Ms Dynamite is one of four celebrities who are to guest edit Five News over the course of four weeks starting on 11 Nov. The aforementioned Ms D, Howard Marks, Kelly Holmes and scary Alastair Campbell will order the stories of the day and commission their own reports for the news programme, which airs for half an hour, each day at 7pm.
Programme presenter Kirsty Young said: "The four guest editors have very different areas of specialist knowledge and use diverse disciplines in their respective fields of music, sport, culture and politics. It will be fascinating to see how their backgrounds influence their editorial judgment, opinions on the day's top news stories and choice of individual reports."
Five News editor Mark Calvert said: "This is a first for television news in this country. All of our guest editors are used to being in the news, and have on many occasions been the focus of intense media interest. But this will challenge them, and challenge their view of what makes news."
I must admit to being slightly worried that a former New Labour spin doctor is going to have the chance to put his own spin on the news, even if it's only on a temporary basis.