Presenter closes his BBC career with quote from ‘my great mentor’, the fictional anchor Ron Burgundy
from the show over the years, including interviews with the last six British prime ministers, as well as Greta Thunberg, Prince Harry, Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin.
Among his final guests were the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the health secretary Sajid Javid, who both said it had been a privilege to be guests on his show. In response to Khan, Marr said: “Luckily, I am from Dundee, so I won’t get emotional.”of the Sunday morning programme, which will be temporarily retitled Sunday Morning, from 9 January. Raworth will present the show for a “short period” while a recruitment process for a permanent presenter takes place, the corporation has said.
Marr, 62, has previously said he will focus on writing and presenting political and cultural shows for Global. He said moving to the London-based media company offered him a “new freedom” to do “fast-paced, very regular political journalism on LBC with no filter”. Marr joined the BBC in May 2000 as political editor. He will host an opinion-led programme on LBC in which he will “give his view on the biggest issues of the moment” alongside guests, Global has said, as well as presenting a new programme on Classic FM. He is also to
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