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BBC Look North's Jeff Brown to leave show after 21 years as presenter

Popular Look North presenter Jeff Brown has announced he is leaving the BBC show after 21 years on the team

• 13:32, 14 MAR 2024

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Jeff Brown has announced he is leaving Look North after 21 years on the much watched North East new show.

A well known face to everyone in the region, Jeff has been a hugely popular member of the team for the last two decades, with sport his speciality, but him also helping to front the bulletins on a regular basis. Jeff's prowess as a sport anchor recently saw him nominated for a Royal Television Society award , for Best Sport, an accolade he won in 2022.

It was Jeff himself who broke the news that he was leaving Look North, taking to X on Thursday lunchtime to write; "News just in…after nearly 21yrs with BBC Look North ⁦ @BBCLN I’m moving on. Projects in the pipeline with BBC & others, but (as you can see) it’s been fun, and a huge, wonderful part of my life. Thanks for watching."

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It didn't take long for responses to come flooding in for Jeff's announcement, with former Chronicle Live NUFC editor Mark Douglas writing: "Wow, end of an era! Good luck for the future Jeff. Hopefully see you around" and fellow journalist Daniel Wales telling him: "Best of luck, Jeff. It’s been a pleasure to chat to you at SAFC pressers! You’ll be a real miss from our screens!"

Many longstanding Look North viewers were also quickly to reply, with one commenting: "Good luck for the future Jeff - my evening meal won’t be the same!!" and another posting: "Sorry to hear you're going Jeff but I know you'll have a load of projects on the way. 21 years is a heck of a run and you're Mr Look North! Thanks so much for everything"

In a statement released by the BBC, Jeff, who is set to undertake new onscreen projects at the BBC and elsewhere. said: ""Presenting BBC Look North - filling the seat once occupied by the great Mike Neville - has been the undoubted highlight of my career, something I could never have imagined when I set out as a journalist.

“It has been an absolute pleasure and a privilege to work with such talented and dedicated teams over the years, and I’m proud to count them as my friends. I’m also truly grateful to the many people and organisations across the North East and Cumbria who have allowed me to tell their stories, and to be welcomed into hundreds of thousands of homes every night."

He added: "Sport has always been my passion – whatever colour the team is wearing, or the shape of the ball! I hope I’ve been able to reflect the depth of feeling fans have for their teams, because in that respect our region is unique”.

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