Eddie Mair set to join LBC after leaving BBC

Eddie Mair will host a new show on LBC when he leaves the BBC later this year after more than 30 years at the corporation.

The broadcaster will relinquish the helm of the PM flagship evening news programme on August 17, before taking up a position with the commercial talk radio station in September.

Mair, 52, announced he was leaving the BBC on Sunday when he joked that his departure as the main presenter for Radio 4’s PM news programme would bring doom to the BBC, but a brilliant chance to shine for his successor.

He said: “It’s 31 years since I joined the BBC, 25 years since I first presented PM, and 20 since it became my main gig.” 0 Eddie Mair leaves the BBC to join rival broadcaster LBC

“I thought this was the appropriate moment to step out and give someone else a chance, before I’m so old my sentences make no lasagne.

“I’m truly grateful to the BBC, however, for being given more opportunities over the years than I deserved.”

“Whoever comes next will get the best job in the BBC.”