Richard McCourt
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 Richard McCourt (right) with Dominic Wood |
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| Born | August 21, 1976  Sheffield, England |
Richard McCourt (Dick) (born 12 August 1976 in Sheffield) is an English actor and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom. He is also the brother of television presenter James McCourt.
As of 14 October 2007, he and work partner Dominic Wood have presented the Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00am - 1:00pm.
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[edit] Radio presenter
Richard has presented or featured on several radio stations in his home town of Sheffield:
- Chrystal Radio and Television
- Meadowhall Radio
- Hallam FM
- BBC Radio 1's Sunday morning 10am-1pm show co-hosting with Dominic Wood, as of October 14, 2007.
[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. He is currently presenting 'Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?' with Dominic Wood on Sky One
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
- 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 now involved in the BBC 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)
- Radio Cracker
[edit] Christmas Lights
In November 2001, Richard went to Chippenham, Wiltshire switch the Christmas Lights on and talk about the play he starred in, Aladdin.
