BBC Radio 4 listeners are set to hear a new voice present the show Woman's Hour after Emma Barnett has decided to quit the role.
Barnett will leave in April, a little over three years after she joined the programme in January 2021.
However, she has already lined up her next role within the Beeb as she'll join the roster on the Today programme in May.
Barnett will join the likes of Justin Webb, Mishal Husain, Amol Rajan, Martha Kearney and Nick Robinson on the current affairs show.
The 39-year-old broke the news in a lengthy statement on Instagram.
She penned alongside a series of images from her time working on the show: "Deep breath: Some work news… I am leaving the mighty mothership @bbcwomanshour and joining the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 (6-9am) and making more TV shows with my big interviews and some new documentaries across the BBC.
Emma Barnett has quit Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4
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"It was a big decision and here are some of my thoughts which the BBC has just published… more to say soon.
"We are living in volatile times where sometimes even asking a question can seem risky - wrongly so. My ambition on the @bbctodayprogramme is to keep asking the questions that listeners want answers to - as well as raising many smiles along the way - while armed with a very strong cup of tea."
Barnett continued: "I am delighted to be joining a programme that occupies such a unique space in British life and to also have the opportunity to expand my work across BBC TV and News."
Reflecting on her time as Woman's Hour host, she went on: "My time on @bbcwomanshour means a great deal to me and I want to thank the team and our mighty army of listeners for how much we have shared - the joy, wisdom, sorrow and sometimes sheer rage.
"I will carry so many of those moments with me for the rest of my life - chief amongst them conducting Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s first interview after her long-awaited release from prison in Iran; making a rare and special conversation happen with Kate Bush and reflecting the overwhelming response to the rape, abduction and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
"I will greatly miss being within the rare and unique space Woman’s Hour provides, where most days anything can happen and routinely does.
"Plus it was pretty special to give birth to a daughter while working at the longest-running women’s programme in the world. It has been a wild ride."
Addressing her potential successor, she concluded: "All power to the next person gifted the opportunity. #batonpassed #womanshour #bbc #todayprogramme #bbcr4today #bbcwomanshour #women #passthemic."
Her fans rushed to comment on the career change, including Claudia Winkleman who shared a series of love heart emojis.
While one of her fans responded: "Gutted you’re leaving WH But thrilled at the prospect of your contribution to the Today team .. Keep your fearless approach going.. I’m now 70 and I’ve really learnt a lot during your tenure on WH, as have the husbands and sons and men in my life!"
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And a second echoed: "Cannot wait to see you hold people to account in the way that I have seen you do on woman’s hour!" (sic)
Mohit Bakaya, Controller of BBC Radio 4 also released a statement in which she said: "Emma is a tenacious journalist who has brought her distinctive and forensic interview style to Woman’s Hour, leading to some remarkable radio moments over the past few years.
"During her time the programme has gone from strength to strength as she has championed her listeners and ensured that no subject remains taboo.
"I’m delighted that she will bring those qualities to the Today programme as she steps onto the biggest and best radio news stage in the UK to work alongside our terrific presenter team in this major election year."
