Vanessa Feltz has disclosed her poignant last text from late friend Steve Wright - as she claims BBC boss Tim Davie agreed the 'axed' Radio 2 star had been treated 'shamefully'
Vanessa Feltz is not one to bite her tongue - be it on The Big Breakfast, Celebrity Big Brother , The Vanessa Show or at any point in her two-plus decades on radio. So when she saw colleague after colleague leaving BBC Radio 2 and replaced by younger presenters, she definitely had something to say about it. She'd been the voice of BBC Radio London since 2001 and had presented the early morning breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 since 2011.
Simon Mayo, squeezed out of his own show after being forced to 'share' with Jo Wiley the programme he'd hosted solo for eight years, packed his bags. Graham Norton headed for the hills. Craig Charles was given the heave-ho. Tim Davie agreed Steve, who'd been at the Beeb 42 years, had been treated shamefully and overruled the decision. Steve retained Love Songs but lost his raison d'etre.
The cull continued. To my horror, Paul O'Grady, indisputably a radio genius with an instantly recognisable voice, original turn of phrase and caustic line in sardonic humour no one else in the world will ever be able to emulate, was told there was no longer a place for him at Radio 2. The decision was ludicrous.
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