“Fiona Bruce isn't some token middle-aged woman at the BBC. Alongside her, at 52, my former running partner Sophie Raworth is a familiar face on our screens, with enough energy to run the scorching desert challenge, Marathon des Sables, to celebrate her 50th.”

English television presenter and journalist

Susanna Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was born in 1970 and is best known for her long career in British breakfast television, including work on BBC Breakfast and Good Morning Britain. From 2001 to 2014, she co-presented BBC Breakfast with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing with Kevin Clifton, and since 2014 she has been the lead presenter of Good Morning Britain.