Comedian Robin Ince has resigned from his long-running BBC radio show, claiming his views were ‘in conflict’ with the broadcaster.

The 56-year-old media personality has presented Radio 4’s science show, The Infinite Monkey Cage, alongside Professor Brian Cox since 2009.

Now, in a statement on social media, Ince has announced the ‘saddest day of [his] professional life’ as he confirms he is stepping back from the popular series, described as ‘witty and irreverent’.

‘I never thought I would have to leave the show.

‘I always imagined going on until I dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys,’ he began.

He revealed

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