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Jon Snow’s exit marks the end of an era of TV news big beasts

Falling ratings for primetime news suggest the days when presenters were household names are drawing to a close

It has been one of the paradoxes of the year: as TV viewers continue to hunger for updates on the pandemic – the biggest story since the second world war – a slew of broadcasting giants have bade farewell to their regular news slots.

On Thursday night, perhaps the biggest of them all, Jon Snow, signed off on his last ever appearance as the face of Channel 4 News, just days after the last ever Andrew Marr Show went out on the BBC.

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