She said she told BBC director-general Tim Davie last year of her decision.
Kirsty Wark will step down as a lead presenter of Newsnight after the next election, the BBC has announced.
“However, I’ll be leaving Newsnight but not the BBC. I’ll still be presenting The Reunion and Start The Week on Radio 4, TV documentaries too, as well as finishing, finally, my third novel.Wark is the longest-serving presenter of the show, according to the BBC, having started in 1993. Mr Davie said: “Generations of Newsnight viewers have benefitted from Kirsty’s authority, her razor-sharp insight and her journalistic flair. She sets the standard for engaging yet authoritative presenting. I speak on behalf of the whole BBC when I thank her for the past 30 years.
The clips included coverage of the peace process in Northern Ireland, former chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Yasser Arafat travelling abroad and rebellions in the Conservative Party in the 1990s.
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