Lorraine Heggessey involved in the dismissal of "Blue Peter" presenter Richard Bacon. In October 1998, the "News of the World" newspaper revealed that Bacon had taken cocaine, and he was subsequently sacked from his job as a presenter on the high-profile children's programme. Heggessey appeared on-screen in a specially-recorded one-minute address to viewers shown directly before the first episode of "Blue Peter" to be screened following Bacon's sacking, on 19 October 1998, to explain to young viewers why Bacon had been dismissed, claiming that he had "not only let himself and the team on "Blue Peter" down, but he has also let
Matt Baker (presenter) of "Secret Britain" with Julia Bradbury and presented "One Man and His Dog" with Kate Humble. From May to August 2010, Baker was a guest presenter on BBC One's magazine programme "The One Show", standing in for Jason Manford. Following Manford's resignation on 18 November 2010, Baker acted as a guest co-host on the programme. He later took over as a permanent presenter on the show, co-hosting with Alex Jones from Monday through to Thursday. On 8 March 2011 Baker gained media attention by asking the Prime Minister David Cameron, "How on earth do you sleep at night?". Opinions differed