[Keith]

With Samira Ahmed, you've got a knowledgeable, fluent, personable host, with a provenance that gives her an unimpeachable quality that really suits the show, and not someone who used to play the call handler on The Wright Stuff (for example).

A cynic might suggest that Samira suing the BBC for equal pay for presenting Newswatch (and winning) based on Vine's salary for Points of View has hindered her long term career prospects.