The veteran presenter, feared and respected by all sides, is hanging up his mic. We look at his career highs and lowsFor good or ill, after 32 years serving on the frontline of radio news presentation for the Today programme, John Humphrys has become an emblem of
BBC journalism. One of the corporation’s journalistic attack dogs, he has been the interviewer that political leaders, notably
Boris Johnson and
Jeremy Corbyn, are keenest to dodge.
This week, Humphrys is finally to bow out in the company of a former prime minister. David Cameron will brave an interview on the eve of the publication of his memoir – and it promises to be a vintage encounter.