Richard McCourt

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Richard McCourt (born 12 August 1976 in Sheffield, England) is a television presenter and radio presenter best known as one half of children's television duo Dick and Dom. He is also the brother of television presenter James McCourt.

1 Radio presenter
2 Actor
3 Television presenter
4 Charity Work
5 External links

[edit] Radio presenter

Richard has presented or featured on several radio stations in his home town of Sheffield:

Chrystal hospital broadcasting
Meadowhall Radio
Hallam FM

[edit] Actor

Also a stage actor, Richard McCourt has appeared in many pantomimes, including:

Aladdin at The Empire Theatre in Sunderland (1999/2000)
Cinderella at the Derngate Theatre, Northampton (2000-2001)
Aladdin at Bath Theatre Royal (2001/2002)
Dick Whittington at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield (2002/2003)

[edit] Television presenter

Best known for co-presenting Dick and Dom in da Bungalow with Dominic Wood whom he met after joining CBBC. His other television credits include:

worked on a hospital's television station,
a live children's programme for Meadowhall Television,
in-vision links presenter for CBBC,
BBC's HOT - Holidays on two,
CITV's on Safari,
Celebrate the Sound of Music
More recently he was a contestant on BBC's Hard Spell and The Weakest Link quizzes but failed to win either.

[edit] Charity Work

In his early teens, McCourt was the victim of playground bullies and is involved in the Radio 1 anti-bullying campaign. Other notable charity and public service work includes:

National Childrens Homes, a children's charity (European year of language) & (House on the hill)
Sport Relief 2004
Red nose day 2005
Marie Curie (Little feet, big feat & words worth reading)