The TV King

Today Jonathan Ross has announce that he is to leave the BBC when his contract expires in July this year. The statement that was released by the BBC said that the decision was not motivated by money and that he had enjoyed his time working at the BBC.

Jonathan leave his radio 2 show as well as his 2 TV shows, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and his Film review show.

Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, said she could "understand" Ross's decision "following a difficult year".

She called him an "extremely talented broadcaster" and said all his programmes had been a "great success".

"I'm pleased that Jonathan will continue to apply his considerable abilities to the remaining six months of Friday Night, Film 2010 and his Radio 2 show," she said.

"I'm delighted that he will continue to present the Bafta awards and Comic Relief for BBC Television."

Read the full statement on the BBC