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 works as the morning travel presenter for BBC Radio 2, having replaced Rachel Horne who moved to Virgin in January 2019. He presents his own show on BBC WM, on Saturdays.

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.
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 "DareToTri" campaign.