BBC legend quits after 50 years as devastated co-stars praise ‘remarkable’ career (UK)

BBC veteran Laurie Margolis, 74, has announced he will be leaving the corporation after five decades. He’s worked on both TV and radio, Laurie broke the news about Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. Now, his colleagues have praised his “remarkable” career.

Laurie’s BBC colleagues rushed to social media after the news of his retirement was announced on BBC Radio 4 PM on Wednesday evening (21 August). Host Evan Davis told listeners: “Now one of our BBC colleagues is retiring this week. He’s been at the corporation for 50 years, believe it or not. Laurie Margolis is his name and here on PM, we wanted to mark his departure as he gave this programme one of its biggest scoops back in 1982.”

Laurie’s career began at Radio Sheffield before he went on to BBC Radio 4. In 1982, he broke the biggest story of his career when he obtained information about the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands using amateur radio.

Laurie used a short-wave transceiver which was connected to an aerial on the roof of the Langham Hotel in London to establish radio contact with Bob McLeod, who lived in the settlement of Goose Green on East Falkland.

Now, his colleagues have paid tribute to the remarkable reporter after 50 years in the business.

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