BBC Oxbridge snobs stop radio star presenting Today programme
'because he is an Essex boy'  BBC Five Live's award-winning
presenter Peter Allen has been snubbed for a job fronting Radio
4's flagship Today programme "because he is too much of an Essex
boy".  Friends of Allen  who left school at 18 to work for his
local newspaper and did not go to university  believe he is a
victim of "Oxbridge snobs" who control the BBC.  Allen, a
passionate Tottenham Hotspur fan and golf enthusiast, presents
Five Live's drive-time show, where he has won plaudits for his
punchy interviewing.  Scroll down for more...   The Mail on
Sunday has learned that he was poised to move to Radio 4 as a
potential successor to John Humphrys, Today's hard-hitting
presenter who, at 64, is expected to retire soon.  However, as
details of Allen's new job were being finalised, it was
mysteriously vetoed by BBC management.  A friend of Allen, said:
"Peter had been told the job was his. He thought it would be a
great way to cap his career. But a