''Sunday Brunch'' is a

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television programme presented by

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and

Simon Rimmer Simon Peter Rimmer (born 5 May 1963) is an English celebrity chef, best known for his on-screen partnership with Tim Lovejoy. Early life Simon Peter Rimmer was born on 5 May 1963 in Wallasey. Career Rimmer originally studied fashion and texti ...

. It is broadcast live on

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on Sunday mornings and features cookery and interviews with celebrity guests.

Format

The programme began on 25 March 2012. It was first announced by

in February 2012 after the BBC series '' Something for the Weekend'' ended its seven-year run due to budget cuts. This is the same presenting team as the BBC show, with the exception of

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and

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. The show runs live for three hours, including advertisements, which is 90 minutes longer than ''Something for the Weekend'' at the end of its run. It initially was broadcast for two hours including advertisements from 10:00am to 12 midday, but from 19 May 2013 was expanded to three hours from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Each programme features:

cooking with

and the week's guests; highlights from television and film; interviews with guests; drink tasting with an expert, usually Rebecca Seal; a trend round-up segment with an expert; and the 'Sunday Brunch Playlist', which is a selection of music videos chosen by the presenters and guests. The show was not broadcast on 22 March 2020 following the

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. Instead in its place, Channel 4 aired episodes of ''

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'', '' Come Dine with Me'' and '' Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA''.

''Daily Brunch''

''Daily Brunch with

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'' was a spin-off of ''Sunday Brunch'', presented by Lovejoy and Rimmer. It was broadcast live on Channel 4 every weekday morning for 60 minutes. ''Daily Brunch'' followed a similar format of ''Sunday Brunch'', with cookery and interviews with celebrity guests. On 29 September 2014, it was announced that Rimmer and Lovejoy would host a new spin-off series from ''Sunday Brunch''. The show began on 13 October 2014 and aired daily at 10am for 40 episodes.

References

External links

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