Top BBC radio presenter Sue MacGregor, who has become a household name through her 18 years with the early morning news programme Today on Radio 4, stepped down on Wednesday.
“Working on Today over all these years has been enormously enjoyable, challenging, stimulating, and , yes, occasionally exhausting,” she said. “For a presenter, it’s just about the best programme on BBC radio and it’s been a great privilege to have been there for so long.”
The 60-year-old has no plans to disappear from the airwaves entirely, however. “I think it will be a dead cert that we will commission other things for her that don’t involve getting up at 3am, which is one of the disadvantages of Today,” revealed Radio 4 Controller Helen Broadbent.
Describing her as “one of the great figures of radio,” fellow Today name James Naughtie said: “Her voice and style are part of our lives. We’re all going to miss her.”
Sue’s role will now be shared by Sarah Montague, Allan Little and Edward Stourton.
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