Graham Norton bid farewell to Radio 2 last weekend as he makes a move to Virgin Radio
‘Just bear in mind, as you’re doing your sadness,” said
Graham Norton, presenting his final Radio 2 show on Saturday and reading out messages from mournful listeners, “when I leave here today, I’m leaving in a taxi, not a hearse.” But we do mourn the endings of our favourite radio shows, even if they’ll be continuing in another form, because humans are creatures of habit, and when radio changes it feels like a loss.
Graham Norton will, in fact, be doing more radio from the new year onwards, presenting two weekend shows on the commercial Virgin radio, so this isn’t actually a loss, but a gain. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t sound too sad to be leaving Radio 2 after 10 years.