Dan Walker confirms his BBC Breakfast departure date ahead of Channel 5 move
03.05.2022 - 12:51
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Dan Walker has revealed when he'll spend his last day on BBC Breakfast before heading off the pastures new. The presenter announced early last month that he was leaving the news programme after six years.
He joined the BBC One early morning show in 2016 and his exit comes seven months after former co-host Louise Minchin spent her last day hosting the programme, 20 years after first joining.
Dan revealed last month that viewers will instead see him on a different channel as he leaves to front Channel 5’s revamped 5 News. He said at the time that "it’s been a massive decision" for him to leave his job at the BBC for a new role.
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And now there is an official date for the Strictly Come Dancing star's last day. "Come on everyone, brace yourselves," his co-host Sally Nugent said to viewers on Tuesday's edition (May 3) of BBC Breakfast. Dan started: "You know you keep asking me when I’m going? Well, I can tell you now, officially..."
Before revealing the news, he joked to Sally: "I'm leaving in five minutes. You can do the rest yourself, can’t you?" before confirming "May 17 is my last day, so two weeks today."
Following a small gasp, Sally responded: "Ooh, that’s not many shifts left, is it? to which Dan added laughing: "If you discount this one, it's only six. Six more three o'clockers and I'm out of here."
Dan went on to thank viewers of the show for their support following his decision. "The other thing to say is, thank you to everybody who sent so many lovely messages," he said. "And one thing I have realised, because lots of people want to chat to you about this programme...
"It means an awful lot to a lot of