BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker 'to sign £1.5 million deal' following move to Channel 5

11.04.2022 - 00:37 / ok.co.uk

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker is said to be lined-up to sign a £1.5 million deal with Channel 5. It was announced on Monday 4 April that the 45 year old TV presenter was leaving his £295,000 job at BBC, and admitted it was a “massive decision” for him. Sharing the news on Twitter, he wrote: “Hello, it's Dan here.

I have a little bit of news for you. In the next few weeks, I'm going to be leaving BBC Breakfast and moving to 5 News and to Channel 5. "I'm really excited but this has also been a massive decision for me because I love BBC Breakfast, I love working alongside Sally [Nugent] and I love the team there.

"But Channel 5 came with big ambitions, with big plans and I don't think opportunities like this come around very often and I can't wait." While Dan said he isn’t “motivated by money” to his co-host Sally, the sum he’s allegedly set to receive by moving over to Channel 5 has been revealed. A source said to The Sun about his move: “He’d made it pretty clear he wanted to front prime-time evening shows on the BBC for quite some time. “He went to them to discuss his future after getting the offer from Channel 5 in the hope that they’d give him what he wanted to keep him on the breakfast show.” They went on: “The details have yet to be finalised but could include a quiz show or a programme in the style of Susan Calman’s Grand Days Out.” OK! have approached Dan’s reps for comment.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page. In light of his announcement, Dan discussed how difficult of a decision it was to make to leave.The current BBC Breakfast host said: “As you know - as I explained to you before all