27-03-2023, 08:24 PM
According to Peter Sissons, from around ‘97 onwards there was constantly talk of he and Michael Buerk being replaced by Trevor McDonald or Kirsty Young! There was a particularly infamous incident where a reporter asked him about this, to which he quipped “I’m thinking of getting my hair dyed blonde to keep my job!”. Jill Dando was apparently so offended she never spoke to him again.