The script was ready, the cameras rolled — but grief doesn’t follow a rundown. What unfolded wasn’t broadcast polish, but a silence so real it stopped the morning cold

BBC Breakfast presenter Roger Johnson shared some sad news on the show on Sunday morning

BBC Breakfast took a poignant turn on Sunday when Roger Johnson revealed that someone he’d become close to had been told he had three months left to live.

During the show, Roger and Rachel Burden paused to discuss BBC Breakfast guest Warwick Smith, who had received a throat cancer diagnosis.

Although his original prognosis gave him six months to live, Warwick has now been told he has three months remaining. Yet despite this devastating news, Warwick refuses to let his condition prevent him from reaching his target.

achel opened the segment: “Back in 2022, Warwick Smith was told he had throat cancer and was given six months to live. Now, since then, he’s raised almost £70,000 for cancer charities.”

Roger went on: “Now, Warwick has been in touch with me quite a lot over the years. He sends me emails, and last month, he emailed me to say that the cancer had returned. It’s in his ribs, his spine, his right lung, his liver, and in his brain,” reports the Express.

Roger and Rachel on BBC Breakfast(Image: BBC)

“This time, he’s been given three months to live. However, he wanted to do a 10k for Macmillan Cancer Support, which is pretty impressive.

“He couldn’t do it in one go. He’s just not healthy enough and just can’t manage it. However, he set out to complete it in three separate stints, and earlier this week, I was there as he finished his final lap of his local lake.”

In the footage, Warwick revealed: “I don’t want to fester and fade away. I know I have got to keep moving, to keep active, to keep going.”

n a voiceover clip showing Warwick out for a walk, Roger stated, “It’s some defiance from a man who’s been given weeks to live, but this 67-year-old is a fighter, day by day, one step at a time, he keeps defying the odds.”

Warwick Smith has been given three months to live(Image: BBC)

He later added, “Warwick waited three months for the scan, which found his throat cancer. His brother had died from it.