation. Each episode of Explorer features live-audience segments shot at CBS Studios in New York City. Bacon hiked through Yosemite National Park with President Barack Obama for the premiere show.
Richard Bacon Radio
For the Saturday and Sunday late-night show, Bacon joined BBC Radio 5 Live. He then worked as an announcer for BBC 7 before becoming a DJ for Capital FM and then Xfm London. He returned to 5 Live and hosted the late-night show from November 2007 to December 2009, imitating Jack Killian’s ending, “Goodnight Great Britain, wherever you are,” in the NBC television series Midnight Caller. He also occasionally acted in place of Simon Mayo on the daytime film review program, and he said that The Apartment was his favorite movie.
Bacon replaced Simon Mayo as the regular host of the mid-afternoon show on 5 Live from Monday through Thursday in January 2010. News, sports, celebrity interviews, and special features were all covered on the show. With Boyd Hilton and another guest, there was a TV review on Tuesdays that looked back on the week’s television and gave a preview of future shows. On Wednesdays, during the Moan-In, listeners could share their grumbles and receive a score out of ten from Bacon and a guest, typically Dave Vitty. Chart The Week, with two guests discussing the most talked-about news stories of the week, was the Thursday feature. Bacon began hosting a weekly Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music at the same time. he later left to focus on different responsibilities. In January 2012, he gave a Saturday morning program for six weeks at 6 Music.
The BBC Trust categorized Bacon’s afternoon show as “news” because of its content, which drew criticism. “With many items falling outside of the remit, such as “entertainment-based interviews” and listener-generated features,” as rival broadcaster Talksport claimed in a general complaint to the BBC Trust in 2010, the BBC Radio 5 Live station was not providing its mandatory 75% news output. According to a poll, only 20% of listeners thought that Bacon’s two-hour weekday afternoon show contained “news,” so Talksport’s complaint “particularly singl[ed] out Bacon’s two-hour weekday afternoon show for criticism.” “A more nuanced method of monitoring the proportion of news output” on 5 Live compared to the current system, which counts the entirety of Richard Bacon’s afternoon show as news,” the BBC Trust acknowledged in their response, despite rejecting Talksport’s complaints.
Bacon suggested to his listeners to watch a YouTube video of comedian Doug Stanhope mocking Sarah Palin’s disabled son Trig in August 2011. “The association is shocked that a BBC employee has publicized the work of a comedian which is nothing more than a vile offensive rant,” the Down’s Syndrome Association wrote in a complaint to the BBC regarding the broadcast. “I fully understand my responsibilities as a broadcaster and such a reference fell below the standards I set myself personally in my broadcasting,” Bacon wrote in his apology to the BBC.
Bacon’s departure from BBC Radio 5 Live was announced on July 1, 2014, later in the year. On September 24, 2014, Bacon’s final Radio 5 Live show was broadcast. Bacon has also covered for Simon Mayo on his BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show, both in April 2016 and during Mayo’s vacation in August 2015. On Ian Payne’s LBC afternoon shows on July 6 and 7, 2019, Bacon served as his replacement.