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Richard Bacon (television presenter)
Richard Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is a British televison and radio presenter.
Bacon grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He is probably most famous for being a presenter on the children's show Blue Peter, which he joined on 21st February 1997. However, he is more famous for being the first ever Blue Peter presenter in its 40-year history to be actively sacked, after he admitted to taking cocaine.
Since then, Richard has presented such shows as The Big Breakfast, Top of the Pops and the reality TV show Back To Reality. He was a presenter on radio stations XFM and BBC Radio Five Live and will start, in May 2005, presenting the drivetime programme on Capital FM in London.
Richard is currently dating fellow television presenter Konnie Huq.
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