Richard McCourt

Infobox actor


caption = Richard McCourt (right) with Dominic Wood
name = Richard McCourt
birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|12
location = flagicon|England 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. His older brother is the TV 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. The pair left the show in September 2008 due to TV commitments.

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 14 October 2007.

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)

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.

Charity work

In his early teens, McCourt was the victim of playground bulliesand 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

Christmas lights

In November 2001, Richard went to Chippenham, Wiltshire to switch the Christmas Lights on and talk about the play he starred in, Aladdin.

External links

* [http://www.ukgameshows.com/index.php/Dick_and_Dom_in_Da_Bungalow UKGameshows.com: "Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow"]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398451/ IMDB: Dick and Dom Page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dickanddom/ Dick and Dom's Radio 1 Webpage]
* [http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/ Saturday Mornings - includes Dick and Dom]
* [http://www.dabungalowonline.com Fan site: Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow]
* [http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc_charitable_trust/gold_awards/ ]