One of the BBC's most experienced television journalists, he left the corporation suddenly in 2005 after 37 years, claiming he couldn't work with his latest co-presenter Kate Silverton.
It boils down to incompatibility. We did four hours of live TV every day and you have to like each other. I think incompatibility sums it up and I don't think she would disagree with that. I have been at the BBC for 37 years and it is the first time I have had a problem like this. (On leaving the BBC following his differences with Kate Silverton)
