Ed Miliband is a hit on the airwaves as he fills in for Jeremy Vine on Radio 2

In his first show he interviewed Labour MP Chuka Ummuna, chaired a delicate discussion about islamophobia in the wake of the terrorist attack at a Mosque in Finsbury Park, and played Lovefool by the Cardigans (a certified banger).

Listeners took to Twitter to share their approval:

https://twitter.com/indiaknight/status/876773413263732736
https://twitter.com/horton_official/status/876764457413857280
https://twitter.com/adambecket/status/876770555269140480
https://twitter.com/DaniRowley/status/876768649721384960

Some users commented that the BBC giving a Labour politician this platform confirms a suspected bias:

Ed Miliband covering your show and the BBC are supposed to be neutral...I rest my case..!!! jeremy vine

— julie wright (@juliewright1000) June 19, 2017

What the heck are @BBC doing putting a political (ex) leader in charge of a peak time radio show? Downright wrong - any political party https://t.co/2aJG7I7AbF

— Gary Bickley (@GaryHospEx) June 19, 2017

But of course they must have missed the memo that Miliband will only be filling in for the first week of Vine's fortnight absence. Who will be filling in during the second week, you ask? Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith. Sounds fair to us.

For the most part, it sounds like the move has gone down a treat.