They’re recognized for presenting kids’s TV reveals within the Nineties by to the 2000s – however Richard ‘Dick’ McCourt and Dominic ‘Dom’ Wooden have been engaged on varied aspect tasks over time too
They’re well-known in the world of youngsters’s TV – however many individuals do not know what and Dick and Dom are thus far their audiences have grown up. The comedy double act, made up of presenters Richard ‘Dick’ McCourt and Dominic ‘Dom’ Wooden, began their careers in 1996 – and are extensively recognized for presenting ‘the broom cabinet’ on Kids’s BBC within the Nineties to early 2000s.
Following this, the pair offered the BAFTA Award profitable present Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, which aired for 5 collection between 2002 and 2006. Whereas they have been engaged on varied TV, movie and radio tasks over time, the duo have turned their consideration to new ventures – together with DIY and charity work.
Sheffield-born Dick has spent the previous few years specializing in charitable efforts and is an envoy for Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Analysis UK. Not solely this however he additionally helps Dreamflight, WellChild and Kids in Want.
Talking about his 2021 London Marathon run for Alzheimer’s Analysis UK, he mentioned: “It’s been 10 years since I final ran the London Marathon and I’m doing it once more!
“As you may think about, it’s no straightforward feat and it was one of many hardest challenges I’ve ever performed. I bear in mind hobbling over the end line.
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“In 2004, we observed that mum was getting confused at house and in her work. At simply 58, she was recognized with FTD. She sadly handed away in 2010, aged 64.
“Over the previous 10 years, we’ve got additionally misplaced her sister, Jean, and her brother, Peter, at an analogous age to this horrible illness.
“My grandad, Ronald, additionally handed away with a type of early-onset dementia, which we suspected was additionally FTD.
“Dementia has had a devastating impression on our household, and that’s why I’m working to assist the very important work of Alzheimer’s Analysis UK.
“It’s going to be powerful, however considering of mum and people we’ve misplaced might be all of the motivation I must hobble over that end line once more.”
He proposed to his long-term companion, Katrina Bryan, in 2019, and welcomed his first youngster two years later, saying the brand new arrival on his Instagram web page.
In the meantime, Dom has been surprising viewers together with his swap from kids’s TV to Instagram DIY influencer, with viewers often commenting on his movies referencing his time on Dick & Dom in da Bungalow.
This channel, known as @the_houseofwood, describes him as a plant-based, ADHD, DIY fan who shares the whole lot that’ll assist you improve and enhance your house on a price range.
Talking to Home Lovely about his DIY pursuits, he mentioned: “I used to be so fortunate to have been introduced up in an exquisite huge household house.
“We lived down in Devon and we simply had the run of the home – it was unbelievable! We had a basement, which was nice.
“There was additionally a workshop down there, and I spent most of my childhood in there making issues. Dad used to have bits of scrap wooden and scrap steel in every single place. Childhood was very, very completely satisfied.”
Commenting on one in every of his newest movies the place he reveals viewers round his home, one person mentioned: “That is not a bungalow?”
One other person added: “A lot much less work while you lived in a bungalow.” A 3rd person mentioned: “Bogies! You might be smashing it.”
Dom, initially from Exeter, married his spouse Sandi Lee Hughes again in 2002 and has two sons, Tommy and Sam.
