BBC Breakfast host was applying for a trainee scheme at the public broadcaster when he made the error, which saw him get caught out by a senior member of staff.Speaking on the Life Interrupted podcast with Simon Thomas, Dan explained: “I was selected to be on the shortlist for this BBC trainee scheme, where you essentially go off and become a correspondent. “This was very early in my career, so I must have been 21 at the time.
It was an amazing course to get on to, and I got down to the final selection process.”However, after working hard to impress his soon to be colleagues, Dan felt slightly peckish after a full day of being tested.He continued: “I think they were choosing three people, and I was in the final eight.So I had a full day of.
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