Richard Anthony Baker (9 February 1946[citation needed] – 12 November 2016) was a British radio producer, presenter and author.
His father was a London-born music hall performer who used the stage name Will Keogh; and his elder brother was the musician and composer John Baker.
He worked in the news room, as an editor on the Today programme among others, and also contributed to Week Ending.
He was an acknowledged expert on the British music hall and variety show traditions, and wrote a biography of Marie Lloyd as well as two books on the subject, Old Time Variety: An Illustrated History (2011) and British Music Hall: An Illustrated History (2014).
He also co-edited the journal Music Hall Studies (2008–15), and wrote Many a True Word (2013), on the English language.