The BBC’s Europe editor Katya Adler has emerged as the hot favourite to replace Mishal Husain on the Today programme. Adler, 52, who recently interviewed former German chancellor Angela Merkel, is regarded as increasingly likely to be given the much-prized presenting role.
![[Husain, 51, decided to quit the BBC after 11 years on the show to present a new interview series for Bloomberg]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/00/93393445-14218033-image-a-96_1734828994954.jpg)
The BBC journalist is understood to have already been lined up with slots to present on Today in January and February. While one well-placed insider claimed it was not yet a ‘done deal’, they admitted her appearances in the new year would give her a chance to ‘feel at home on the show’.
The planned appearances are being seen as a huge opportunity for her to secure the role. Insiders say they fully expect the new presenter to be a woman. The vacancy has come about after Husain, 51, decided to quit the BBC to present a new interview series for Bloomberg.
Her departure, which came after 11 years on the Radio 4 show, has been seen as a huge blow to the corporation’s news division. One senior industry insider said Adler, who has previously appeared on Today as a stand-in host, is ‘the name everybody is using’.
BBC Europe editor Katya Adler has become the hot favourite to replace Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme. If Adler, who has been the BBC’s Europe editor since 2014, is appointed, she would join Nick Robinson, 61, Emma Barnett, 39, Justin Webb, 63 and Amol Rajan, 41, on the presenting team.
