Former Blue Peter presenter Richard Bacon has said his experience of being sacked from the children’s show would have been very different had it been in the age of social media.
Bacon continued: “My experience on Blue Peter would have been very different if social media had been around.
Bacon was forced to hand in his Blue Peter badge in 1998 after admitting to taking cocaine and losing his job.
Former BBC radio host Bacon, 45, said the experience of being sacked from such a high-profile job would be “more frightening” if it played out on social media.