Dan Walker quits the BBC: Breakfast host is leaving after six years to present Channel 5 News
Dan Walker is the latest on-air star to ditch the BBC as he announced he was joining Channel 5 News.
The Breakfast presenter revealed on Monday he was leaving the Corporation after six years to be the ITN channel’s lead anchor.
The 45-year-old said he ‘can’t wait to get stuck into the daily news show’, adding ‘I love their ideas and creativity’.
Walker walks away from his £295,000-295,999 a year role at the BBC, which saw him covering news and sports programmes.
He follows a string of huge names to ditch the Beeb in recent months, including Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Andrew Marr.
Dan Walker is the latest on-air star to ditch the BBC as he announced he was joining Channel 5 News
The journalist said in a statement: ‘I can’t wait to get stuck into the daily news show, but I am also excited about making some great new TV for Channel 5.
‘I love their ideas and creativity and it’s rare to get an opportunity like this where paths and ambitions meet. The chance to do something different was too good to turn down.’
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