TV presenter Jeremy Vine, 59, has revealed he will not post any more videos of his cycling adventures with other motorists due to the relentless online abuse he receives. Addressing the subject on his eponymous Channel 5 show on Monday (28th April), the broadcaster admitted the abuse and constant trolling had become too much to bear.

Reading out some of the tweets, including one which read: "Sure this man has to be England's biggest a******. It may be terrible but I hope he falls under the wheels of 5 cars that reverse & make sure the jobs done." Pointing to another, he read out: "We are all God's children apart from the devil's offspring who are bicycle festishists in teh main. A perfect example would be Satan's high priest and all round bike fetishist Jeremy Vine." In amongst the tweets, which included several saying they wished he would die – "the sooner the better" – there was also a sexually explicit message about his wife, Rachel Schofield.

It read: "Maybe spend some time with your wife instead of editing and posting s*** videos on Twitter then spending all day trying to justify being a w*****. I bet your missus is getting banged left, right and centre by a car driver." Taking it in his stride, Jeremy quipped: "That one's fair enough."

Jeremy also addressed the abuse on social media. In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, he gave an insight into the amount of abuse he would receive every time he posted a travel video online. He began: “Small announcement. I’m stopping my cycling videos. The trolling just got too bad. They have had well over 100million views but in the end the anger the generate has genuinely upset me. A regular theme has been the desire to see me crushed by a truck.

"Any cyclist knows this is a very real danger. I can take criticism, but my aim was only to get all of us who drive to think about the dangers of trying to move around cities on a pushbike."

“I know I’ve sometimes got a little cross when a driver has, say, pulled out without looking, but I only ever uploaded the film to show the danger.” He went on to reveal that he never made any money from the videos he shared, despite them receiving millions of views.

The decision comes after Jeremy revealed that his £620 bike was stolen a week ago from outside his house. He recalled: “A week ago, my bike was stolen. It cost £620 brand new in 2019 – about the sum it costs to replace two new tyres on a family car – and we closed up 25,000 bike-miles mainly in London.

“I had locked it to something insecure. My fault again, I guess. The bike theft – at 5am while I was already up, with the house lights on – made me think. Do I want to get a replacement and go back in the trolling-furnace? As I said, it just got too hot.”

Jeremy went on to reveal that the police are currently investigating two death threats made against him and the impact it had on his phone when sharing his commute online.

He added: “A new cycle video would make my phone physically heat up in my pocket. There are at least two death threats against me currently being investigated by police.

“I enjoy debates but not abuse. It’s strange that getting interested in road safety can actually endanger a person. I see other cyclists facing the same and wonder how they deal with it. So, when I get my new bike I’ll stay vigilant but won’t share my adventures. Best wishes all!”