{"id":66371,"date":"2023-08-26T21:05:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T21:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=66371"},"modified":"2023-08-26T21:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T21:05:54","slug":"bbc-news-presenter-left-in-tears-live-on-air-during-her-last-ever-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/tv-movies\/bbc-news-presenter-left-in-tears-live-on-air-during-her-last-ever-show\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC News presenter left in tears live on air during her last ever show"},"content":{"rendered":"
A news reporter with over four decades of experience broke down in tears live on air..<\/p>\n
Journalist Louise Priest, a regular on BBC Look East and a recognisable face to many across Norfolk, Cambridge, Suffolk and Essex wept during the broadcast.<\/p>\n
Yesterday (August 23) marked the 62-year-old's final show, leading to a teary-eyed departure.<\/p>\n
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The famed presenter revealed she began working at Look East in the 1990s, before making her way up to lead presenter on morning and lunchtime bulletins.<\/p>\n
But the impact of 4am work starts for so long has been a driving factor in her career change.<\/p>\n
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Speaking in the segment, she gave a saddened goodbye to viewers, saying: \u201cWell, this is my last bulletin for Look East.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'd just like to say how much I've enjoyed bringing the news to you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Then the waterworks started, as she told herself off saying she \u201cwasn't going to do this\u201d.<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cThank you for keeping me company over the years and don't forget Look East is here at six thirty.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI have been so lucky to have a variety of jobs at the BBC it never occurred to me to leave but, after almost 40 years, I felt the time was right.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe impact of the 4 am starts on my home life was the biggest factor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel I have made the right decision to go, but I'm also slightly nervous about life after the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the credits rolled on the screen, she set down her papers for the final time and looked sad.<\/p>\n
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Viewers took to social media to wish their farewells, with one writing: \u201c40 years and\u2026 that's it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould of been nice if someone had walked on with some flowers to say thank you,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n
She began her career with the BBC in 1983 when the Loughborough, Leicestershire woman started working in Birmingham and Manchester.<\/p>\n
She then moved to BBC Radio Norfolk \u2013 she also worked for BBC Radio Guernsey.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI had a romantic notion about being a marine biologist for a while, but I wasn't great at science so that was that,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI almost went down the home economics teacher route but the thought of showing children how to make shortcrust pastry year after year just didn't excite me enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
The veteran presenter, speaking before her departure, insisted she felt she had made \u201cthe right decision\u201d but admitted: \u201cI'm also slightly nervous about life after the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added she had no plans beyond the BBC, but now might write a book.<\/p>\n
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