They said they wanted someone "new" not someone "younger". He actually "retired" in 2001, eight years before this incident. He was only doing freelance spots o

They said they wanted someone "new" not someone "younger". He actually "retired" in 2001, eight years before this incident. He was only doing freelance spots on the BBC until the 2009 slip up, so he didn't actually work for the BBC as an employee at that point. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/15/radio-4-continuity-announcer https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/15/radio-4-contin...