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Katie-Ann Gupwell

The touching moment presenter Matt Baker announced he's leaving The One Show

This is the moment Matt Baker announced he was leaving The One Show after nearly a decade on the show.

Matt, 41, has featured on the show for nine years but, on Wednesday evening, announced he would be leaving the show in spring 2020.

It was clearly a very emotional moment for Matt, who struggled to hold back the tears as he broke the news to thousands of viewers.

He said the show has been, and will always remain, "a massive part of his life"," but he's looking forward to being able to spend his evenings with his wife and being able to tuck his children into bed at night.

Matt Baker announces he's leaving The One Show (BBC)

Making the announcement on the BBC , he said: "At this time of year I like to stop, reflect and take stock.

"The One Show has been a massive part of my life for almost a decade now, and I have loved every second of being part of it, but I'm going to be leaving this green sofa in the spring.

"It's time to give somebody else the chance to see how big-hearted and generous you, our One Show viewers, really are.

"It's something that I get to witness every year when you get to change the lives of so many youngsters for Children In Need.

"All that support you show us, you'll never really get to understand how much that means to me, and so I'd like to thank you and I'd like to pay a huge tribute to all of those who have ridden over the last nine years.

"Of course I'd like to thank Alex (Jones), who I've shared this sofa with for all of these years, and the teams of people who work on this show all around the UK.

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"The ones who you don't get to see - the researchers, the producers, the studio crew - everyone who makes this show feel like a massive, massive family.

"I'm going to miss you all very much indeed and I'm going to miss you all from the bottom of my heart.

"I should just add that I'm not going to be leaving the BBC completely - I'm still going to be on Country File - and presenting the Olympics too - and I'm very excited to see what's to come in the future.

"But you know most of all I'm looking forward to being able to spend the evenings with my wife and finally being able to put my kids to bed on a nighttime.

"Thank you everybody for the most wonderful, random nine years that you could ever wish to experience."

A replacement for Matt is yet to be confirmed but presenters rumoured to be in the line-up include guest hosts Angelica Bell, Angela Scanlon and Gethin Jones.

Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba is also among the names rumoured to be in the mix to replace him next year.

 
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