Richard Bacon: Last News

A Tory minister has been mocked after he refused to accept that Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng were "peddling fantasy economics" during the mini budget.

Former Blue Peter star Richard Bacon looks very different from his days on the kids' magazine show.The 48 year old Richard joined Blue Peter in 1997 alongside Romana D'Annunzio, Katy Hill, Konnie Huq and Stuart Miles, and quickly built himself as a household name in kids' entertainment. But his squeaky-clean reputation suffered a blow in October 1998, when a tabloid newspaper published a report of him taking cocaine outside a London nightclub.

This Morning star Dermot O'Leary has landed a major new presenting role - however, it isn't with ITV.The broadcaster, 51, is set to host a brand new show for channel U&Dave - formerly known as Dave - alongside comedian Katherine Ryan.The show, titled Silence is Golden, will give its studio audience £250,000 at the start of each episode which they get to keep if they can remain silent. U&Dave teases: "With every audience member mic’ed up, all hell breaks loose as a green room of 30 acts, led by three returning comedian captains, headed up by Katherine Ryan, wage war on the audience, with every sound forced out of them bringing the total prize money down." If the entertainers can get the prize pot down to zero, they can give the money to charity.The series has been created by Richard Bacon, who is best known for hosting Blue Peter, The Big Breakfast, Good Morning Britain and shows on Radio 5Live.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent A raft of high-concept unscripted formats from the likes of Yes Yes Media, Keshet International and Fulwell 73 were informally presented this week at the first edition of the International Creative Alliance Days hosted by Satisfaction Group, the Paris-based outfit founded by entrepreneur and famed TV host Arthur Essebag. The two-day event brought together creatives and industry players who are either part of Satisfaction or doing business with the company, notably acquisition executives from M6, France Televisions and Amazon Prime Video, among others.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent One of France’s most beloved and long-running TV hosts, Arthur Essebag, is preparing to take his leading unscripted production banner Satisfaction into English-language markets with top partners, ranging from James Corden, Leo Pearlman, Ben Winston, Benjamin, Gabriel Turner, Richard Bacon to Elisabeth Murdoch. A few days after announcing its stake in Yes Yes Media, the company founded by Richard Bacon alongside Elisabeth Murdoch’s Sister Media, Satisfaction has formed a joint venture with Fulwell 73, the U.K.-based production company behind “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” The London-based outfit was founded in 2005 by Winston, Pearlman and Benjamin and Gabriel Turner. Corden was appointed a director in the company in 2017. Although the banner is headquartered in the U.K., as much as 70% of its turnover in 2020 came from the U.S. where Winston has produced the Grammy Awards, among other shows.

Friends star Courteney Cox and UK producer Sister are investing in a new production venture from British TV producer Richard Bacon.

Naman Ramachandran SISTER, the media group co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider, has unveiled a creative partnership with and taken a significant stake in new TV and tech entertainment company Yes Yes Media. Yes Yes, an unscripted entertainment venture, is founded by broadcaster and format developer Richard Bacon, who has presented “The Big Breakfast” and “Top of the Pops” and created formats “The Hustler,” hosted by Craig Ferguson (ABC), “This Is My House” (BBC1) and “I Literally Just Told You,” hosted by Jimmy Carr (Channel 4). The deal allows Yes Yes to leverage access to the SISTER’s global network of creative companies and investments spanning television and film, podcasting, publishing and live events.

ITV show and subsequently quit. Piers Morgan is now a TalkTV star with his Uncensored show, having quit GMB two years ago. The 56-year-old stormed off in March of that year, during a row with Alex Beresford over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview.

Channel 4 has announced The Big Breakfast will return this summer with hosts Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu.After the show was revived for a one-off special as part of Channel 4’s Black To Front day in September last year, the show has been commissioned for four episodes which will air in August.The Big Breakfast originally aired from 1992 to 2002, when it was hosted by the likes of Chris Evans, Richard Bacon, Gaby Roslin, Johnny Vaughn and Denise Van Outen.Vivienne Molokwu, Channel 4 senior commissioning editor, said: “I genuinely believe that the Black To Front Project unearthed one of the best presenting double acts that telly has seen in sometime in bringing Mo and AJ together for The Big Breakfast so it’s absolutely no surprise that we’re reuniting them for more early morning madness and making them a regular staple of our summer schedule.”Gilligan has presented The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan on Channel 4 since 2019. He also co-hosts The Big Narstie Show and has served as a judge on The Masked Singer UK since 2020.Earlier this year, the comedian replaced Jack Whitehall as host of the BRIT Awards, alongside Maya Jama and Clara Amfo.

Good Morning Britain saw the return of Ed Balls on Tuesday's show (April 26) as he hosted the show alongside Susanna Reid. The former Labour MP first made his presenting debut on the show last year.

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway became overwhelmed with emotion as she met a nurse who cared for author Michael Rosen during his Covid battle - and then learned that she had also cared for her husband Derek, whose battle with the disease is still ongoing. As the realisation hit home, Kate, 54, who married Derek in 2005, felt urged to share a hug with Beth Dixon, and leapt up to do so after being reassured it was fine to by co-host Richard Bacon. Knowing that Derek had been on the same ward as the acclaimed children’s writer, known for books like We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Kate said: “I have to ask you on a personal note, because you cared for Michael, and Derek, we’ve now found out, was two beds away.

Kate Garraway was left 'overwhelmed' during her latest appearance on Good Morning Britain after she finally met one of the nurses who helped care for Derek Draper as he battled the devastating effects Covid had on his body. The presenter, 54, was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Friday (April 22) alongside Richard Bacon. The pair were joined in the studio by much-loved children's author Michael Rosen, who thought he was on the programme to chat about his new book and own battle with the virus.

Kate Garraway has addressed the possibility of returning to I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, remarking that she could ‘redeem herself’ if given a second chance. This week, it was reported that ITV are planning to launch an all-star version of the reality show in South Africa, ahead of a planned return to the jungle in Australia.

James Argent has opened up about how ‘special’ Tom Parker’s funeral was, as he appeared on Good Morning Britain. The Wanted singer sadly passed away last month at the age of 33 after a brain cancer battle and his funeral was held yesterday, Wednesday, 20 April. Richard Bacon asked former TOWIE star Arg about the “difficult day”, which was an emotional goodbye to dad-of-two Tom.

Anne and Linda Nolan have opened up about their joint breast cancer diagnosis and how “lucky” they were to be able to have treatment together in the pandemic. The Nolan Sisters appeared on Good Morning Britain to celebrate their book, Stronger Together, coming out in paperback. Speaking to Kate Garraway and Richard Bacon, the duo opened up about how their health struggles were easier as they faced them together.

Piers Morgan has asked his 7.9 million Twitter followers whether he should “storm in” to Good Morning Britain following his infamous exit last year.The journalist is finally returning to ITV today to appear on Lorraine, which airs straight after GMB. “Shall I storm into ⁦@GMB?” he tweeted half an hour before his appearance on the show, while watching Kate Garraway and Lorraine Kelly poke fun at him on-air from backstage.It comes when, shortly before his momentous return, his ex ITV colleagues Kate and Lorraine joked that they would have to “locked the doors” beforehand. “Piers Morgan is in the building and hopefully he will stay for the whole interview!” Lorraine announced. “I’ll cross my fingers,” she added, as the Good Morning Britain presenters burst out laughing. “We’re going to have to go and find him aren’t we?” Kate quipped.Her co-star Richard Bacon said: “He absolutely might come into this studio.“I don’t know if we’ve got a bolt…”“A bolt for the door!” Kate added gleefully, as Lorraine chimed in, “Lock the doors!”Piers is on Lorraine this morning at 9am on ITV.Alex’s accusations caused Piers to storm off the set of the ITV show, and he has not returned to the channel since. Piers had previously told Express.co.uk he would not speak to Alex again as he reflected on his departure from the programme.Piers, 57, is returning just over one year after he walked off the set of Good Morning Britain following a nasty spat with weatherman Alex Beresford.More to follow...

Linda Nolan has opened up about her ongoing cancer treatment during an appearance on Good Morning Britain with her sister, Anne, on Thursday. MORE: Coleen Nolan reunites with sisters amid health battleThe 63-year-old, who has untreatable secondary breast cancer, revealed that she is having chemotherapy treatment which leaves her with neuropathic pain in her feet and fingers. WATCH: Coleen Nolan talks Linda and Anne's cancer diagnosis"My cancer isn't curable, it's treatable," she explained. "So, I'm having a kind of palliative treatment.

Katie Price has reportedly landed her own television show focusing on mental health awareness.

MasterChef star has since lost a whopping 4st that completely transformed his body and lifestyle.Gregg joined Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Bacon today for a chat about his radical change.He lifted the lid on how he achieved his ideal results and the stark warning health professionals gave him.He said: “I personally don't like diets because I always felt hungry.“What I do is eat three big healthy meals a day, meals that fill me up."The TV star continued: "The doctor said you have huge cholesterol here, unless you do something you're going to have a heart attack.“I went on a weight loss and fitness site and in there I tell you how I went from the guy on the left hand side of the screen [to the one on the right].“I’m 56

E1mental43 quipped: "Is Richard in a homeless centre?"Richard thanked Andi Peters for giving him a job after he was fired from Blue Peter for illicit drug use.After being cut from the show, the latter brought him back to screens with a role on The Big Breakfast.Richard said: "Andi likes to take credit for that, but he actually deserves the credit because that's what happened."He went on and had a successful career in presenting and is now producing game shows in America.He also stood in for Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain earlier this year.In a new Channel 4 documentary called Cancelled, Richard talks about his experience of what is now called cancel culture. The show goes through the toxic nature of shaming and abuse that comes with

BBC One game show This Is MY House has been given a second season run of ten episodes in an evolved 30-minute format.