Richie Stephen Anderson (born 13 October 1987) is a TV and radio personality who works for the

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. He is a former Sunday League footballer who played for Coombs Wood F.C. Anderson currently presents the travel reports on weekday afternoons on

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. In 2022, he participated in series 20 of ''

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''.

BBC Radio WM

He presented his own show on

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, 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

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'man on the street' style of interviewing.

BBC Radio 2

Since January 2019, Anderson has been the weekday mornings travel news reporter on

during ''

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'' and the mid-morning show. He replaced

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who moved to

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. Anderson also occasionally presents programmes on Bank Holidays for Radio 2. During the 2023 series of Strictly Come Dancing, Anderson hosted the last half-hour of Winkleman's Saturday show to feature songs from that evening’s Strictly Come Dancing On 19 December 2024, Anderson informed listeners that he would be moving to presenting the travel news on weekday afternoons replacing Bobbie Pryor except on Friday. Ellie Brennan replaced Richie on mornings. Anderson has also commentated the semi-finals of the

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Eurovision Song Contest for BBC Radio 2.

Television

Anderson occasionally reports on various topics for ''

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'' on

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. 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

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in Liverpool.

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. He is a supporter of

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. In 2020, Anderson, along with fellow Radio 2 presenters

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and

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, participated in three

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s in three days to raise money for

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as part of their Dare To Tri campaign.

References

External links

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