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
Rachael Robertson (television presenter) Rachael Robertson (television presenter) Rachael Robertson is a former British television continuity announcer and presenter. Robertson began her career with Grampian Television (now "STV North") in the mid-1990s as a staff announcer and newsreader for "Grampian Headlines", replacing Tracey Crawford, who had left to join Granada. She also presented a number of regional programmes for the station including "The Birthday Spot", "The Scottish Tourism Supreme Awards" and the BAFTA-nominated Saturday morning children's magazine show "Wize Up", alongside announcing colleagues Scott Brown and Kate Fraser. Following the Scottish Media Group's takeover of Grampian in 1997, Robertson featured as a reporter for