I knew that he said he was quitting, but a lot of companies, at least in the USA, will allow an employee that needs to be replaced to fall on his own sword rather than suffer the greater humiliation of being escorted from the building. I'm not that familiar with the inner workings of the BBC, but I have to wonder if he was given the choice to quit or be fired. He was horrible at that job, though good at other jobs I hear. Sometimes companies take a good person and put them into a role in which they cannot perform well. Evans was definitely not good in that particular role. To be honest the big orangutan and his two sidekicks was a hard act to follow, but still Evans sucked at it much more than he should have.