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Sunrise (British TV Programme)
''Sunrise'' was a British weekday Breakfast television, breakfast programme which was broadcast on Sky News from 6 February 1989 to 13 October 2019. The programme was replaced by ''The Early Rundown (Sky News), The Early Rundown'' (Monday-Friday), ''Kay Burley (TV programme), Kay Burley @ Breakfast'' (Monday-Thursday), and ''Sky News Breakfast, Sky News @ Breakfast'' (Friday-Sunday) in October 2019. History At its beginning in February 1989, ''Sunrise'' ran from 5:00 to 9:30am. In 1991, it became one of only two slots across Sky's 20-year history to have its own individual graphics, the other being flagship bulletin ''Live at Five (Sky News programme), Live at Five''. These graphics were swiftly withdrawn after viewers and staff alike deemed them too gaudy. ''Sunrise'' has used the channel's graphics ever since. However, it is common for ''Sunrise'' to use a slight variation of some elements, such as in 1997, when it had its own variation on the-then title sequence, and in 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakfast Television
Breakfast television (Europe, Canada, and Australia) or morning show (United States) is a type of news or infotainment television programme that broadcasts live in the morning (typically scheduled between 5:00 and 10:00a.m., or if it is a local programme, as early as 4:00a.m.). Often presented by a small team of hosts, these programmes are typically marketed towards the combined demography of people getting ready for work and school and stay-at-home adults and parents. The first – and longest-running – national breakfast/morning show on television is ''Today'', which set the tone for the genre and premiered on 14 January 1952 on NBC in the United States. For the next 70 years, ''Today'' was the number one morning program in the ratings for the vast majority of its run and since its start, many other television stations and television networks around the world have followed NBC's lead, copying that program's successful format. Format and style Breakfast television/mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Smith
Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV launched in April 2022. Smith is a current presenter of the weekday drivetime show on Scala Radio who credits her favourite classical composer as Giacomo Puccini. Early life and education Smith was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, and grew up in Rutland. She attended Uppingham Primary School in Uppingham and the Rutland High School for Girls (later Rutland College) in Oakham. Television and radio Smith began her career as a reporter and feature writer on the ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'' in 1977. After four years, she left to backpack through Central and South America and South East Asia where she reported and presented on a current affairs programme for Radio Television Hong Kong. In 1984 she joined Radio Trent as a reporter/present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 5 (UK)
Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel launched in 1997. It is the fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom and is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American media conglomerate Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. During ownership by the RTL Group, it was branded as Five between 16 September 2002 and 13 February 2011. Richard Desmond purchased the channel from RTL on 23 July 2010, announcing plans to invest more money in programming and return to the name Channel 5 with immediate effect, and it was relaunched on 14 February 2011. On 1 May 2014 the channel was acquired by Viacom (now Paramount Global) for £450 million (US$759 million). Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programmes such as '' Our Yorkshire Farm'', '' The Gadget Show'', ''The Hotel Inspector'', and ''Can't Pay? We'll Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky One
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, it became Sky One and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as British Sky Broadcasting's flagship channel, being the most watched television service in history. It existed until 1 September 2021, when it closed down as part of a restructuring with its EPG position taken by Sky Showcase and much of its content library moved to Sky Max. Sky One included some very popular broadcasts both the original programmes such as '' An Idiot Abroad'', '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'', ''The Russell Howard Hour'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', and many imported from North America – including: '' 24'' (seasons 3–9, and its spinoff '' Live Another Day''), '' X-files'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky News @ Breakfast
''Sky News Breakfast'' is a British breakfast television program that airs Saturday and Bank Holidays from 6–10am and Sunday from 6–8.30am on Sky News. The show launched on Friday, 18 October 2019 as the replacement for long-running breakfast show ''Sunrise''. Anna Jones is the programmes main presenter. Anna also hosts the Friday morning breakfast programme on the channel, Friday programmes are broadcast from Westminster rather than Osterley and use the same format as the Monday-Thursday programmes. The show was one of Sky's final double headed formats - the other being ''Sky News Today'' - and was presented by Stephen Dixon and Gillian Joseph from Sky Centre in Osterley until January 2021. History Sky News announced on 23 September 2019 that they were introducing two new breakfast shows to replace ''Sunrise''. Alongside the announcement of ''Kay Burley'', Sky News also announced "a slightly more relaxed style to kick off the weekend" in the form of ''Sky News Brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sarah-Jane Mee Show
''The Sarah-Jane Mee Show'' (also known as ''Sky News with Sarah Hewson'') is a weekday news programme in the United Kingdom on Sky News, presented by Sarah-Jane Mee. The slot has been part of the Sky News schedule since 2005, most notably with Kay Burley as presenter until October 2019. It combines rolling-news coverage with debates and interviews on the day's issues plus human interest stories. The show airs between 2 pm5 pm Monday to Friday. On Fridays, the show title is not used on air, however the same show format is used and presented by Belle Donati. Broadcasts The show began in its current format in October 2019 when Kay Burley and Sarah-Jane Mee swapped time slots. Kay took over a shorter self titled breakfast programme whilst Sarah-Jane moved to afternoons at the earlier 2 pm-5 pm slot, with ''The News Hour with Mark Austin'' following from 5 pm til 7 pm. The show is currently broadcast from the "Glass Box", actually Studio 21, Sky Central, Osterley. It has also b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Burley
Kay Burley (born Kay McGurrin; 17 December 1960) is a British broadcaster and writer. She is a presenter on Sky News and hosts ''Kay Burley'', the breakfast slot on the channel. She also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and TV-am. Early life Burley was brought up in Beech Hill, Wigan, Lancashire, the daughter of parents who worked in a cardboard-making factory. She attended Whitley High School (closed 1990). She began her reporting-career at age 17, working for the '' Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle''. Broadcasting career Burley worked for BBC local radio and Tyne Tees Television, before joining TV-am in 1985 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. From 1987, she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering for Anne Diamond during their maternity leave. Burley was recruited by Andrew Neil, and joined Sky Television, launching the Sky One Entertainment Channel in November 1988 with her own documentary, ''The Satellite Revolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Samuels
Jonathan Samuels (born 1972) is a British broadcaster and journalist. He co-anchored Sky News Sunrise (Sky News), Sunrise between 2016 and 2018 and now anchors The News Hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well as News at Ten during weekend periods. He can also be seen elsewhere across the schedule. Previously he held a range of senior correspondent posts for ''Sky News'', the 24-hour television news service, including being based in Sydney from 2011 to 2014. Previously, Samuels was Chief Correspondent on Five News. He also presented and reported for BBC Look East and BBC Spotlight and began his broadcasting career as a BBC trainee at BBC Radio Cornwall. Education Samuels was educated at The King's School, Chester, The King's School, in Chester, Cheshire, Chester, Cheshire, and later studied at Loughborough University and then Cardiff University, where he obtained his postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism. Life and career A journalist for more than 20 years, Samuels h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah-Jane Mee
Sarah-Jane Mee (born 10 July 1978) is a Sky News presenter and the anchor of ''The Sarah-Jane Mee Show''. From October 2016 until October 2019, Mee anchored ''Sunrise''. Career After graduating from the University of Manchester, Mee joined Sky Sports as a runner, then moved to the planning desk before becoming a producer. In October 2002, she joined ITV Central to present the sport on Central News West, and latterly the main news programme. She also anchored the pan-regional programme, ''Soccer Monday''. She then became the face of sport for ITV in the Midlands. As well as presenting on the six o'clock news programme Central Tonight most evenings as Main and Sports Presenter, she was the main presenter of ITV Central's popular weekly Central Soccer Night show. She co-hosted the ITV Central and London football programme ''Hancock's Half-Time'', along with Nick Hancock (which replaced ''Central Soccer Night''). The show was later given its original name of ''Central Soccer Nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Thomas (sports Presenter)
Charlie Thomas is a British filmmaker, writer and former sports presenter who has produced documentaries on rock bands including 10cc, UB40, XTC and the Kinks. He has ghostwritten the autobiography of pop impresario Harvey Lisberg, titled ''I'm into Something Good'', which is to be published in 2023. His website is Sports presenting Prior to becoming a documentary maker, Thomas was a sports presenter for Sky News and Sky Sports. He broadcast live from a variety of events, including the London Olympics in 2012, as well as The Ashes series of 2005, 2009 and 2013. Before that, he was Sky Sports' cricket reporter, covering the domestic game, the World Cup in 1999, alongside England's series at home and abroad, including Australia (94/5), South Africa (95), Zimbabwe (96) and two in the West Indies (94 and 98). He was also among the first football reporters for Sky Sports in 1992, covering the first two seasons of the Premier League. Before joining Sky he was sports reporter for C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dixon (newsreader)
Stephen Dixon (born 1 March 1974) is an English news presenter. Formerly presenting ''Sky News Sunrise'', '' Sky News at Seven'' and ''Sky News at Ten'' on Sky News, Dixon now co-presents ''Breakfast with Stephen and Anne'' on GB News. Journalism career Dixon's career began at Nottingham Trent University where he read for a BA in Broadcast Journalism, graduating in 1995. Before working for Sky News, Dixon worked for ITN as both a presenter and producer for ITV, NBC Superchannel, and Channel 5. He also helped work as a producer and programme editor on the Channel 4 ''Big Breakfast'' News, and presented on finance channel Simply Money with Angela Rippon. From January 2012 to October 2019, Dixon presented ''Sunrise'' on Sky News, featuring alongside Gillian Joseph, and Isabel Webster. From October 2019, he presented ''Sky News @ Breakfast'' with Gillian Joseph, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Sky News. In November 2021, it was announced that Dixon was joining GB News the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
