Former BBC Radio 4 presenter Richard Sanders dies, aged 62, after catching coronavirus in hospital
- Richard Sanders, 62, worked on programme for more than a decade from 1988
- Death was announced on the show on Saturday by presenter Charlotte Smith
- Mr Sanders died after contracting COVID-19 in hospital, Ms Smith said
- Former colleague Anna Hill said Sanders was a ‘very good journalist’
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The former presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme has died from coronavirus.
Richard Sanders, 62, died after contracting COVID-19 while in hospital, the proramme’s current presenter Charlotte Smith said.
Former colleague Anna Hill said on Saturday’s programme that Sanders was a ‘very good journalist’ who was ‘never afraid to hold politicians to account’.
The former presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme, Richard Sanders, 62, has died from coronavirus
Mr Sanders worked on the popular programme, which is aired every weekday and on Saturdays, for more than a decade from 1988.
Announcing his death, Ms Smith said: ‘We finish this morning with some sad news The former BBC Farming Today presenter Richard Sanders has died at the age of 62 after contracting COVID-19 in hospital.’
Ms Hill said of her former colleague: ‘He was a really good journalist and very proud of his work on BSE or Mad Cow Disease. He won an award for a programme on the subject.
‘He was never afraid to ask a hard question or hold politicians to account.’
Former colleague Anna Hill said on Saturday’s programme that Sanders was a ‘very good journalist’ who was ‘never afraid to hold politicians to account
She added that the former presenter once tricked listeners with an April Fools Day story about ‘milking prairie chickens’.
The announcement of Mr Sanders’s death follows that of former BBC Watchdog presenter Lynn Faulds Wood.
The star, who was 72, died on Friday after suffering from a ‘massive stroke’ on Thursday, her family said in a statement.
She passed away surrounded by her husband John Stapleton and son Nick by her bedside.
Her heartbroken family released a statement earlier today, saying: ‘Having suffered a massive stroke last night and a subsequent bleed on the brain, presenter and journalist Lynn Faulds Wood passed away peacefully at 12 noon today with her husband John Stapleton and son Nick at her bedside.’
The presenter was best known for fronting the BBC consumer show Watchdog alongside Stapleton from 1985 to 1993.
The announcement of Mr Sanders’s death follows that of former BBC Watchdog presenter Lynn Faulds Wood, 72, who died on Friday after suffering a ‘massive stroke’