Richard Paul Bacon is a British television and radio presenter, best known for formerly hosting Blue Peter for 18 months until 1998. Bacon's first high-profile media role was as a presenter of the popular children's show Blue Peter, from which he was fired in 1998. Following Blue Peter, Richard 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. In the same year, Bacon began fronting his own late-night ITV4 comedy show Beer & Pizza Club. The show ended in December 2011. Since 2013, he has been hosting the ITV daytime game show Show Me the Telly, in which Chris Tarrant is the team captain. On 1st July 2014, Radio 5 Director General Jonathan Wall announced that Bacon would be leaving 5Live later in the year in the biggest shakeup of the station in recent years. 

November 30th, 1975 in Mansfield (Age 48)