Dan Walker Biography
Dan Walker is an English journalist and tv presenter. He presents on BBC Radio 5 Live and Final Score and Match of the Day.
Dan Walker Age
Walker was born on March 19th, 1977, in Crawley, United Kingdom. He is currently 44 years old as of 2020. Walker celebrates his birthday on March 19th of every year.
Dan Walker Height
Walker is a man of average stature and shape he stands at a height of 1.98 meters tall.
Dan Walker Family
Walker has not revealed any details concerning his family. We will update this information once its available.
Dan Walker Wife
Walker is married to Sarah Walker they got married in 2001. The two have three children and live in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Dan Walker Education
Walker studied at Hazelwick Secondary School he later attended the University of Sheffield where he got his MA degree in Journalism Studies in 1999. He also got his BA degree in History in 1998.
Dan Walker BBC
Walker’s broadcasting career began when he started his work experience at Sheffield’s Hallam FM. He got his work experience after he won for the young sports commentators. Walker later moved to full-time career for a 4-year stint as the sports presenter and commentator for Manchester’s Key 103 radio.
Walker later moved to professional broadcasting when he went into a six-month spell at Granada Television in Manchester. He appeared as the commentator for the Football League Review show that was before he joined BBC regional news program North West Tonight. Walker had been nominated for awards and he won the Royal Television Society Sports Award in 2005 for the regional Sports Presenter of the Year.
Walker was a member of the BBC Sport team that covered the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He spent the tournament in a double-decker bus, traveling from Cape Town at the start of the tournament to Johannesburg for the final, filming packages for broadcast on TV and online, and providing commentary and news through the BBC’s online channels and Twitter.
Walker presented on the Afternoon Edition every Monday – Thursday on BBC Radio 5 Live until 2016. Walker took over as host of BBC Breakfast from Bill Turnbull in 2016. His first show aired on February 29th, and he currently co-hosts the show with Louise Minchin from Monday to Wednesday. Dan Walker hosted the Sport Relief telethon’s ‘Clash of the Titans’ episode. Walker has covered the 2016 Olympics as a reporter.
Dan Walker Salary
Walker earns an annual salary ranging between $ 260,000 – $ 264, 000.
Dan Walker Net worth
Walker has an estimated net worth ranging between $ 1 million – $ 5 million.