The BBC have announced that both Victoria Derbyshire and Shelagh Fogarty the result of which will mean the station it will have only one weekly programme fronted solely by a woman, on Friday afternoon single one hour show presented by Eleanor Oldroyd. The changes will be taking part later this year but a date hasn't been given yet, but such a move will upset the female listeners of the show and is likely to cause a bit of a stir in the national press. The also seems be talk that the 5 live management are trying ensure that all new talent joining the station must live in the north-west of England, something that not all members of the broadcasting team do since the station moved from London three years ago.
Victoria Derbyshire leaving as she put it herself has had “brilliant opportunity too good to turn down.” and insisted she had left 5 Live of her own accord. At first it was thought that she could be replacing Jeremy Paxman on BBC2 late evening news programme Newsnight which has been looking for new faces for the show to bring new life into the old BBC workhorse. Later this was denied by the BBC and since then she has been linked with a to ITV, She described her departure as “huge wrench to leave 5 Live where listeners and I have shared so many experiences, and I would like to thank them enormously for trusting me”. Not if sure the mornings will be the same without her on the show.
Shelagh Fogarty is leaving her afternoon show at the end of the year. She said that “At 5 Live I’ve had some of the happiest times and richest experiences of my working life, covering the fundamentals of life in Britain and presenting programmes from amazing places around the world. I’m very sad to be leaving but it’s definitely time to do so.”. Before going to say that she is going to spend the summer "exploring a number of opportunities, before deciding what’s next’. The radio rumour mill suggests one of the reasons for Shelagh leaving the show is the commute due to the move to Salford three years ago, and that might more to do with the move than being pushed of the station.
Also leaving the show is the popular figure of Richard Bacon whose style of broadcasting the station is sure to miss. He has been a corner stone of the afternoon schedule for quite a while and before he started appearing on the television. He said the following when the news was announced “5 Live has been a spectacular place to work, I’ve got nothing but good things to say about it. It’s been a hugely important part of my career and life, and I’ll always be grateful, and a listener, to 5 Live. After seven years, it’s time to have different adventures, many of which will still be at the BBC.”. According to reports we will thankfully be seeing more of him the television as a result of the change.
It is expected 5 Live will unveil a new daytime schedule with two three-hour shows, running between 10am and 1pm, and 1pm and 4pm. Tony Livesey has been tipped for a prominent new role on the station, as has Dan Walker, presenter of BBC1’s Football Focus, a familiar voice as the presenter of 5 Live Sport. Finally Adrian Chiles is to have an expanded BBC Radio 5 Live presenting role as part of the talk station’s biggest schedule shakeup for years.
I know I will miss all three presenters after the leave the station that I have listened to on and off years when driving or just doing stuff around the house. Personally I think the move from London was a bad one, but this is even worse. We need more women on stations like Radio 5 live not less and replacing them with men is just a bad move all-round and one that it appears the BBC trust agrees with.
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