Emma Barnett is leaving BBC Radio 5 live to replace Jane Garvey and Dame Jenni Murray as the presenter of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
The show is one of the longest-running on British radio, having launched in 1946. Garvey and Murray, who share presenting duties on the iconic programme, have both decided to step down.
Barnett, who has presented The Emma Barnett show on weekday mornings on 5 live since November 2017, was a guest host of Woman’s Hour at the age of 26, making her the youngest presenter in the show’s history. She also presents its late-night spin-off and regularly chairs the Woman’s Hour Power List.
“I can’t wait to get to know the many listeners of Woman’s Hour a lot, lot better,” Barnett said. “What adventures we are going to have together – all starting in the year that this BBC institution, the radio mothership, turns 75.”I have a long love of Woman’s Hour and live radio and know that this is a very special and rare opportunity.”
