Richard Bacon

Richard Paul Bacon (b. 30 November 1975) is a British television and radio presenter. He initially entered popular culture as co-presenter of the BBC One children's show Blue Peter although was famously dismissed after admitting to snorting cocaine.

He later returned as presenter of the weekly pop music show Top of the Pops. During his career he has worked as presenter for various shows on BBC Three, ITV, Channel 4 and more recently Fox channels in the USA.

In 2018, at the age of 42, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) claiming that if he had been diagnosed in his twenties the cocaine episode would not have happened.

In July 2018 Bacon was put in a medically induced coma after becoming seriously unwell with suspected pneumonia.