Dan Walker has spoken out about his old BBC Breakfast job just over a month after leaving the broadcaster.
The TV presenter left the BBC back in May for a job at rival station Channel 5, where he presents 5 News on week day afternoons from 5pm.
Dan has now opened up about the taxing nature of his BBC Breakfast role, which he occupied for six years.
READ MORE:Dan Walker hits back at claim he was ‘shackled at the BBC’ after Channel 5 move
The grueling job Dan and his co-stars setting their alarms for 3am every morning to enable them to go live to the nation from 6am until 9:15.
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But it appears the early alarms took their toll on the Dan as he suffered a lack of sleep – there was one time he got than 24 hours of sleep some weeks.
Dan admitted there were times the lack of sleep “wasn’t healthy” and turned him into a “bit of a zombie”, although he spoke highly of his BBC tenure.
He said: “I never minded it when the alarm went off, you got a head-start on everyone else and I was getting up to do an amazing job.
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“But it does turn you into a bit of a zombie. There was a fortnight once where I was doing other jobs, too, and getting fewer than 24 hours’ sleep per week.
He added: “That’s not healthy.”
Speaking to Radio Times, Dan explained he has got more energy since leaving the BBC.
He said: “I’ve got so much more energy, I feel unstoppable! I’m writing a book, and I do love cutting the grass.”
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Dan also admitted his Channel 5 role has “a bit more flexibility” to it, but slammed the notion presenters like him were “shackled” at the BBC.
He said: “There’s a perception that you’re really shackled at the BBC and you can’t be yourself, but I’ve never been told I can’t say something.”
Dan said it was a “massive decision” for him to leave BBC Breakfast as he loved the morning programme and his team.
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On what he loves about his latest TV gig, Dan said he loves that his work is done “with a bit of feeling and connect with our audience in a way maybe other programmes struggle to do.”
Dan gushed over his former BBC Breakfast co-star this week after it was announced Jon Kay would be the new regular presenter on the programme from Monday to Wednesday.
Walker took to Twitter and wrote: “Brilliant news. Congratulations @jonkay01” before adding: “Great bloke, top presenter and much loved by the #BBCBreakfast team.”
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