(openPR) - Kevin Marsh, editor of BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme is to stand down from his role after three-and-a-half years, during which he steered the flagship show through the Iraq war and the Hutton Report - just as a novel about strange goings on at the BBC is published by one of his former colleagues.
Marsh had been editor of the 'Today' programme since November 2002 just prior to the invasion of Iraq and was its editor as the programme became embroiled in the Hutton Report, which was sparked after the infamous two-way interview of reporter Andrew Gilligan by John Humphrys.
The book, "The Dream of the Decade - The London Novels" by Afshin Rattansi has been widely publicised in the United States ahead of its official UK publication. The UK Daily Mail - one of the BBC's harshest critics - has called it a "fascinating read."
The final part of the book traces the career path of a trainee journalist at Britain's most influential news organisation. Rattansi was present when Marsh replaced editor, Rod Liddle, who was forced to resign when BBC management found a column he wrote for The Guardian to be incompatible with his position at Today.
Afshin Rattansi denied that the publication of his novel had anything to do with Marsh's move but joked that Marsh would certainly find his book interesting reading. The novel has been widely praised by the editors of many literary household names, including Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan as well as Nobel Laureate, Jose Saramago.
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