Last updated February 2008
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Richard Bacon
presents his own show on BBC Radio 5 Live, Mondays to Thursdays from 10pm to 1am.
Richard was born in 1975 and grew up in Mansfield, Nottingham. His first job in the media was as a roving reporter for BBC Radio Nottingham from 1994 to 1996.
In 1996 he joined Live TV as a presenter, and then got his big break when he joined the BBC's flagship children's programme Blue Peter at the beginning of 1997, until a scandal cost him his job in October 1998.
Richard's career survived and he went on to present such shows as The Big Breakfast and Top Of The Pops. He has also presented programmes on BBC One, BBC Three, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky One across a variety of genres.
In addition to his TV work, Richard has developed a successful radio career as a national presenter and presented drivetime shows on Capital FM and Xfm.
Richard left Xfm at the end of March 2007 to pursue other broadcasting interests, including presenting BBC Three's Castaway Exposed.
He also writes a film review page for The People newspaper.
He joined BBC Radio 5 Live in October 2007.
Richard is married and lives in London.
