Final 12 months, Mark Dolan was among the many presenters to be affected by GB Information’ main shake-up, which noticed his night discuss present brutally axed. The bombshell announcement, which additionally impacted former Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and broadcaster Isabel Webster, was met with harsh criticism from viewers in addition to Dolan, who took to X to verify his abrupt departure and reveal that he had introduced his last present. After stating: “I’ll converse publicly about this in the end,” the host later revealed: “Let me let you know that leaving GB Information was not my alternative. I used to be fired. It took minutes. However let me let you know, they did it properly.”
In December, Dolan introduced his self-titled present would air on YouTube, however seven months later, it was confirmed that he would return to screens on GB Information’ rival programme, TalkTV. TalkTVUpdates’s X account shared: “Mark Dolan makes a return to The House of Widespread Sense, taking reigns of The Political Asylum, Monday – Thursday 19:00 – 22:00 subsequent week.”
They added: “Kev [Kevin O’Sullivan] will probably be sitting in for Julia [Hartley-Brewer] 10:00 – 13:00 All Week.”
Dolan’s TalkTV information was met with pleasure from viewers, together with one who exclaimed: “Good news, ought to by no means have left.”
A second shared: “Good news,” to which one other merely echoed: “Sensible!” Whereas one fan remarked: “Kevin following on from Mike Graham. The handovers needs to be good. Now to do the papers between 09.30 – 10.00.”
Dolan was beforehand at Talkradio, famously fronted the Channel 4 present Balls of Metal, and introduced documentary sequence The World’s …And Me.
An insider addressed Dolan’s axe and mentioned: “Mark’s viewing figures weren’t good.” They added: “Isabel was too woke and never on message.
The modifications additionally impacted Rees-Mogg’s, because the information channel introduced that he would now solely be internet hosting his present two days per week slightly than 4.
Following his GB Information departure, Dolan acknowledged that hundreds of individuals expressed their anger at what had occurred as he thanked them for his or her help.
He then went on to supply a shocking because of his former group: “I need to thank GB Information’ daring and visionary administration, and I need to thank my good manufacturing group on Mark Dolan Tonight for the extraordinary quantity of exhausting work that they put into each programme.
“Let me let you know I’ve made pals for all times – cherished friendships. And that could be a great factor.”
