Ken Bruce, 75, discusses leaving BBC Radio 2 and says he will keep working while it is fun

Mixed · 2Ken Bruce, 75, spoke about his decision to leave BBC Radio 2 on Sunday's episode of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh on ITV. 1 2 Mixed · 2Bruce left Radio 2 in 2023 after 31 years presenting its weekday mid-morning show, and has since moved to Greatest Hits Radio, where he hosts the mid-morning show and PopMaster at 10:30am. 1 2 Mixed · 2Titchmarsh, 77, called the move to Greatest Hits Radio "a big, brave move". Bruce said there are times in life when you think "this is the moment", that he had done it at the BBC, and that there was still time "to do something just slightly different", adding "Maybe there wasn't" time. 1 2

Mixed · 2Asked about PopMaster's success, Bruce said he did not know exactly why it works, calling it "organic". He said it grew bigger during lockdown because people treated it as "a signpost in their day" and got in touch with family or friends at 10.30. 1 2 Left · 1Asked whether he will keep going, Bruce said yes, if he is fit and well enough. He said his voice sounds the same as it did at 25 and that he will continue "until it's no longer fun", adding that at present it is fun. 1 Right · 1The Express also recalled Bruce's 2023 announcement, in which he said "the time is right for me to move on from Radio 2", that he had had "a tremendously happy time", and that it was "time for a change". He said his contract ran to March and it was possibly time to "let somebody else have a go". 2