The appointment will make her the first female presenter of the show in 40 years with current host David Dimbleby expected to leave at the end of the year. Fiona, 54, has been a regular presenter of the BBC News at Six and News at Ten since 1999, and has reported on and presented news and current affairs at the BBC for twenty-five years. She has also presented Antiques Roadshow on BBC One for eleven years, as well as hosting the successful arts series Fake or Fortune? Fiona said: “It is an honour to be asked to take on one of the great political programmes of the BBC. Fiona will continue to present the main news bulletins regularly and will still present Antiques Roadshow and Fake or Fortune?

Source: Daily Mirror December 07, 2018 14:03 UTC