'Good luck!' Oti Mabuse bids farewell to BBC colleagues amid show shake-up

express.co.uk:

Oti Mabuse, who is probably best known for being a professional dancer on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, took to Twitter today to wish her BBC colleagues luck as they permanently moved location.

Morning Live, which only launched in October 2020, will be moving from London to Salford as part of the BBC’s bid to make more programming outside of London.Addressing her 173,200 Twitter followers, 31-year-old Oti sent her best wishes to the Morning Live team ahead of their move.“Loving the last London-based @BBCMorningLive,” she wrote with a red heart emoji.“Goodluck team in Manchester,” (sic) she added with a folded hands emoji, tagging some of the show’s presenters.The presenters tagged included Morning Live’s Gethin Jones, Rav Wilding, Samantha Quek and resident medical expert Dr Punam Krishan.Kym Marsh will continue to co-host with Gethin, and Kimberley Walsh and Sara Cox are also set to become permanent members of the team.Ahead of their last London-based show, BBC Morning Live posted their own tearful farewell to Twitter.“Our last London show,” they wrote with a crying emoji above a clip of Sam and Gethin chatting about the move.“Last show in London before we make our way up to Manchester on February 21st,” Gethin began.At that point, a voice from behind the camera interrupted him to asked: “What are you going to steal from the studio?”After admitting that he and Sam were having “that exact same conversation”, Sam joked, “I wouldn’t steal, but if I had to…”“I’m definitely taking the sofa,” Gethin finished.BBC’s Head of Daytime & Early Peak Carla-Maria Lawson said of the move: “Telling stories that authentically reflect the concerns and interests of viewers from across the whole of the UK has played a huge part in the.