Cast & creator
Richard Bacon
Best known for Top of the Pops, Top of the Pops, Have I Got News for You
Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter. He was a host of the children's show Blue Peter—his first high-profile media role—until he was fired in 1998 after 18 months for admitting to taking cocaine. He has since worked as a reporter or presenter on numerous television shows, including The Big Breakfast, and on radio stations including Capital FM, Xfm London and BBC Radio Five Live. In 2016 Bacon became the presenter of The National Geographic Channel's reboot of its documentary/panel discussion TV series, Explorer.
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film credits
31
television credits
28
1958–2025 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (31)
Showing 31 of 31 credits
Top of the Pops
Self - Presenter
1964Top of the Pops
Self - Host
1964
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Newsnight
Self
1980
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Celebrity Juice
Self
2008
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
1979Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Blue Peter
Self - Guest
1958
Playhouse Presents
Interviewer
2012
The Thick of It
Richard Bacon
2005
The Big Breakfast
1992
This England
Graham Medley
2022
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Self
2021Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Self
2002
This Is My House
Creator
2021
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
FM
Self
2009
I Literally Just Told You
Creator
2021
You Have Been Watching
Self
2009School's Out
Self
2006
Brit Cops
Narrator
2008The Simpsons Quiz Show
Self - Contestant
2004
Silence is Golden
Creator
2025Back to Reality
Self - Host
2004
Dragons' Den: How to Win in the Den
Himself - Narrator
2011Hidden Talent
2012Castaway Exposed
Self - Host
2007