Morning Live’s Gethin Jones bids emotional goodbye to co-star as they leave BBC show

MORNING Live presenter Gethin Jones has shared an emotional farewell to one of his colleagues who is leaving the BBC.

Gethin, 46, took to Instagram to praise his colleague Adam Russell in a touching post thanking him for all his hard work. 

First Adam, who worked as a researcher on Morning Live, shared a selfie of himself and Gethin, confirming his departure from the BBC morning show. 

“Emotional goodbye (for now),” Adam wrote alongside the picture, which the Welsh presenter then reposted.

Adam also uploaded a photo alongside Gethin’s co-presenter Helen Skelton, which he captioned: “And this one,” with a teary-eyed emoji.

Adding his own words to the first photo, Gethin said: “Will miss this man on the BBC Morning Live team. Supremely talented, attention to detail is insane, with the calmness required to make live telly. Oh and studying for a degree at the same time.”

Gethin praised his colleague for undertaking degree study while working on the show. 

Adam graduated from the University of Salford with a BA in TV and Radio Production last week. 

Although it’s unclear where Adam is headed now he’s moving on from the BBC, it seems his career is moving onward and upwards. And Gethin is also making career moves. 

After posting his sweet farewell to Adam in his Instagram Story, Gethin shared a video about an exciting new work opportunity he’s recently taken on. 

“So I’ve been a busy boy this week. I’ve been at Morning Live in the morning and then I’ve been heading over here to 5 Live to cover Nihal [Arthanayake]’s show from 1 to 4,” the Welsh star explained. 

Regular 5 Live presenter Nihal, 53, is currently on holiday in Sri Lanka, while Gavin takes over his afternoon show. 

Gethin continued: “It’s pretty cool doing the both, it’s just the way the dates have worked out, actually. Morning Live is off air next week, so I’m here at 5 Live all week, which is great.”

However, he said the radio show requires “very different skills” from Morning Live. 

“Morning Live [I’m] reading really, really fast. 5 Live [is] a lot of breaking news, but the ability to have a long chat.

“So have a listen from 1 to 4, some great guests,” he teased at the end of the video.