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''Good Morning Britain'' (often abbreviated to ''GMB'') is a British
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programme that is broadcast on
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. It debuted on 28 April 2014 and is broadcast live every weekday from 6:00am to 9:00am across Britain and Northern Ireland. The programme features a variety of
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and
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as well as local news bulletins delivered by the
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.


Format

The magazine-style show includes headline updates at the beginning of the programme and at the top of each hour thereafter, then three short three-minute regional bulletins at quarter past the hour featuring news, travel/transit advisories, and weather. From 6 January 2020, the first half-hour features Hawkins, Garraway or Singh reading the day's headlines, joined at 6:30 a.m. by two of the main anchors, and although this format was suspended during the
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, it later returned on 31 August 2020. The show features interviews with celebrities and politicians as well as discussion of topical issues, with a reputation for often heated debates. Viewers are encouraged to engage with the show through digital platforms such as
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and
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, and there are regular competitions which the audience can enter, usually presented by Andi Peters. Weather bulletins are presented by
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, with entertainment and health being presented by Richard Arnold and Dr Hilary Jones respectively.


History

A programme of the same name aired as part of
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between 1983 and 1992 each weekday morning between 7:00 am and 9:00 am, along with a Saturday morning edition. The programme was directed by Erron Gordon from its inception in 2014 to 2021. Stuart Earl took over as director following Erron's departure in 2021.


2014–2015

''Good Morning Britain'' launched on 28 April 2014 following the cancellation of Daybreak with four main presenters –
Susanna Reid Susanna Reid (born 10 December 1970) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of ''BBC Breakfast'' from 2003 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the elev ...
,
Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...
,
Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's ''Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...
and
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, with weather bulletins presented by
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, entertainment news delivered by Richard Arnold and sports news presented by Fletcher. Reid, Shephard and Hawkins all presented four days a week, with Fletcher presenting every day. When Reid was absent, Hawkins took her place and was in turn, substituted by
Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Cu ...
or
Ranvir Singh Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is the political editor and newsreader/deputy presenter for '' Good Morning Britain''. Early life Singh was born in 1977 in Preston, Lancashire, into a Si ...
. Between 13 June and 11 July, the show reported on the
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, with Fletcher presenting highlights and reactions live from
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. They also utilised graphics and music adapted specifically for the event. On 19 September 2014, the show was extended to 10:00 am to provide coverage on the
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, with Reid and Shephard presenting live from
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. On 24 July 2015, the show was presented live from
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by Shephard, Garraway and Tobin. On 13 October 2015, ITV announced that
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would join the programme three days a week as a permanent presenter following a week as a guest presenter in April.


2016–2017

On 22 March 2016, the show was extended to 10:30 am to cover the breaking news of the Brussels bombings, meaning that sister show ''
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'' and ''
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'' were cancelled. The following day, Reid presented coverage of the aftermath live from
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, whilst Morgan and Hawkins presented from the studio. On 25 March 2016, a fire occurred in an ITV production office, causing the presenters and crew to evacuate shortly before the programme went on air. A standby tape was played as a substitute for the first 30 minutes of the programme and ''
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'' was then shown for the remainder of ''Good Morning Britain's'' airtime. On 24 June 2016, the show was extended to 9:25 am to cover the result of the
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. On 22 July 2016, a second royal special was broadcast live from
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with Garraway and Singh. Laura Tobin presented the weather live from the Palace Gardens. On 9 November, the show was extended to 9:25 am again to cover the results of the
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, with Reid and Morgan live in
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, Singh in
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and Hawkins in the studio. On 26 January 2017, newsreader and relief presenter Ranvir Singh was announced as the programme's new Political Editor. On 20th March 2017, a new look was launched featuring an updated logo, music & graphics.


2018–2019

On 26 January 2018, a special edition of the programme was broadcast, focused on a worldwide exclusive interview with US President
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. Shephard and Garraway presented the majority of the programme from the studio in London, while Morgan presented parts of the show live from
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. On 13 April 2018, the final edition of ''Good Morning Britain'' from
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was broadcast. Morgan and Reid returned on 16 April, broadcasting live from Television Centre for the first time, with a new studio and updated opening titles. On 18 May 2018, Garraway and Shephard presented a special edition of the programme in celebration of the
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, with Hawkins and Tobin presenting live from
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. On 28 June 2018,
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aired a special edition of the programme entitled ''Good Evening Britain'' following the England vs. Belgium World Cup football match, with live reactions, debates and analysis, presented by Morgan and Reid. Guests included
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,
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and
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. On 24 September 2018, the show began airing in the
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, on the
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streaming service. The version seen on BritBox, is a specially edited version featuring the highlights of that day's edition. It is available at 7:00 am ET. On 13 December 2018, Reid presented parts of the show live from
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following
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's survival in a
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, with Shephard and Garraway presenting in the studio.


2020

On 6 January 2020, ITV Daytime announced that ''Good Morning Britain'' would be broadcast for an additional half an hour, with a new finishing time of 9:00 am, due to the cancellation of ''
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''. The first half-hour features Hawkins, Garraway or Singh reading the day's main headlines, joined at 6:30 am by the main anchors. The show received updated titles which were reverted during the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring the presenter's names. On 21 January 2020, the show was accused of racism and received over 1,500 Ofcom complaints after Morgan made comments relating to a Chinese dairy advert, in which he said, "He's using ching chang chong milk". Morgan also spoke over the advert saying, "ching chang cho jo". He was accused by some viewers as using racist language which is used to antagonise Chinese people, and for mocking the Chinese language. Both Morgan and ''Good Morning Britain'' denied the accusations. This led to several public figures including footballer
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and politician
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, separately criticising both Morgan and the show for ignoring racism. The episode was later taken down from the ITV Hub on the day it aired, although ITV claimed it was removed for "a totally unrelated reason". On 17 March 2020, Reid was forced to self-isolate at home after one of her children displayed symptoms of
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, which, under government guidelines at the time, required the whole household to self-isolate. Reid continued to make appearances on the programme via video link, and returned to the studio on 31 March. On 22 March 2020, in response to the
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, ITV announced that production of both ''
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'' and ''
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'' would be suspended due to the lower number of production staff able to work. As a result, ''Good Morning Britain'' was extended by an hour to finish at the later time of 10:00 am, with the final hour co-hosted by Morgan and
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), '' GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003 ...
. From April 2020, however, Kelly hosted the final hour on her own, with regular input from health editor
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. From 4 May 2020, Morgan was absent from the programme all week, displaying
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symptoms. Shephard instead co-hosted alongside Reid. He returned on 11 May 2020. On 8 July 2020, Morgan and Reid announced they would be taking an extended break of six weeks over the summer, with Shephard, Ray, Hawkins, Singh and Garraway (who had been absent from the show due to her husband
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being admitted to intensive care with COVID-19) presenting in their place. Morgan and Reid returned on Tuesday 1 September. On 12 July 2020, it was announced that ''
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'' would start production again, meaning that Kelly would no longer present the final hour of ''Good Morning Britain'', and the show would subsequently return to its previous finish time of 9:00 am. On 13 and 14 August 2020, Sean Fletcher returned to present two editions of the programme (for the first time since March) with Charlotte Hawkins, and on 20 and 21 August Alex Beresford co-hosted two episodes alongside Kate Garraway. On 31 August 2020, the format from January–March 2020 was returned, with Morgan and Reid (from 6:30 AM) and Hawkins (from 6:00 AM) all in the studio together for the first time in 6 months. During the week beginning on 2 November 2020, Morgan and Reid presented the show for the whole week because of the
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, including a results programme on Wednesday 4 November, as well as the second lockdown in England due to
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.


2021

On 20 January 2021, Hawkins was forced to isolate for 10 days, starting the following day. Sean Fletcher covered her absence. She returned on 1st February 2021. On 3 February 2021, Morgan and Reid hosted a special edition of the programme in memory of
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who died the day before from a battle with pneumonia and
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. On 8 March 2021, the programme came under fire for remarks made by Morgan following the US broadcast of the ''Oprah with Meghan and Harry'' interview. In the interview, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex stated that there were periods of time that she "didn't want to be alive anymore". Morgan did not believe this, stating "I don't believe a word she says, Meghan Markle. I wouldn't believe her if she read me a weather report." On 9 March, the morning after the UK airing of the interview, Morgan walked off the show, following weather presenter
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's alternative narrative for Morgan's behaviour. An
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investigation was also announced the same day, for a potential breach of their harm and offence rules. It had received 57,121 complaints as of 17 March 2021, making it the most complained about programme since the formation of Ofcom in 2003. Later the same day, it was announced by
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that Morgan had "decided it was the time to leave" ''Good Morning Britain'' and would be doing so immediately. Morgan stated the following day that he had "had time to reflect" on his comments on the programme and still didn't believe what Meghan had said, citing his right to "freedom of speech". In June 2021, Shephard suffered a major injury which forced him to have emergency leg surgery the following month. After 3 weeks of recovery, he was declared fit to return to his presenting duties. On 13 and 27 September 2021, new graphics and titles were launched incorporating the "blocks" on the screens in the studio. On 25 November 2021, series director Erron Gordon left the programme to join TalkTV. He was replaced by stand in director Stuart Earl. On 19 December 2021, ITV confirmed that, in an effort to keep presenters and staff safe amidst growing concern about the
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, ''Good Morning Britain'' was extended by an hour to finish at the later time of 10:00 am, with the final hour hosted by Andi Peters (stand in for
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) and titled ''Good Morning Britain with Lorraine.'' On 20 December 2021, ITV confirmed that the programme will go on hiatus after the Christmas period as a result of rapid increase in the COVID-19 cases.


2022

From January 2022, the format to the show changed between 6 and 7am. The two main presenters start at 6am (previously 6:30) and present the main story and then the day's newsreader (who used to present solely from 6 to 6.30am) presents the rest of the day's news. Following the weather forecast and an overview of the local news, the morning's papers are then reviewed by guests. Good Morning Britain aired two special episodes on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September 2022, in reflection of the
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of
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.


On-air team and Presenters


Studio


2014–2018

''Good Morning Britain'' was broadcast from Studio 5 at
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, the same studio where
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was broadcast from during its seventeen-year run. In February 2017, it was announced that The London Studios, where ''Good Morning Britain'' is broadcast, would be closed for some years beginning in 2018 as ITV decided to go through with demolishing the building and having it rebuilt. It was also announced that ITV's daytime shows (''Good Morning Britain'', ''
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'', '' This Morning'' and ''
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'') would be moving to studio space at
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' Television Centre, previously used by the
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before moving in March 2013. The last programme from The London Studios was broadcast on 13 April 2018.


2018–present

ITV's daytime shows moved to Television Centre on 16 April 2018, with ''Good Morning Britain'' using Studio TC3. This studio is split in two, with half of it being used for ''Good Morning Britain'' and half for '' This Morning''. They share the same cameras and
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. In October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank.


''GMB Today''

''GMB Today'' was a temporary replacement for ''
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'' whilst on its summer break. Broadcast 21 August to 1 September 2017.


Reception and accolade

''Good Morning Britain'' competes with ''
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'' in the early morning TV timeslot.


Awards and nominations

''Good Morning Britain'' was nominated for three
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in 2015. Susanna Reid was awarded ''Newscaster of the Year''. "Newscast Studio" named the programme's set as ''Best International Set of the Year 2015''. ''Good Morning Britain'' was nominated in the 2016
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Broadcaster of the Year Award with ''
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'' in 2016. The programme was nominated for a
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in 2018, but failed to make the shortlist. It did, however, make the shortlist in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Presenters Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard were both nominated for the Best Presenter award at the 2019, 2020 and 2021 National Television Awards, however both failed to make the shortlist in '19 & '20. However, six months after leaving the show, Morgan was shortlisted for the award, but lost to
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. In 2019, they received two BAFTA nominations for Best News Coverage for their knife crime interview and Thomas Markle exclusive interview, but failed to win. On 18 June 2019, the programme won ''The Golden Nymph for Best Live Breaking News'' at the 59th
Monte-Carlo Television Festival The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Monaco, Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert II of Monaco. The opening ceremony ...
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