Richard Bacon presented Blue Peter from 21st February 1997 to 19th October 1998.
Bacon was fired after being exposed by the News of the World as a "cocaine-snorting sneak"
In 1994 Richard Bacon joined BBC Radio Nottingham. In 1996, Bacon was a reporter on the infamous Live TV.
He once hosted a strand called Streaky Bacon on The Big Breakfast, in which he would try to persuade a member of the public to run up a street naked.
Richard Bacon has presented the Drivetime Show on Capital Radio.
He also presented Xfm's drivetime slot.
In 2007 Richard Bacon took over Anita Anand's late night slot on Radio Five Live.
Richard Bacon presented BBC3's Castaway Exposed.
In July 2008 Richard Bacon covered for Matthew Wright as host of The Wright Stuff.
In 2010 he co-hosted with Peter Crouch BBC3's World Cup's Most Shocking Moments.
