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A comedian announced his resignation from a BBC radio show ahead of a performance in Manchester.

Robin Ince, who has co-hosted the Infinite Monkey Cage with Oldham's Brian Cox, said his resignation from the Radio 4 show was “the saddest day of my professional life”. He made the announcement to the audience during a recording of the show at the Niamos centre in Hulme last night (December 12).

The 56-year-old claimed that his opinions outside of the BBC, including expressing support for the trans community, had been 'considered problematic'. He said it “broke my heart” to choose to resign.

In a post on Instagram, he said: “Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have

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