Reverend Richard Coles on BBC: ‘I felt rather hurtled towards the exit’
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Reverend Richard Coles has said after leaving the BBC that he “felt rather hurtled towards the exit”. Coles told Radio Times: “I felt rather hurtled towards the exit. The former 2017 contestant on Strictly Come Dancing signed off his radio show on March 25 “thanking” listeners for “sharing their stories, surprising and moving us, a nosy man could ask for no better job”. The BBC said it “invited both presenters to Cardiff to continue the programme” and “his departure was marked on the final show, and he was given space to say farewell to listeners on air”.