Jeremy Vine, 59, ‘stopping’ cycling videos as presenter ‘upset’ by trolling and death threats: ‘It did get to me’
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has announced he will no longer post videos of his cycling encounters with motorists due to severe online abuse.
The 59-year-old BBC and Channel 5 presenter made the announcement on Monday morning, saying the trolling had become too much to bear.
“I’m stopping my cycling videos. The trolling just got too bad,” Vine wrote on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
He revealed that his videos have garnered “well over 100 million views” but the anger they generate had “genuinely upset” him.
Vine shared examples of the abusive messages he has received, with some trolls expressing a desire to see him “crushed under a truck”.
One message stated he was “beyond hated” and asked him to upload another video “if it’s you getting run down and hospitalised”.
Another troll wrote they hoped the next motorist he confronted “kicks your traitor head in”.
The presenter revealed there are “at least two death threats” currently being investigated by police.
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Small announcement. I’m stopping my cycling videos. The trolling just got too bad. They have had well over 100 million views but in the end the anger they generate has genuinely upset me. pic.twitter.com/QWArHDPQwV
— Jeremy Vine | Here, on Insta & Facebook (@theJeremyVine) April 27, 2025
He told BBC Radio 4’s World at One that he had to deal with “quite a lot of incoming” abuse.
“I shouldn’t mind, but in the end I just thought I just want to now switch the narrative, I don’t want to do this any more and in the end it did get to me,” Vine told BBC Radio 4’s World at One.
The BBC Radio 2 presenter explained his aim was only to encourage drivers to consider “the dangers of trying to move around cities on a pushbike”.
“Car driving is a religion in this country,” he added, noting that “if you say anything that runs counter, that’s what you get.”
Vine acknowledged he sometimes got “a little cross” with drivers but only uploaded footage to highlight dangers.
Vine published his first travel video in 2016 when The Guardian highlighted the road rage and abuse he faced from drivers.
His videos gained popularity in 2017 when a driver was jailed for threatening behaviour and making a gun sign during a confrontation.
That particular exchange was captured by Vine’s cameras and posted to Facebook, where it was viewed more than 15 million times.
In 2018, Vine told the London Assembly transport committee that he filmed up to 40 driving offences every day during his commute from Chiswick to the BBC offices.
Vine’s decision to stop posting cycling videos also followed the recent theft of his bike, an incident he captured on camera and shared online.
“Do I want to get a replacement and go back into the trolling-furnace? As I say, it just got too hot,” he explained.
The presenter described how “a new cycle video would make my phone physically heat up in my pocket” due to the volume of abuse.
He concluded that when he gets a new bike, he’ll “stay vigilant but won’t share my adventures.”
When challenged about whether his own behaviour had been militant, Vine told World at One he was “just a safety first kind of a guy”.
“If you drive and you’re wanting your kids to be safe on the back you’re just a sensible person,” he said.
“If you cycle and you’d really rather not have your head crushed by the wheel of a bus you’re described as militant or radical.”
Some of Vine’s comments have proven divisive, including telling Gaby Roslin’s podcast that “all the people who are not getting enough sex lock themselves in small metal boxes and drive around London”.