Rees had presented the popular programme since 1976 and hosted more than 500 episodes, with guests including Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough.
After resigning from his Radio 4 post, Nigel Rees has accused the BBC of ‘wokery’ and an ‘agenda’ to include people of colour, and people with disabilities.The presenter stepped down from his programme, Quote… Unquote, after 46 years this week but soon accused his former employer of a ‘BBC agenda’ the 77-year-old described as a ‘fairly futile exercise’.
‘They lent on me to leave that out and substitute something else. So it is that sort of thing that, taken together with the other reasons for ending the show, is what it is all about.’ ‘All I want is people on the programme who can do it. Who are up for it. Who can be amusing and witty and literate, and never mind what colour they are.
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