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Graham Norton shocks listeners by revealing he's QUITTING his Virgin Radio weekend show just three years after highly-publicised move from BBC Radio 2


The Irish presenter has hosted The Graham Norton Radio Show on the station since 2021 alongside Maria McErlane.

Wright, 69, was found dead at his £2million London flat days after reportedly speaking with BBC bosses - and ahead of a meeting to allegedly discuss a comeback on a new 'pop nostalgia' Radio 2 spin-off station. And while the broadcaster had been unceremoniously ousted from the coveted afternoon slot on the station in 2022 after 23 years, he had continued to record the weekly Steve Wright's Love Songs, with the most recent edition airing last weekend. Grant Michaels, director of talent agency Encanta, says the BBC is stuck between trying to shake up the station's male-heavy line-up and avoiding alienating Radio 2's already dwindling audience

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