Richard Bacon

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day · Richard Bacon - ‘I Was Betrayed By My Best Friend’ · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

And I got in the lift with the head of HR.

Just coincidentally, she got my contract in her hand.

And I was like, so you know what's coming.

And I knew I'd have to go anyway, because by now it's Sunday and it's in the paper.

Back then, the Sunday newspapers used to come out first at King's Cross.

Do you know that?

That would be the reason that they were taken on the trains to other places.

So yes, it was quite well known.

I mean, these days I barely read a newspaper, but back then I was very interested in them.

So I drove to King's Cross.

to get the news of the world to see myself in it and so yeah i went up to lorraine hegacy and you know i i said yeah i've got to go she said you've got to go then i had to hand him my badge it's like it's like leaving the lapd i have to hand him your badge your blue peter badge i could no longer get in free to the motor museum yeah i couldn't get free to mantis swords anymore but you've got a badge back i've got it yeah the blue peter six 20 years later or something

Yeah, in a sort of quite sweet circular thing.

The 40th is where it all collapsed.

And then I got invited back to the 60th.

And Peter Purvis, in front of all the other Blue Peter presenters, off camera, but he pinned one on me in front of, and he said, all is forgiven.

And all the other Blue Peter presenters applauded.

Yeah.

It was huge.

It was really treated in such a big way.

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