''Lorraine'' is a British
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 ...
programme that is broadcast on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
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. Launched on 6 September 2010, it is presented by
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 ...
and broadcasts live every weekday from 9:00am to 10:00am. The programme features a variety of
showbiz, fashion, health, food, celebrity interviews and competitions.
The programme's run-time crosses the 9.25am ending of the official
ITV Breakfast
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited (previously known as GMTV Limited) is the national ITV breakfast television licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. The breakfast license ...
slot (6am-9.25am), which is wholly owned by
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on the ...
. This is why viewers in most of Scotland see
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
branding surrounding the first 25 minutes of the show, and
STV branding for the remainder of the time slot.
Format
Each day the presenter gives an introduction into what's coming up on the show, before discussing the main stories from the morning's newspapers, although sometimes this is replaced by a
Los Angeles
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update from
Ross King. The show's first guests tend to be interviewed next. Throughout the show more guests are interviewed as well as regulars such as
Mark Heyes
Mark Heyes (born 24 January 1977) is a British fashion journalist, fashion presenter, writer and broadcaster who is known for his appearances on ''Lorraine''. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) degree in design, and br ...
and
Dr. Hilary Jones appear with fashion and health slots, respectively. The competition that runs on ''Good Morning Britain'' also appears throughout the show.
According to ''
Attitude
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Philosophy and psychology
* Attitude (psychology), an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value
* Metaphysics of presence
* Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a pro ...
'', ''Lorraine'' has "provided a platform for
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
people to share their stories" and it earned Kelly the "Honourary Gay Award" at the 2015 ''Attitude'' Awards. The magazine described ''Lorraine'' as "one of the
campest things on telly". Kelly described the series as "quite
gay
''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'.
While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
every day".
History
On 6 September 2010, the first edition of the programme aired. A preview on ''
Daybreak'' revealed the new studio look as spacious and coloured in a variety of pastel hues and decorative motifs dominated by pink. The sofa for the presenter and guests was pink and arranged in a semicircle around a central internally lit coffee table similar to that used for ''Daybreak''. Lorraine's first guest was actress
Gemma Arterton
Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress and producer. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature film debut in the comedy '' St Trinian's'' ...
. The first programme also featured an interview with
Sky News
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reporter
Sarah Parish
Sarah Parish (born 7 June 1968) is an English actress. She is known for her work on television series including: ''The Pillars of the Earth'', ''Peak Practice'', '' Hearts and Bones'', ''Cutting It'', ''Doctor Who'', '' Mistresses'', ''Merlin'', ...
and a recipe by TV chef
James Tanner
James Tanner is an English chef and television personality, best known for co-owning the Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth and cooking on various TV programmes.
In 1999, Tanner and his brother Chris set up Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth. Sinc ...
while
Celia Walden
Celia Pughe-Morgan (née Walden; born 8 December 1975) is a French-born British journalist, novelist, and critic.
Career
Walden is a feature writer and former gossip columnist. She was the last editor of ''The Daily Telegraph's'' now defunct dia ...
[Celia Walden]
Lorraine, ITV.com, 5 September 2010 and
Kevin Maguire[Kevin Maguire]
Lorraine, ITV.com, 5 September 2010 reviewed the morning's newspapers.
On 20 October 2014, the programme was briefly taken off air after a fire alarm forced its occupants to evacuate the studio on London's South Bank. Kelly was about to interview eliminated ''X Factor'' contestant Stephanie Nala from
Luminites when they were interrupted by the alarm at 9:10am. A spokeswoman for ''Lorraine'' said: "An alarm was raised within ITV this morning and the area was immediately evacuated. Once it had been investigated and deemed safe, people were able to re-enter the building." Lorraine Kelly wrote to fans on Twitter: "So sorry. We had to evacuate the building. First time in 30 years!" The show didn't make it back onto the air and the last 15 minutes was replaced by an episode of ''
The National Trust
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'' and then followed by ''
The Jeremy Kyle Show
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'' as normal.
In February 2016, ''Lorraine's Top Tales'' was launched, a competition to find new children's author with
Nadiya Hussain
Nadiya Jamir Hussain (''née'' Begum; born 25 December 1984) is a British television chef, author and television presenter. She rose to fame after winning the The Great British Bake Off (series 6), sixth series (Season 3 on PBS, or Collection ...
and
Tom Fletcher
Thomas Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, composer, author and vlogger. He is one of the lead vocalists and rhythm guitarist of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder ...
as judges.
In April 2018, and along with the rest of
ITV Breakfast
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited (previously known as GMTV Limited) is the national ITV breakfast television licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. The breakfast license ...
, ''Lorraine'' began broadcasting from
BBC Studioworks
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It works with broadcasters and pr ...
'
Television Centre. The move was as a result of the proposed redevelopment of
The London Studios
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; however in October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank.
On 6 January 2020, the show moved to a new time slot from 9:00am to 10:00am, with ''Good Morning Britain'' and ''
This Morning'' both extended by 30 minutes.
Production on ''Lorraine'' was suspended from 23 March to 10 July 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
''
Good Morning Britain'' was extended to 10am, with the final hour presented by Kelly and titled ''Good Morning Britain with Lorraine''.
Presenters
File:LorraineKellywiki.jpg, 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 ...
(2010–present)
File:Carol_Vorderman_Waddington_Airshow_2011_-3.jpg, Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman, HonFIET (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh media personality, best known for appearing on the game show ''Countdown'' for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational and diet ...
(2011–present)
File:Christine_Bleakley_and_Matthew_Cutler_at_the_BAFTA's_(3478834688)_(2)_(cropped).jpg, Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
(2017–present)
File:Ranvir_Singh.jpg, 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 ...
(2020–present)
Crossovers
''Daybreak''
On ITV's previous breakfast show, ''Daybreak'', there was a preview of the day's edition of ''Lorraine'' on each day at around 07:30 with a chat between the programmes' hosts prior to a handover at 08:30. This preview was originally shown at 08:15 but was moved to an earlier slot in March 2011. On 30 November 2010, ''Daybreak'' co-presenter
Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for foo ...
wore a
kilt
A kilt ( gd, fèileadh ; Irish: ''féileadh'') is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Hi ...
and made an on-screen visit to the ''Lorraine'' studio to congratulate
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 ...
on her birthday and mark
St Andrew's Day
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. On 20 July 2011, ''Lorraine'' was presented from the ''Daybreak'' studio due to technical problems.
''Good Morning Britain''
After ''Daybreak'' ended on 25 April 2014, its replacement ''Good Morning Britain'' began the following Monday (28 April 2014), as a result ''Lorraine'' now follows ''Good Morning Britain''. Each day there is a preview of the ''Lorraine'' show on ''Good Morning Britain'' at 8:15am (after the regional news bulletin opt out). In March 2020 – July 2020 Lorraine hosted in the final hour of GMB (9.00-10.00) due to her program being suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The final hour was renamed GMB with Lorraine.
Logo gallery
The programme has had five different logos since it began airing in 2010.
File:Lorraine (TV series).svg, The first logo which launched the same day as ''Daybreak''.
File:Lorraine (ITV programme - title card).png, The second logo introduced to coincide with the ''Daybreak'' relaunch.
File:Lorraine logo (2013).svg, The circle logo introduced with new graphics.
File:Lorraine Logo (2014).png, The logo was altered slightly to accommodate the launch of ''Good Morning Britain''.
File:Lorraine TV show logo.png, Current logo used (2015–)
References
External links
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