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Legendary BBC star, 70, issues blunt warning to fellow presenters after Gary Lineker slammed bosses

Published on April 25, 2025 at 09:05 PM

TELLY and radio veteran Kirsty Wark has told fellow presenters to be impartial — and remember: “We are not the story.”;

The former Newsnight host, 70, said they should not give their opinions to ensure that the BBC remains trusted.

Kirsty Wark at the BAFTA TV Fellowship Media Breakfast.
Kirsty Wark has issued an important reminder about BBC rules to be impartial
Screenshot of a man sitting in a chair.
Gary Lineker has said he felt the BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day

She spoke days after host criticised BBC bosses who temporarily for a tweet criticising the Tory government’s policies.

In the wake of the row, the on social media and decided they should apply to all presenters, not just those in news and current affairs.

Wark told the Women With Balls podcast: “What you do is you make sure you interrogate every angle. And I never had any trouble with that.

“I think that the BBC has got to be a trusted friend.

“At the end of the day, we go and work out — in this incredibly complicated world — what’s going on.

“Our job is to winkle that information out of other people.

“Our job is not to give our own opinion to the audience.

“It’s not about us. We always should remember that. We are not the story.”;

Gary Lineker at the Hay Festival.
Wark's comments came after Gary Lineker revisited the row over his BBC suspension

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