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Dan Walker breaks silence over return to BBC Breakfast after serious misconduct probe at Channel 5
The TV presenter left the BBC in 2022.
DAN Walker laughed about a return to BBC Breakfast in an apparent swipe at his former employer.
The 47-year-old answered a Q&A with fans as he gave updates on when he'd be back on telly with Helen Skelton and how his latest venture away from TV is going.
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A fan asked Dan on Instagram: "Do you miss BBC Breakfast and would you ever go back?"
He replied with a picture of him holding the Strictly glitterball trophy with former BBC colleague Sally Nugent.
Dan wrote: "I miss my friends but... No."
The dad of three left BBC Breakfast in April 2022 after six years to join Channel 5 News,
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However, he found himself the centre of a multi-pronged complaint recently.
Network bosses brought in investigators over the work place probe into serious conduct allegations.
Presenter Dan - who is believed to be paid £500,000 a year - was “completely exonerated”.
The Channel 5 news anchor continues to be on telly - but revealed his latest gig away from the small screen.
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Dan, 47 revealed he is now a co-owner of a café, saying: “You know I go on about cake a lot?
"Well… I am officially now the part-owner of a cafe!!! It’s something my wife and I have been thinking about for a while and an opportunity came up just down the road from our house in Sheffield at a place we love, right at the heart of the community.
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"And with friends who are brilliant. So… feel free to pop along to the Brook Coffee Rooms in Fulwood in Sheffield…
"I’ll be the one in the corner eating a cronut It is officially… THE DREAM.”
The journalist told his followers that he and his wife have been eyeing this opportunity for a while.
He added that he has now decided to take the plunge with a café in Sheffield that's close to their hearts
Dan Walker's BBC Timeline
Dan Walker was a long-running star of BBC Breakfast but his career with the broadcaster began a long time before he made it to the big red sofa.
- 2004 - Dan begins working as a sports reporter at BBC local news programme, North West Tonight, in Manchester.
- 2005 - He receives a nomination for Best Nations and Regions Sports Presenter or Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards just a year into the role.
- 2006 - Dan moved to London and secured his first national TV role as a reporter at Wimbledon.
- 2009 - He is chosen to become the new face of the BBC's Football Focus replacing Manish Bhasin.
- 2010 - Dan becomes one of the leading presenters stationed at England's base for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 2016 - Dan is chosen to replace the long-standing Bill Turnbull on BBC Breakfast. He hosted alongside Louise Minchin until 2021 before being paired with Sally Nugent.
- 2016 - He secures a role as a lead presenter for the Beeb's coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- 2020 - The star is hired to be the new host of The NFL Show, replacing Mark Chapman.
- 2021 - Dan begins to slim down his work with the BBC and quits his job at Football Focus after 15 years. He is replaced by Alex Scott.
- 2021 - He is paired with Nadiya Bychkova on Strictly Come Dancing.
- 2022 - He loses his role on The NFL Show as the show is moved to ITV. Dan is replaced by Laura Woods.
- April 2022 - Dan quits the BBC and confirms his plans to leave BBC Breakfast
- June 2022 - Dan joins Channel 5 News
- December 2022 - Makes his last-known non-news appearance on the BBC during a pre-recorded episode of The Weakest Link.
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