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.
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[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)
