Paul O’Grady quits BBC Radio 2

Ella Sagar

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August 10, 2022

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1 minute

In brief: Paul O’Grady is leaving BBC Radio 2 after hosting the Sunday afternoon slot since 2009.

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Ella Sagar Ella Sagar is a reporter for The Media Leader and leads our audio and out-of-home coverage. She joined in September 2021 and has a gold standard NCTJ. She previously wrote for the South West Londoner, Ealing Times, and The Hillingdon Times. At the University of Leeds, she received a First Class Honours Degree in French and Spanish with distinction in speaking and during her time there regularly presented radio shows on Leeds Student Radio, wrote for the student paper The Gryphon and was editor of Her Campus Leeds.

Paul O’Grady is leaving BBC Radio 2 after hosting the Sunday afternoon slot since 2009.

This comes after a recent reorganisation saw O’Grady share his slot with comedian Rob Beckett, where they would host shows alternately, each for 13 weeks at a time.

His last show will be 14 August and future plans for the slot will be announced at a later date.

This is the latest in a series of BBC Radio 2 presenters leaving including Vanessa Feltz and Steve Wright, as well as other BBC talent joining Global including Andrew Marr, Jon Sopel, and Emily Maitlis.

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