Changes to BBC Radio 5 Live schedule today following Gary Lineker action

This week’s edition of Fighting Talk on 5 Live was replaced with a podcast after Colin Murray announced he would not be hosting the show due to “obvious reasons”.

Those reasons are of course to support Gary Lineker, with Colin saying: “In the interest of transparency, this was a decision taken by the entire FT team and myself.”

He also quipped: “Bob Mills was still up for it, to be fair ;).”

Mark Chapman and Dion Dublin have also reportedly stepped down from presenting duties today on 5 Live Sport, standing in solidarity with Gary Lineker.

Fighting Talk was due to air at 11am but instead The footballer’s football podcast was broadcast.

The action follows a demand by the BBC, telling Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use.

No @FightingTalk316 today, for obvious reasons.
In the interest of transparency, this was a decision taken by the entire FT team and myself.
Bob Mills was still up for it, to be fair

— colin murray (@ColinMurray) March 11, 2023

“Now in a change to our scheduled programmes…”

Extraordinary. #Lineker pic.twitter.com/idJajwVCzM

— Nik Goodman (@nikgoodman) March 11, 2023