[DavidWhitfield]

That may be the case and ultimately, none of us can know for sure. However, he certainly made it quite clear in the wording of his 'I'm leaving' speech on BBC Radio 2 back in the summer of last year that it was not his decision to leave his afternoon programme. Given he'd been doing it for over 20 years, I'd say he'd got into a good routine with it by now and would have continued on for years to come if he could. He wasn't especially my cup of tea, but he was very popular among many people and he seemed to be having a whale of a time on air.