Kirsty Wark has emerged as favourite to replace David Dimbleby on Question Time after he confirmed his departure from the programme.<\/p>\n
Dimbleby has fronted the political debate show for 25-years but he has decided he will be leaving at the end of 2018.<\/p>\n
Now Bookmakers have compiled their list of favourites and Newsnight’s Wark has emerged as the front-runner, ahead of the likes of BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, and political journalist Nick Robinson.<\/p>\n
“This is a job that has not been available for over a life time, but under Dimbley’s stewardship it has developed into a BBC institution,” said OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n
“Now it is fair to see a scramble is set to take place, but Wark is hugely respected and it is easy to see why she is favourite.”<\/p>\n
Selected odds on next Question Time host:<\/strong><\/span> Kirsty Wark has emerged as favourite to replace David Dimbleby on Question Time after he confirmed his departure from the programme. Dimbleby has fronted the political debate show for 25-years but he has decided he will be leaving at the end of 2018. Now Bookmakers have compiled their list of favourites and Newsnight’s Wark has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5046,74,1640,2703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news-events","category-press-release","category-tv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\n4\/1 Kirsty Wark
\n4\/1 Huw Edwards
\n7\/1 Nick Robinson
\n8\/1 Jeremy Paxman
\n12\/1 Evan Davis
\n12\/1 John Humphrys
\n14\/1 Victoria Derbyshire
\n16\/1 Emily Maitlis
\n16\/1 Laura Kuenssberg
\n25\/1 Andrew Marr
\n25\/1 Andrew Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"