Former BBC Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt said his departure from the station last month was not a reaction to the cost-cutting targets laid out by the organisation earlier this year.

Instead his exit - after 13 years in charge of the network and 1Xtra - was based purely on his decision to leave the station on a high note.

"Radio years are a bit like dog years - they go by really quickly and you can't expect to remain ...