So now we know: Kirsty Young is the new Sue Lawley. Best known as the face of Five News, Young takes over the reins of the venerable British institution that is BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs come the autumn.
Young will now follow in the footsteps of Lawley, Michael Parkinson and the programme's creator, Roy Plomley, who presented the programme from its inception in 1942 until his death in 1985.
Lawley quit after 18 years on the Island and Newsnight political editor Martha Kearney promptly became favourite to take over the show. She said she would love the job, adding "I think every broadcaster in the country would."
Andrew Marr ruled himself out and it seemed that nearly every esteemed broadcaster in the land from David Dimbleby and Sue MacGregor to Jonathan Dimbleby and Anna Ford was tipped.
But Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer, a fan of Young's work for many a-year, said she "combines warmth and curiosity - the perfect combination to make a success of the programme."
But will the Stirling-born broadcaster cut it with Radio 4's notoriously change-averse audience? And will she steer clear of the kind of criticism Lawley came in for? Plomley's widow, Diana, famously ticked Lawley off for having the unsavoury habit of quizzing guests about their sex lives.
