BBC Radio Manchester legend Allan Beswick airs final show with parting shot

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Radio stalwart Allan is leaving as part of BBC local radio cuts

BBC local radio legend Allan Beswick has signed off from his late night show for the final time - with a parting shot at the corporation. All of the BBC's regional late-night shows have been axed in a major station restructure.

READ MORE First look inside Sexy Fish... the glamorous restaurant with Damien Hirst artworks, giant sea sculptures and its own mini waterfallThe show included telling songs like "The Last Time" by the Rolling Stones. And his three hour finale was dominated by callers phoning in to thank Allan for being there for them over the years.

One caller asked Allan straight up on his final show what he had learnt from his years in radio. He replied sharply: "Yeah, broadcasters are not worth a carrot... We're like the weather, we breeze in we breeze out and three days later we're gone.

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