Esme Wren will head Channel 4 News after three years as Newsnight editor, replacing outgoing Ben De Pear
BBC Newsnight editor Esme Wren, who oversaw the programme’s infamous interview with Prince Andrew, has quit the broadcaster to become the new boss of Channel 4 News.
Her departure leaves the BBC with yet another influential senior news position to fill at a time when such appointments are receiving enormous scrutiny from the government.
