Richie Stephen Anderson (born 1986 or 1987[3]) is a TV and radio personality who works for the BBC. He is a former Sunday League footballer who played for Coombs Wood F.C.
Anderson currently presents the travel reports on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2. In 2022, he participated in series 20 of Strictly Come Dancing.[4]
BBC WM
He presented his own show on BBC WM, where he started his radio career, on Saturdays between August 2015 and March 2020. He had previously stood in for other presenters during early 2015. Before becoming a presenter, Anderson was a reporter for BBC WM during their football segments on matchdays. Dubbed "Roaming Richie", he would interview fans before and after matches. He became renowned during this period for his vox pop 'man on the street' style of interviewing.
BBC Radio 2
Since January 2019, Anderson has been the weekday mornings travel news reporter on BBC Radio 2[5] during The Radio 2 Breakfast Show and the mid-morning show. He replaced Rachel Horne who moved to Virgin Radio. Anderson also occasionally presents programmes on Bank Holidays for Radio 2. During the 2023 series of Strictly Come Dancing, Anderson hosts the last half-hour of Winkleman's Saturday show to feature songs from that evenings Strictly Come Dancing [6]
Television
Anderson occasionally reports on various topics for The One Show on BBC One. Richie has also contributed as a guest reviewer on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two and provided off-screen commentary for the Turquoise Carpet event for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.[7]
Personal life
In 2018, Anderson came out as gay to his teammates after playing a game of football, which was documented as part of a film for The One Show which highlighted the pressures of homophobia in the sport.[8]
In 2020, Anderson, along with fellow Radio 2 presenters Jo Whiley and Kate Bottley, participated in three triathlons in three days to raise money for Sport Relief as part of their Dare To Tri campaign.[9]
References
- ^ "Strictly Come Dancing 2022: Who is Smethwick-born Richie Anderson, how old is he?". 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Strictly's Richie Anderson's partner Dean Eagles and their 10-year celebrations". 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Strictly most magical feeling - Richie Anderson". BBC News. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Welcome Richie Anderson to Strictly! Our third celebrity of 2022". BBC One. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Brown, Graham (15 January 2019). "The Black Country voice on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r72b
- ^ Lombardini, Emanuele (7 May 2023). "Eurovision 2023: lustrini, strascichi, eccessi e storie nel Turquoise Carpet. Il racconto live". Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Corner, Lewis (23 January 2018). "Watch the moment BBC presenter Richie Anderson came out as gay to his football teammates". Gay Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Fenwick, George (2 March 2020). "Jo Whiley, Richie Anderson and Reverend Kate Bottley to undertake three triathlons for Sport Relief". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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