Channel 4 has unveiled its line-up of presenters for the General Election special.
Emily Maitlis of The News Agents podcast and Krishnan Guru-Murphy will present the election special. They will be joined throughout the night by a range of guests, including Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, the hosts of The Rest is Politics podcast.
Clare Balding will be crunching the numbers as the data arrives, while Cathy Newman will be reporting from the campaign headquarters for both Labour and the Conservatives. Channel 4 News’s political editor Gary Gibbon will also be present to provide analysis.
Joining them in the studio will be a group of voters, who will engage in debate throughout the night.
The show will also feature inserts from the cast of Gogglebox.
A whole host of other journalists, commentators and politicians from across the political spectrum will be joining the presenters.
The exact timing of the General Election is yet to be announced, making it the subject of considerable discussion in the media and in Westminster. In January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his “working assumption” is that it would be held in the second half of 2024. In March, he ruled out the possibility of holding it on 2 May to coincide with local elections.
