Daniel Meirion Walker is an English journalist, newsreader, and television host. Presenting 5 News on Channel 5 at the moment.
From 2009 to 2021, he hosted Football Focus, and from 2016 until May 2022, he hosted BBC Breakfast.
He is a Sheffield resident. He is a devout Christian and has consistently abstained from working on Sundays throughout his career.
His spiritual formation was heavily influenced by the Evangelical Christian tradition, and because of his increased prominence at the BBC, media stories have highlighted fringe Christian organizations and implied that Walker had “loopy” beliefs.
Afterwards, Walker emphasized through a spokeswoman that he was merely a Christian who thought that God was the architect of the universe.
Walker was born to a Welsh mother on March 19, 1977, in Crawley, Sussex.
He attended Ifield Primary School, Three Bridges Middle School, and Hazelwick High School while he was a resident of Crawley up until the age of 18.
At the University of Sheffield, he received a BSc (Hons) in history in 1998 and an MA in journalism studies in 1999.
Who Is Dan Walker Wife, Sarah Walker
Walker and Sarah have been wed since 2001. The couple met while attending Sheffield University, and they now have two sons and one daughter.