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Radio 2 has misjudged its audience

7 March 2023

9:14 PM

7 March 2023

9:14 PM

BBC Radio 2 is one of the many modern cultural enterprises which seems to have as its primary aim alienating the people who love it. The shabbily executed departure of Ken Bruce from his long-established and still wildly popular mid-morning show feels like a final door being slammed shut.

Bruce is to be replaced by Vernon Kay, a live wire television presenter.

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