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Mike Graham has taken to social media to share a major career milestone just weeks after his controversial departure from TalkTV. The former presenter was sacked from his morning show after an alleged "racist" post was published on his personal Facebook account, which he insisted was the work of a hacker. However, in their statement, TalkTV's parent company News UK revealed that Mike was ultimately sacked for "failure" to assist in the inquiry into the racist post.

In the weeks since, the 65-year-old has returned to screens through his own YouTube channel. Having been off air since October, he announced the launch of The Mike Graham Show - The Home of Common Sense, and stated it was "time to move on to the next chapter." Since his first upload on Wednesday, November 12, Mike has now accumulated over one million views.

Taking to X/Twitter, the TV host wrote: "Good Morning. We've done it. Over ONE MILLION VIEWS and 99,200 subscribers on the new YouTube channel."

He added: "The Mike Graham Show is on the march. See you soon... and thank you."

The post was inundated with support from his followers, who took to the comments with praise as one penned: "Congratulations, Mike, you absolute legend! The all-new, unfiltered Independent Republic is unstoppable."

Addressing his TalkTV replacement, another remarked: "Good on you, Mike! Kevin tries his best with Plank of the Week but it has lost a bit of je ne sais quoi."

"Fantastic news, Mike, and thank you for doing it as a podcast as well, it makes my commute into work a lot more entertaining," added a third.

As a fourth echoed: "Congratulations Mike, looking forward to next week's shows. Onwards and upwards!"

Just last month, Mike broke his silence on his TalkTV departure during an appearance on Dan Wootton Outspoken, and described the moment his former colleague Julia Hartley-Brewer confirmed his exit as "cold."

As they re-watched the clip, he said: "It wasn't great. A bit North Korean. I thought the statement the company put out was a bit cold, and people who don't even know what my relationship is with the company said, 'That was cold, man.'

"They didn't even thank me for what I'd done ... I'm not a baby, I don't need patting on the head, but you know, I think if it had been me in the studio, I might have said something like 'really sorry to see Mike go, we worked together a long time and we wish him well."