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,
Simon Young (presenter) Simon Young (presenter) Simon Young is a former Irish radio and television presenter with RTÉ 2fm. He presented "The Beatbox". He was also known for making contributions to the cult children's television strand, "Dempsey's Den", hosted by his radio colleague at that time, Ian Dempsey. He resigned from RTÉ in 2002 and disappeared from public until 2011. Young is distinguishable by his moustache which he grew when he was 15 after noticing in the "RTÉ Guide" that people who worked in RTÉ had moustaches. Tony Fenton affectionately called him "Simes." Young presented "Simon's Choice" or "Simon's Saturday Choice" on Saturday