Kirsty Young's journalistic career began in 1989, newsreading and presenting for BBC Radio Scotland. In 2008 she became the presenter of Crimewatch on BBC1 and she has presented Desert Island Discs since 2006. Sean Magee is a distinguished publisher, editor and author. He has worked on books with, among many others, Sir Clement Freud, Michael Mansfield QC, David Blunkett, Rolf Harris, Michael Foot and Joan Sims.