Kirsty Young board' stickers among her pet hates. In June 2006, Young was announced as the new presenter of the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme "Desert Island Discs", replacing Sue Lawley; she began on 1 October 2006. According to the odds given by bookmaker William Hill she was an outsider for the job at 20/1. She returned to Five News on 28 September 2006, but in 2007, Young announced that she would be leaving Five News in the autumn, following ten years as its head anchor. On 29 August 2007, she presented her last show for Five News. On 29 September 2007,
Smooth Radio presenter history Danny Pietroni of Magic 105.4 FM joined Smooth in November 2015 as presenter of the daily late night "Smooth Love Songs" Show. On March 22 2016, it was announced that Andrew Castle would leave the Smooth Breakfast Show after two years and was replaced by Absolute Radio DJ Russ Williams. Later that same year, Martin Collins returned to Smooth Radio from Magic 105.4 to present the weekend edition of "Smooth Love Songs". At the beginning of 2017 Tina Hobley replaced Anthony Davis as presenter of "Smooth Drive Home". In March 2017, Margherita Taylor, formally of Heart London replaced Chris Skinner