{"id":235411,"date":"2023-09-10T13:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=235411"},"modified":"2023-09-10T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:55:28","slug":"bbc-breakfast-host-presents-last-ever-shift-after-announcing-shes-quitting-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/tv-and-movies\/bbc-breakfast-host-presents-last-ever-shift-after-announcing-shes-quitting-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Breakfast host presents last ever shift after announcing she\u2019s quitting | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VICTORIA Valentine hosted her last BBC Breakfast show today \u2013 15 years after joining the channel.<\/p>\n<p>The presenter, who appeared alongside Ben Boulos <span>this morning<\/span>, confirmed the <span>news<\/span> to a fan, writing: &quot;It is indeed my last @BBCBreakfast shift.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cc70d034-544d-4681-80ee-42ecc4982796.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vlcsnap-2023-09-10-12h17m35s434.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Victoria, 39, later added: &quot;To the regular who clocked it was my last @BBCBreakfast shift.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have a few more 0500 BST shifts over the <span>next<\/span> fortnight on @BBCWorld.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;UK viewers can catch the 1st hour on @BBCOne.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Still active on Insta as @thesocialgardener &#8211; a nature\/news adjacent pootle around my brain.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2><span>Read More on BBC Breakfast <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23883271-1694251546279.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>BBC Breakfast&#8217;s Naga Munchetty missing for THIRD day as fans praise &#8216;replacement&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23863144-1694163371717.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>BBC Breakfast&#8217;s Charlie Stayt fumes &#8216;I&#8217;m enormously upset&#8217; during show<\/h3>\n<p>Victoria had told fans last month that she would be leaving her seat as business correspondent and relief presenter to head back to university.<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &quot;I am taking a little bit of a break from broadcasting and from the BBC in order to explore something new.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The presenter added that she&#x27;d be studying psychological sciences and would be looking at how the mind works.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;So I &#8211; at the grand old age of 39 &#8211; going back to university. I am enrolled in a full time masters course, psychological sciences which I&#x27;ve kind of sold to my parents as a bit of neuroscience with some thinking and feeling stuff attached to it.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in News TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/TM-comp-Mike-Yarwood-2.jpg\"><\/picture><span>AND THIS IS ME <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Inside the life of Mike Yarwood who battled anxiety and booze problems<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/TM-comp-Annabel-Croft-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>DO IT FOR MEL <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>My late husband loved Strictly &#038; inspired me to join show, says Annabel Croft<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23887602-1694292307828.jpg\"><\/picture><span>strictly fury <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strictly pro &#8216;fuming&#8217; as they&#8217;re snubbed by bosses &#038; without a celeb partner<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/itv-plc-reproduced-editorial-purposes-837335795.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ENDER DOWN UNDER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Huge EastEnders star in talks to appear on I&#8217;m A Celebrity<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;You can probably understand why that would appeal and be something I&#x27;m interested in.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Victoria then added that she was aiming to do a doctorate if her studies were to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Should that all go well and I&#x27;m not terrible at it, I&#x27;ll be looking to progress and do a doctorate.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Perhaps four years from now you&#x27;ll be looking at Dr Valentine&quot;, she quipped.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Really sad&quot; to be losing her audience, Victoria confirmed her last days on the air adding: &quot;I&#x27;ve got a month left of the odd shift at BBC News and I&#x27;ve got some shifts at <span>BBC Breakfast<\/span> too.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Victoria&#x27;s exit follows the confirmation of her <span>divorce<\/span> from\u00a0writer and barrister Dan Fritz, with whom\u00a0she shares two children.<\/p>\n<p>The TV favourite broke the news on October 26, 2022, and made it official by\u00a0changing her surname to &quot;Valentine&quot;, her mother&#x27;s maiden name.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria first joined the BBC as a senior broadcast journalist in September, 2008, where she produced business and economics stories for BBC News.<\/p>\n<h2><span>Read More on The Sun<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/lb-nsfw-kylie-comp.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Kylie cuddles up to boyfriend Timothee Chalamet during intimate NYFW dinner<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23830930-1694004528938.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>The &#8216;silent&#8217; symptoms of dehydration &#038; heatstroke you might miss in your child<\/h3>\n<p>Five years after her debut with the broadcaster, she became a business news presenter and correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, she&#x27;d been presenting multiple news programs on BBC World News.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-463.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/23889632\/bbc-breakfast-victoria-valentine-last-ever-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VICTORIA Valentine hosted her last BBC Breakfast show today \u2013 15 years after joining the channel. 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