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UNBELIEVABLE: John humphrys - The Untold Story

Broadcaster John Humphrys remembers ‘one of a kind’ journalist Rod Liddle

The 66-year-old broadcaster and columnist had suffered a short illness.

Evening Standard

Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66

He died on Sunday after a short illness.

The Independent UK

BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day condemned as ‘historically ignorant’ by Professor Alice Roberts

Faith-based segment, which airs during the ‘Today’ programme, has attracted controversy in the past

The Independent UK

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Today was not perfect when John Humphrys was presenting

Letters: Readers respond to the presenter’s assertion that the Radio 4 programme has become really annoying since he left

The Guardian - UK

BBC veteran John Humphrys brands Radio 4 colleagues 'profoundly irritating' in blistering attack

The veteran broadcaster, 82, fronted flagship current affairs programme Today for more than three decades before leaving in 2019

Evening Standard

John Humphrys lashes out at ‘profoundly irritating’ Radio 4 Today presenters

Presenter, 82, left the BBC in 2021

The Independent UK

John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme

Former presenter of BBC Radio 4 show complains in Guardian of ‘gratuitous gratitude’ and ‘gushing’ between host and guest

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The hill I will die on: Radio 4’s Today programme has become really annoying since I left

With its gushing interviewees and weird (y’know) ways of talking, the BBC news flagship show I used to present now has me harrumphing at the radio, says former presenter John Humphrys

The Guardian - UK

John Humphrys reveals the on-air incident that made him give up alcohol

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The Independent UK

Former BBC presenter John Humphrys reveals he gave up alcohol after being drunk on air: ‘It was painfully obvious’

Presenter, 82, was told that he ‘can’t do that again’ following incident in 1974

The Independent UK

I bought a farm, hated the cows, and sold it. Then somehow, I bought another

As a foreign correspondent, home was never a fixed location. I’ve finally learned it’s about who you share it with, writes the Classic FM presenter and former BBC journalist John Humphrys

The Guardian - UK

Mishal Husain gives ‘heartfelt thanks’ to listeners on her last Today show

Husain will leave the BBC to front a new interview series at financial and data media company Bloomberg.

Evening Standard

Hitchhiker’s guide, rule one: a German tourist will always be along eventually

The Man Who Pays His Way: Greek mainland hopping – and why a 180-degree turn is sometimes the only way home

The Independent UK

The BBC’s toxic culture: a list of the corporation’s worst scandals

From Jimmy Savile to Huw Edwards, the broadcaster has been rocked by a number of scandals

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Emma Barnett on the Today programme review – so chilled John Humphrys will choke on his cornflakes

Cool, calm and confidently ribbing guests, Barnett will clearly bring a youthful energy to the BBC Radio 4 morning show – even if she did sound like she was on a royal visit to the studio rather than actually working there

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Banksy Story; I’m Not Here to Hurt You; Prom 13; Academy – review

A Radio 4 series dives too deep with the street artist, while the Irish Independent goes big on ripping true crime yarn. Plus, an otherworldly gem at the Proms

Wales Online

John Humphrys says national park name change is 'baffling' and people will resent it

'What we do not need are baffling name changes with their sermonising messages'

The Guardian - UK

BBC plans will boost its local journalism

Letter: The BBC director of nations, Rhodri Talfan Davies, rebuts claims of the corporation’s local news being downgraded

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Local journalism made me what I am today. Without it, we’ll all be the poorer

For budding journalists and local citizens alike, the demise of local newspapers will leave a void that’s impossible to fill, says the journalist John Humphrys

Evening Standard

Mastermind’s Clive Myrie reveals ex-host John Humphrys didn’t contact him

Humphrys helmed the quiz show for 18 years before Myrie took over

Evening Standard

National Portrait Gallery flushes £3m down the loo, buying a former WC

NPG plans to transform former Victorian lavatory into a gallery space

The Independent UK

How The Crown portrayed the Aberfan disaster in Wales

The collapse of a colliery spoil tip 55 years ago resulted in the deaths of 144 people

The Guardian - UK

‘Some of our greatest fans were pub landlords’ – how we made Newsround

John Craven: ‘Middle-aged people still stop me in the street and say: “Thank you for being a voice of my childhood”’

Daily Mirror

BBC Mastermind viewers clueless as contestant 'goes missing' minutes after show starts

Viewers watching BBC Mastermind were baffled when one of the show's contestants disappeared in what fans billed as the 'most dramatic opening scene of the show - ever'

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