The faces of TV's election night: Broadcasters prepare to unveil July 4 presenting line ups with Laura Kuenssberg tipped to host on BBC, Tom Bradby anchoring on ITV and Kay Burley fronting coverage on Sky News

General elections are the biggest nights successful the TV quality calendar, and with each eyes connected July 4 the nation's broadcasters are present preparing to unveil their presenting enactment ups. 

Channel 4 became the archetypal large transmission to corroborate their choices past period earlier the canvass had adjacent been called - with Emily Maitlis announced arsenic their main presenter.

Sky News has besides been speedy connected the act, revealing contiguous that Kay Burley volition service arsenic their predetermination nighttime anchor. 

The BBC traditionally dominates predetermination nighttime coverage, but is yet to corroborate its plans, portion ITV are remaining likewise tight-tipped contempt Tom Bradby being wide tipped for the apical job.  

Below, MailOnline runs done everything we cognize truthful acold -  

BBC: Laura Kuenssberg is the blistery favourite

Huw Edwards was antecedently the look of the BBC's predetermination coverage, truthful his departure implicit a enactment texts ungraded opened up a large vacancy. 

Laura Kuenssberg has been wide tipped to regenerate him, with reports suggesting she could beryllium joined by News astatine Ten big Clive Myrie, 59. 

Kuenssberg, 47, presently fronts her ain Sunday greeting interrogation programme, but was antecedently the BBC's governmental exertion - making her good suited to take up the role. 

Last twelvemonth the broadcaster deed backmost astatine claims she has mislaid viewers for her Sunday greeting authorities amusement since taking implicit from Andrew Marr, saying her programme is 'bucking the trend' by seeing higher viewing figures.

The shadiness of the Edwards ungraded volition bent implicit the BBC's predetermination sum past year.  

The BBC seasoned has been disconnected aerial since past July aft helium was accused of paying a 17-year-old teen £35,000 for intersexual images implicit 3 years.

Edwards was allegedly warned by the BBC astir his online behaviour 2 years earlier the ungraded broke, according to reports past month. 

The newsreader, 62, was spoken to astir his behaviour connected 2 abstracted occasions successful 2021 and 2022, according to reports.

The archetypal gathering came aft a ailment from a woman, who was successful her 40s astatine the time, successful May 2021, it was alleged. She had requested that Edwards halt contacting her, which prompted bosses to talk to him 'about his actions'.

However, they remained successful contact, starring to a 2nd ailment from the woman, successful 2022, The Times said. A elder manager allegedly spoke to Edwards again, advising that 'further concerns had been raised' and immoderate interaction 'should present cease'.

But the brace are said to person remained successful interaction via email.

The BBC said successful effect to the Edwards' communicative past month: 'When dealing with non-editorial complaints we person longstanding and robust processes successful place. We volition ever question to grip immoderate specified issues with care, fairness and sensitivity to everyone concerned.'

Asked astir its predetermination sum today, a spokesperson told MailOnline: 'We volition acceptable retired our plans successful owed course.'  

Channel 4: Emily Maitlis confirmed 

While galore broadcasters are inactive finalising their schedules, Channel 4 has already confirmed Emily Maitlis arsenic its prime for the wide election. 

Maitlis, 53, volition contiguous the predetermination peculiar alongside Channel 4 News presenter and Strictly Come Dancing prima Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

The erstwhile newsreader joins a eclectic line-up of presenters including BBC Sport presenter Clare Balding and governmental expert Rory Stewart.

Maitlis revealed she was leaving the BBC successful 2022 and present co-hosts The News Agents podcast alongside Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall. 

She was precocious portrayed connected surface successful the Netflix movie Scoop, which details the events astir her Newsnight interrogation with the Duke of York successful which she grilled him astir his narration with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

'I'm delighted to beryllium bringing The News Agents to the bosom of Channel 4 connected this important nighttime - and to enactment with specified an unthinkable formed of people,' Maitlis said. 'I cannot wait.'

Throughout the night, Maitlis and Guru-Murthy volition beryllium joined by Stewart and Alastair Campbell, who volition big a unrecorded mentation of their deed podcast The Rest is Politics arsenic thee results travel in.

The duo volition besides beryllium joined by immoderate acquainted faces from the world TV amusement Gogglebox.

Elsewhere, broadcaster Cathy Newman volition contiguous from the Labour and Conservative run office portion Balding volition interruption down the information arsenic it comes in.

Channel 4 News governmental exertion Gary Gibbon volition present investigation and a squad of reporters volition beryllium astatine cardinal counts crossed the state to seizure the play arsenic the results are declared.

Guru-Murthy, 54, said: 'I'm truthful looking guardant to joining this superb line-up of radical to seizure an breathtaking and historical night.

'We volition person piercing analysis, crisp interviews and each those memorable moments arsenic the results travel in.

'I deliberation this is going to beryllium 1 of those uncommon predetermination nights we retrieve for decades truthful I anticipation viewers volition bask spending it with us.'

Stewart, 51, said: 'I'm truly looking guardant to bringing the podcast to beingness connected TV with Alastair unrecorded connected Channel 4.

'Hopefully we tin inactive disagree agreeably adjacent successful the vigor of the electoral madness.'

Campbell, 66, added: 'The occurrence and continuing maturation of The Rest Is Politics podcast has shown determination is simply a immense appetite for superior sensible statement and connected what promises to beryllium 1 of the astir important and breathtaking predetermination nights successful galore a twelvemonth I americium delighted that Rory Stewart and I volition beryllium portion of Channel 4's coverage.'

Sky News: Kay Burley confirmed  

Sky contiguous revealed its predetermination sum plans contiguous - unveiling Kay Burley arsenic its main presenter. 

The 63-year-old will anchor Election Night Live, the overnight results programme, from a 360-degree immersive workplace usually utilized by Sky Sports shows similar Monday Night Football.

Burley, who volition beryllium covering her 12th wide election, volition beryllium joined by governmental exertion Beth Rigby, Sir Trevor Phillips and information and economics exertion Ed Conway.

Andy Burnham, the politician of Manchester, volition articulation erstwhile Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Baroness Ruth Davidson, to supply impermanent analysis.

Professor Michael Thrasher volition pb Sky News psephology team, arsenic helium has astatine each predetermination since 1989.

ITV: Tom Bradby acceptable to return 

Tom Bradby hosted ITV's sum of predetermination nighttime successful 2019 and attracted 1.4million viewers - the 2nd highest aft the BBC. 

The big of ITV's News astatine 10 was joined by governmental exertion Robert Peston and nationalist exertion Allegra Stratton, while George Osborne and Ed Balls were successful the workplace to remark connected proceedings - aided by Ruth Davidson and Alan Johnson.

ITV has not yet announced its sum plans, but it seems apt Bradbury volition marque a reappearance. 

Bradby is an ITV seasoned and antecedently served arsenic the network's royal correspondent. 

Famously, helium is simply a steadfast person of Prince Harry and was one of 2 journalists helium selected to transportation retired a sit-down interrogation to beforehand his tell-all memoir, Spare.