Richie Anderson (BBC personality)

Richie Anderson 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 on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2.

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 BBC Radio 2^[1] during The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball and Ken Bruce's mid-morning show. He replaced Rachel Horne who moved to Virgin Radio in January 2019. Anderson occasionally presents special programmes on BBC Radio 2 on Bank Holidays and at weekends.

The One Show[]

Anderson occasionally produces reports for the The One Show on BBC 1.

Personal life[]

In 2018, Anderson came out as gay to his teammates after playing a game of football, as part of a film for BBC's The One Show, showing the pressures of homophobia in the sport.^[2]

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.^[3]

References[]

^ Brown, Graham (15 January 2019). "The Black Country voice on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ Lewis Corner (23 January 2018). "Watch the moment BBC presenter Richie Anderson came out as gay to his football teammates". Gay Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ George Fenwick (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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[BBCR2_BCV-1] Brown, Graham (15 January 2019). "The Black Country voice on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[2] Lewis Corner (23 January 2018). "Watch the moment BBC presenter Richie Anderson came out as gay to his football teammates". Gay Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[3] George Fenwick (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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