The BBC’s Film 2016 show will no longer have a permanent host, but a series of guest hosts, beginning with Zoe Ball.
The move was announced on the show’s Twitter account. Critics Danny Leigh and Ellen E Jones remain on the show, which will return to a live format after being recorded last year, the Radio Times reported.
We're excited to announce that our first host is the brilliant @ZoeTheBall! The new series starts 2nd Nov @BBCOne pic.twitter.com/Z9BRW0cOys
— Film 2016 (@BBCFilm2016) October 21, 2016
It will not be the first time the show has used rotating hosts; when it was first broadcast in 1971, Joan Bakewell, Frederic Raphael and Ian Johnstone were on the roster. However, since 1972, when Barry Norman took over, the show has only had three hosts. Jonathan Ross replaced Norman in 1999, and was himself replaced by Claudia Winkleman in 2010.
Winkleman announced in September that she would not be returning, saying the show “deserves someone who can give it their all”.
The new series begins on Wednesday 2 November. Ball is the only guest host to have been announced so far.
