Jonnie Irwin has thanked his BBC colleagues on Escape To The Country for their support following his cancer diagnosis, saying the team are "family" after almost a decade on the show.
The 49-year-old presenter shared the news in November that he had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer back in 2020, revealing that doctors had initially given him just six months to live after he noticed the first warning signs of his illness while filming A Place In The Sun. Jonnie has previously been vocal about feeling "thrown on a scrap heap" by bosses of the Channel 4 series, amid claims that they could not insure him following his diagnosis.
However, the star was full of praise for his BBC colleagues on Escape To The Country for their response to the news. Speaking to The Mirror at the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards last week, Jonnie said: "With a notable exception from one production company, as soon as they found out they put their arm around me and, insurance provided, they looked for work when I could.
