British radio presenter John Humphrys' controversial off-air comments about the equal pay row at the BBC, which he has defended as "jokey", can be heard in a leaked recording.

A BBC presenter was taken off air due to impartiality issues after she expressed solidarity with colleague and equal pay campaigner Carrie Gracie.

It would probably be an exercise in Prosecco-fuelled optimism, even in Dry January, to hope that celebrities might lead a revolution.