Top Gear star Paddy McGuinness first presented on BBC Radio 2 last year when covering the pop quiz Ten To The Top while Vernon Kay was fundraising for Children In Need.
Radio 2 listeners reacted with fury today after the BBC revealed Paddy McGuinness will host a new Sunday show between 11am and 1pm from June amid a major shake up at the station.
McGuinness, who shot to fame with the help of fellow comedian Peter Kay, will present his radio show from the summer having previously fronted BBC programmes Top Gear, I Can See Your Voice and Question of Sport - all of which have been axed. Paddy McGuinness fronted Question of Sport between 2021 and 2023 after replacing Sue Barker. But critics held him responsible for the show's demise
READ MORE: Paddy McGuinness admits he's DEVASTATED by the decision to axe A Question of Sport and shares that he would love the programme to come back 'as a fan' as he opens up on the BBC cancelling the iconic show Advertisement McGuinness - who split up from his wife Christine McGuinness in July 2022 after 11 years of marriage - said: 'I've loved keeping Rylan's seat warm on Saturday afternoons and returning to the airwaves over Easter.
'I'm looking forward to Michael's new earlier show, where he'll entertain his 'lovelies' as he's always done, and Paddy made a huge impression on our listeners when he sat in for Rylan as well as with his Easter specials. The former British No 1 tennis player had left the show after 24 years in 2020, and new team captains Ugo Monye and Sam Quek were also called up to replace Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.
'But when Question of Sport, when they stopped it - and honestly think whether it's captains, me, whatever it is, whatever the reason, they say it's budget stuff, but it's all kind of stuff - I just think, it's going to come back.Upon his hiring, McGuinness said that it had been 'one of his favourite shows' and that he had been 'weaned on it from an early age'.
'The BBC remains committed to Freddie, Chris and Paddy who have been at the heart of the show's renaissance since 2019, and we're excited about new projects being developed with each of them. It was reported in February 2023 that I Can See Your Voice had been dropped by BBC bosses after two series.
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