Now the Mail can disclose that the veteran presenter plans to quit the Today programme this year, after spending more than three decades on the daily news digest. Provisionally titled The Today Files, it is due in September or October and will be ‘a factor’, Mr Humphrys said. Broadcaster John Humphrys reporting from the Aberfan mining disaster in 1966Leaving the Radio 4 programme will allow him up to promote the new publication. His departure will also pave the way for a fresh shake-up of the Today programme line-up. No, on balance John Humphrys has been, for more than 30 years, a tonic — like a cold, clean, bracing morning dip.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 22:15 UTC