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Jonnie Irwin tribute leaves Escape to the Country viewers in floods of tears: ‘It feels like we’ve lost a good friend’

Following the death of Jonnie Irwin, an Escape to the Country special will air on BBC One today in tribute to the presenter

TV Following the death of Jonnie Irwin last week, the BBC has announced it will air an Escape to the Country special in tribute to the presenter later on today (February 5). In a statement, Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning, said: “Jonnie Irwin was an extraordinary man and wonderful presenter. “More recently, he did some truly inspirational reports for Morning Live about his illness, tackling taboos around end-of-life care, and wonderfully demonstrating the limitless positivity that he brought to everything he did.

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