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Johnston was held for 114 days after being kidnapped in Gaza last year. He has previously written a number of dispatches for the long-running programme and last October, an entire edition was given over to his ordeal.
"I hope that the show might benefit from having a regular presenter, and one who has both contributed to it and been a fan for many years," said Johnston. "The structure of the programme will stay the same however – the extraordinarily successful FOOC formula would be very hard to improve."
Kate Adie will continue to present the Radio 4 version of the programme.
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