Dan Walker joins BBC Breakfast as new presenter
Dan Walker will join BBC Breakfast on Monday 29 February as a new presenter on the BBC One flagship daily news programme.
Published: 9 February 2016
It is an honour to be given this opportunity and to follow in the footsteps of someone like Bill Turnbull. The man has significant shoes to fill, so I hope I can do as good a job as he did waking up the nation.
Already a popular radio and TV host, Dan Walker has more than 17 years’ experience working as a journalist and presenter. He will join BBC Breakfast co-presenter Louise Minchin on the famous red sofa on a Monday to Wednesday (6am-9.15am).
Dan currently hosts Afternoon Edition on BBC Radio 5 live, reporting on the biggest stories and breaking news of the day. He’s been familiar to football fans since 2009 as the face of Football Focus, and has also presented the BBC’s Match Of The Day and Final Score. Dan’s journalistic career began on Sheffield’s Hallam FM Radio, before moving to Manchester’s KEY103 radio station. From there, he went to Granada TV and BBC North West Tonight, before reporting and presenting from some of the biggest sporting events around the world for BBC Sport.
Dan says: "I’m thrilled to be joining the BBC Breakfast team. I have watched the show avidly over the years and am even looking forward to setting my alarm clock and doing what I can to make it even more successful.
"It is an honour to be given this opportunity and to follow in the footsteps of someone like Bill Turnbull. The man has significant shoes to fill, so I hope I can do as good a job as he did waking up the nation."
BBC Breakfast editor Adam Bullimore says: "Dan is an experienced journalist and presenter who will be a fantastic addition to the brilliant BBC Breakfast presenting team. He’s well used to handling breaking news and the challenges live TV can pose! We’re looking forward to him joining us on our sofa."
Notes to Editors
BBC Breakfast daily news programme airs Mon-Fri 6am-9.15am, 6am-10am on Saturday and 6am-9am on Sunday. More than 6 million people watch BBC Breakfast per day.
Presenter Bill Turnbull leaves the programme on Friday 26 February after 15 years.
Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty continue to present the programme Thursday-Saturday mornings (6am-9.15am, and 6am-10am on Saturday).
Dan is married to Sarah Walker, with whom he has three children, and they live in Sheffield.
He will continue in his roles with BBC Sport.
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