TV legend reveals he has RETIRED after an incredible 50 years on screen

Chris Tarrant has revealed that he’s retired. 

The TV star, 78, has had an incredible career spanning 50 years and his last project was  Extreme Railways on Channel 5 which ran for six series.

He is best known for presenting the ITV children’s television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1981, and the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its inception in 1998 until 2014. 

Asked if he had retired this week, Chris told The Sun: ‘Yes. I’ve stopped.

‘I mean I think lockdown really, you just started to get everything in a bit perspective and I thought, I’ve done this thing for 50 years.

‘You know, I don’t need the money, without sounding silly. So I was thinking, why am I still doing this?’ 

Since 2020 he has only taken talking head slots or interview appearances.

Chris appeared on Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Weekend in 2023 and a compilation show, Britain’s Favourite Sitcoms.

But since stepping down from TV he has been focusing on travelling and recently visited Borneo with his wife as well as enjoying a safari with his two eldest grandkids.

Despite leaving TV work behind he said he is still flooded with offers – including for The Masked Singer which he turned down.