Peter Helliar quits The Project after resignation of Lisa Wilkinson and Carrie Bickmore

Comedian Peter Helliar has quit The Project after eight years, after the resignation of co-hosts Carrie Bickmore and Lisa Wilkinson.

Last month Bickmore, a founding co-host of The Project, announced she would leave the Channel Ten show after 13 years.

Helliar said, like Bickmore, he wanted to quit while he still loved the show.

It now seems likely Ten and The Project producers were keen to refresh The Panel in the new year, although co-hosts Waleed Aly and Hamish Macdonald remain.

The chief content officer of Paramount Australia, Beverley McGarvey, said Helliar had been on Ten for 22 years, dating back to Rove Live in 2000.

Bickmore has confirmed she will continue to host the national drive show with Tommy Little on the The Hit Network, Carrie & Tommy, for four years.