should there be? laura clancy, author of running the family firm, is also here. but we ll start with dan walker, one of the big beasts of breakfast tv. he spent six years fronting the nation s most popular early morning television show. those 3am alarms must feel likejust a bad dream now, because on monday, he starts his new role at channel 5. dan walker, welcome to the media show. why did you make the move? well, it had nothing to do with the 3am start, although i am even though i ve stopped doing breakfast now for a couple of weeks, i am still waking up occasionally at that time in the morning. poor you. i think it takes a while to sort the body clock out. i think it isjust, if i m honest, just opportunity. i think channel 5 came and had a chat and sort of said in the nicest possible way, we want you. and they said, we don t want you to just do the news. we d like you to come and have a set number of hours every year of your contract to come and make tv for us. and i ve got
could lead to the connection between the brake pedal and the braking system failing. coming up at 6 o clock, breakfast with victoria derbyshire at buckingham palace and rogerjohnson in the studio but first on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. this week, we re talking to dan walker as he moves from bbc breakfast tv to channel 5 s drivetime news. what made him go? and as the big broadcasters gear up for thejubilee celebrations, we ll be finding out what it s like to cover the royal family with the bbc s jonny dymond and itv s chris shep. and asking, is there any room in royal coverage for criticism? should there be? laura clancy, author of running the family firm, is also here. but we ll start with dan walker, one of the big beasts of breakfast tv. he spent six years fronting the nation s most popular early morning television show. those 3am alarms must feel likejust a bad dream now, because on monday, he starts his new role at channel 5. dan walker, welcome to the media sh
Success in television, is it? but i also want to make it the best programme that we can make it. and i think having met the team, having met the editor, having met claudia liza as well, who i ll be presenting it with, i think we ve got all the elements to make it a really successful programme. i m looking forward to starting. great, and i ve got to ask you because you are just the latest of the bbc s presenter talent to be leaving the bbc. you know, there s you, there s my old colleague emily maitlis, jon sopel, andrew marr, who said he wanted to get his voice back by leaving the bbc. now that you re off the leash, what is it that you really want to say? looking forward to more than four hours sleep, katie. i ve got nothing but nice things to say about the bbc. but what about getting your voice back? do you feel. did you feel when you. when you ask someone who s bland and boring to come on your programme, that s what you get. i m not saying you re bland. you i don t know. i don t fe
That we can make it. and i think having met the team, having met the editor, having met claudia liza as well, who i ll be presenting it with, i think we ve got all the elements to make it a really successful programme. i m looking forward to starting. great, and i ve got to ask you because you are just the latest of the bbc s presenter talent to be leaving the bbc. you know, there s you, there s my old colleague emily maitlis, jon sopel, andrew marr, who said he wanted to get his voice back by leaving the bbc. now that you re off the leash, what is it that you really want to say? looking forward to more than four hours sleep, katie. i ve got nothing but nice things to say about the bbc. but what about getting your voice back? do you feel. did you feel when you. when you ask someone who s bland and boring to come on your programme, that s what you get. i m not saying you re bland. you? i don t know. i don t feel like i ve got anything to shout about. i m not going to sort of be release