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Richard Bacon, 48, unrecognisable - 26 years since Blue Peter drugs scandal sacking
TV presenter Richard Bacon, 48, who rose to fame when he starred on BBC One's Blue Peter back in 1997, now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rebecca McFarlane, and their two kids
More than two decades later, Richard has forged a successful career as a TV producer in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Rebecca McFarlane and their two children Arthur, 13, and 10 year old daughter Ivy. Richard's firing made big news at the time, with the BBC's head of children's programmes Lorraine Heggessey issuing a statement about the termination of his contract. Richard has been open and honest about his past struggles and in 2018, vowed to cut out booze and drugs to improve his lifestyle after he was placed in a medically induced coma due to a lung condition.
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