Talk:Richard Bacon (broadcaster)

Big Breakfast comment

Someone had added this to the mention of Bacon's tenure at the Big Breakfast:

"(the media and public alike strongly felt he was misplaced on the show and showed it with a complete lack of presenting ability and obvious incompetance towards comedy, by the end of the shows life the co-presenters as well as crew clearly looked unhappy and uncomfortable with Richard in the main chair, this was deemed by many to be a massive come down from the genuine talents of what made the show great such as Chris Evans, Mark Little and even Rick Adams, he clearly showed his stuttering, shouting and hand waving was not suited to the magazine format and he clearly was not cut out for comedy)"

This is obvious editorialising, unsourced and filled with weasel words, so I removed it; if someone genuinely believes this needs to be mentioned, find a citable source making the same claim. Gusworld 21:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Enormous irony

"The enormous irony of his career is that he remains much in demand as a radio and television presenter... because of his scandal involving Blue Peter, rather than despite it." Is this a pointless and unencyclopedic statement? 77.99.171.154 (talk) 13:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Removed section

I have removed the following as such a tall story needs sources Majts (talk) 22:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

" Bacon has proven to be no stranger to controversy during his media career, but as presenter of The Big Breakfast he found public support when the producers of the show threatened to fire him. In April 2001 his agent campaigned, at short notice, to allow Bacon a week's leave from The Big Breakfast so that he could participate in a charity race in Vienna. The event was a fundraiser for alopecia sufferers, and participants raced on trottinettes (modern foot scooters invented in Zurich) alongside Vienna's Donaukanal water channel, and within its immediate environs. Bacon, according to the lead producers of The Big Breakfast, participated in the event without permission, and instead of dealing with the dispute in-house the producers took the matter to the press, which resulted in extensive coverage. Public sentiment leaned towards being in favour of Bacon, and in BBC radio phone-ins the focus was not so much on whether Bacon had violated his contract, but rather that his actions had been for a good cause. The Sun newspaper chose to focus on the flip-side to the story, namely that Bacon had found the charity race more combative than expected, and after a few run-ins with over zealous participants had opted to withdraw during the race. The Sun quoted Bacon as comparing the event to the chariot race in the 1958 epic starring Charlton Heston, and the headline predictably read Bacon Hur! Bacon retained his position on The Big Breakfast, and official statements claimed that he incurred no sanctions for breach of contract. "

Richard Bacon confirmed himself on 5Live on 17 Feb 2009 that the story is not true.

References

Birth of son

Here is what Richard Bacon himself tweeted on the morning after his son was born "Might have to rethink my deep hatred for Halloween. Rebecca gave birth to our first son Arthur last night. Shot out in no time. He is ace." As the show is broadcast at 14:00, and all it says in the first ten minutes is that he is a new father, I would suggest that Twitter came first. Quentin X (talk) 11:48, 4 November 2011 (UTC)