Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters BBC veteran Laurie Margolis, 74, has announced he will be leaving the coroporation after five decades. He's worked on both TV and radion, Laurie broke the newws about Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. Now, his colleagues have praised his "remarkable" career.
Laurie's BBC colleagues rushed to social media after the news of his retirement was announced on BBC Radio 4 PM on Wednesday evening (21 August). Star of BBC Breakfast Jon Kay bid farewell to Laurie as he reshared a clip on X from his latest interview on BBC Radio 4 PM. Jon wrote: "Laurie Margolis aka G3UML.
Leaving the BBC after 50 years. Everyone who's worked in News knows and respects him. Lovely chap.
Remarkable career. And what a story this is." Other BBC staff also paid tribute to Laurie, including West of England Correspondent Dan Johnson, who wrote: "An absolute legend of BBC News, one of the steadiest hands on the newsdesk and a total gentleman.
I got to know the name Laurie Margolis as soon as I started in local radio and he’s been an enormous pleasure to work with. "We'll miss Laurie's unrivalled experience and ingenuity." The Head of the BC in London and the East commented: "A legend leaves the building.
When it was all going off and you rang the newsdesk in a minor panic you kn.