BBC Breakfast stars are set to try out a new way of working now that Covid restrictions are easing.
Sally Nugent and Dan Walker, who host the daytime show Mondays to Wednesdays, will soon be able to sit a little closer together on the iconic red sofa.
Things have worked out well for Sally - after joining the team in October - as she is now sat alongside co-host Dan on the show.
They have been friends for almost two decades, having both begun in regional TV.
Next month the pair will also be able to sit a little closer as Covid restrictions ease.
It means they'll ditch their laptops and be able to use screens hidden in their coffee table for updates, and also arguably look a little friendlier sat on the red sofa.
But it has a downside for Dan. He said: “Sally’s coffee is much stronger than Louise’s was. I cannot bear the smell of coffee. I’ve never drunk a cup in my life.”
But he adds: “The best thing about working with Sally, and this was the same as Louise, is it’s never a fight. If you watch some TV combinations, they’re fighting for space or the limelight.”
Sally, who says Dan’s annoying habit is playing Wordle in a 30-second mid-show break, was an obvious choice as host because she was already well-liked by viewers for her sports reports and in-depth interviews with big names.
After university, Sally worked as a reporter at BBC Radio Merseyside before moving to BBC North West Tonight as a sports presenter and did the first ever TV interview with Wayne Rooney when he was just 16.
She joined BBC television in 2003 and filled in as co-presenter on the Breakfast red sofa from 2011.
*BBC Breakfast is on seven days a week from 6am on BBC1. Sally and Dan host the show Monday-Wednesdays.
