{"id":237105,"date":"2025-07-04T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237105\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:58:09","slug":"beloved-bbc-star-announces-exit-after-30-years-as-emotional-tributes-flood-in-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237105\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved BBC star announces exit after 30 years as emotional tributes flood in | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tributes have flooded in for BBC<\/a> Senior Sports Journalist Nishat Ladha who has left the broadcaster after a 30 year career. The star announced the news on X on Tuesday July 2. Alongside a picture of her waving and smiling behind the microphone in a BBC<\/a> radio studio she revealed that it was her final day. “After more than 30 yrs (with a brief break) it\u2019s my last day at the BBC<\/a>. It\u2019s been an immense privilege to present sport on @bbcworldservice From Pebble Mill in the early 90\u2019s to @BBCNorthampton to @5liveSport to @BBCWSSport to @BBCAfrica, it\u2019s been quite a ride,” she penned.<\/p>\n

Listeners were quick to express their dismay at her departure taking tothe comments to share their feelings. “Ohh no! You were the best. I recall that 2022 (I think that was the year) when I vividly followed every step due to your (and the entire BBC<\/a>‘s) best commentry. Where next?” one wrote.<\/p>\n

“Oh Nish. Can\u2019t believe you are leaving the BBC<\/a>. You\u2019ve been part of life for nearly two decades. I truly enjoy your soothing voice. BBC<\/a> can never be the same again. Best wishes,” another added.<\/p>\n

A third chimed in: “Nish Omg! Congratulations on a wonderful career! It was amazing working with you, you are a true professional – your expertise, warmth, and ease you bring to work. I benefited greatly from that in my early years at the Beeb. Stay blessed.”<\/p>\n

A fourth shared: “Nish the BBC<\/a> airwaves will not be the same without you!! Good luck in whatever you do next xx.”<\/p>\n

“Congratulations on a fantastic BBC<\/a> career Nish, wish you all the best!” a fifth offered. Meanwhile a former colleague gushed: “Nish Omg! Congratulations on a wonderful career! It was amazing working with you, you are a true professional – your expertise, warmth, and ease you bring to work. I benefited greatly from that in my early years at the Beeb. Stay blessed.”<\/p>\n

Nishat began her career at the famous Pebble Millstudios on July 13 1994. She marked the 30th anniversary recently with a poignant post on X.<\/p>\n

“Feeling nostalgic. It was exactly 30 years ago today that I started my first contract with the BBC<\/a> as a trainee sports reporter at Pebble Mill in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

“I was still at Uni & it was just meant to be for 6 months. A whole lot of life – & top sport – has happened since then,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

In recent years she had mainly been heard on @BBCAfrica although she has worked across the board on multiple shows in her three decades with the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes have flooded in for BBC Senior Sports Journalist Nishat Ladha who has left the broadcaster after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[192,54294,92504,14670,92503,92505,92506,54295,77,92500,92501,92502,30145,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-237105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-bbc-latest","10":"tag-bbc-presenters","11":"tag-bbc-radio","12":"tag-bbc-sport","13":"tag-bbc-sports-presenters","14":"tag-bbc-sports-radio","15":"tag-bbc-updates","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-nishat-ladha","18":"tag-nishat-ladha-bbc","19":"tag-nishat-ladha-leaving-bbc","20":"tag-tv-radio-section","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114794378620188778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}