CHANNEL 4 SCOOPS EMILY FROM THE BBC

Maitlis joins election night show team

- MARK JEFFERIES

The award-winning journalist, 53, was lead anchor of the BBC's Newsnight from 2018 to 2022.

She left to join Global and start The News Agents podcast with mates Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall.

On Newsnight in 2019, Emily famously interviewed Prince Andrew about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with Netflix recreating the chat in its drama Scoop, starring Gillian Anderson.