BBC told Kirsty Lang not to ‘say goodbye’ on leaving Front Row

Kirsty Lang left Front Row to present BBC Radio 4’s Round Britain Quiz. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock

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

Lang 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.