No goodbye for Kirsty Lang

The journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang has claimed she was told not to “say goodbye” when she decided to step back from presenting BBC Radio 4’s Front Row after nearly two decades.

Lang, below, said that while she left the show “voluntarily” and is to present Radio 4’s Round Britain Quiz, she was saddened that the broadcaster chose not to formally announce her departure.

Her remarks follow similar complaints from the Rev Richard Coles about the handling of his exit from Saturday Live. Lang tweeted: “Like Richard Coles I also feel sad that Radio 4 never announced my exit from Front Row and persuaded me not to say goodbye to listeners after 19 years of presenting.”

The BBC declined to comment.