The crying emojis were flowing this morning (Tuesday, May 17) as BBC Breakfast viewers were left bereft as Dan Walker bid farewell to the show after six years. He is leaving to join Channel 5 to become the lead anchor on 5 News.
His BBC fans refused to accept it was the end as he said goodbye: "I will really miss your smile and your caring approach," wrote twitter user A on the social media platform.
Another said: "Hope you find what you want in your new post but please don’t stop being the caring, approachable individual that you are. All the best."
They also posted a crying emoji. Dan himself addressed the exit, saying: "I love this lot. The #BBCBreakfast studio team this morning. @sallynugenttv Susan @higgala @martynsouter01."
His best of bits were played at the end of the show. Mike Bushell tweeted: "Breakfast legend @mrdanwalker will always be. One of loveliest h sapiens on the tele box and genuine wonderful friend and bloke off it. Always makes a very difficult job seem so easy. Could present anything, unlike Lynn (in AP) even a cat. Have a great last show."
"I’m going to be consuming copious amounts of cake" another posted on Twitter alongside crying emojis. Sally Nugent tweeted: "End of an era. Join us on ?@BBCBreakfast with ?@mrdanwalker? for the last time. One or two surprises on the way."
Walker also previously presented the BBC’s Football Focus show from 2009 to 2021. He took part in the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing, revealing he signed up for the show to do something “fun” and have a “giggle” after reporting on difficult news stories during the pandemic.
Channel 5 said his new remit will see him presenting recently relaunched flagship news bulletin 5 News, as well as “fronting a range of new programming on the channel”.
