[Brekkie]

I fail to see what The BBC has to gain by basically telling Ken to get on his bike just 17 days early! How utterly ludicrous. The BBC really do themselves no favours at all.

Still, he is sure to enjoy a tremendous send off this morning. 

www.bbc.co.uk 

He made his bed and now he has to lie in it.  All the BBC are doing is changing the sheets a bit earlier than he expected.

And not sure how he makes finishing on the 3rd instead of the 24th "17 days".

An institution but like all broadcasting institutions when the time is right they're perfectly replaceable.   It would have been nice for him to see out his career at the BBC but circumstances haven't led to that.