Top award for John Humphrys
TODAY programme host John Humphrys triumphed at the Sony Awards last night, landing the radio journalism award after his grilling of George Entwistle led to the BBC director-general quitting hours later.
The 69-year-old Radio 4 presenter savaged Entwistle over his handling of the fallout from the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Mr Humphrys said he would have preferred not to have done the interview. He said: “I know George, liked him, admired him, respected him, and then did an interview after which he resigned.
Among the other winners of a Radio “Oscar”, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane last night, was Danny Baker, who collected the best entertainment show prize for his Radio 5 Live programme, just months after he quit another BBC show with a two-hour live rant.