Andrew Marr has emerged as the probable candidate to take over from Sue Lawley as the host of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Other candidates thought to be in the running included, as previously reported, Martha Kearney, Jeremy Paxman, David Dimbleby, Jonathan Dimbleby and Fi Glover, but now Marr is the favourite.
Lawley, who announced her decision to step down last month, has said she would like her successor to be a woman, telling the Sunday Times: "It's a sexist point, but I think a woman would be better at it than a man. They're better able to ask the questions you need to ask. But then I made it my own and I'm not sure what the next person can do."