''Sunday Morning Live'' is a religious and current affairs discussion programme. The first series aired on BBC One from July 2010 to November 2010 after the end of the third series of '' The Big Questions''. Thereafter it has continued to air each year between June and November.

Format

The programme is produced at

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, in Salford, United Kingdom by BBC Studios and features studio guests, filmed inserts and interactive viewer input from text messages, videophone, Skype, telephone and e-mail. Its debut edition included a guest appearance by ex-''

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'' actress Brooke Kinsella. For the 2014 series, the programme relocated to

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in London (into studio V, the studio '' The One Show'' is broadcast from) with new presenter

Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as ...

. The new format includes the old style discussions of religious and ethical questions and also new one-to-one interviews with special guests. Despite being broadcast from London, the programme's production base remains in Belfast.

Presenters

Susanna Reid, a BBC ''Breakfast'' presenter, presented the first two series of the programme. When ''Sunday Morning Live'' was on air Reid did not present ''Breakfast'' at the weekends as she had to be in Belfast. In May 2012 Reid announced on Twitter that former Channel 4 News presenter Samira Ahmed would be hosting the third series when it returned in June 2012. Ahmed continued to present the fourth series. On 4 November 2012, Kate Silverton covered Samira Ahmed's presenting duties during an absence. On 4 August 2013,

Sally Magnusson Sally Anne Magnusson (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcast journalist, television presenter and writer, who currently presents the Thursday and Friday night edition of BBC Scotland's ''Reporting Scotland''. She also presents ''Tracing Your Roots'' ...

stood in for Ahmed when she was again indisposed, and on 27 October 2013 Katie Derham covered. In June 2014 former BBC Breakfast presenter

was confirmed as presenter for the next series. In November 2015,

announced that she was leaving the BBC to replace Emma Crosby on ''

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'' and it was announced prior to the 2016 series that she would be replaced by ''

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'' presenter

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. In June 2017, it was announced that Sean Fletcher and Emma Barnett were taking over presenting duties for the programme. They are joined by roving reporters including Wendy Robbins and

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replaced Barnett in 2018, followed by

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in 2019 and Sally Phillips since 2020.

Music

Rob May and

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wrote and produced the theme tune for Series 1–5. Kam Frantic composed the theme tune for Series 6–8.

Competive Tender

As part of the BBC's "competitive tender" policy, the company put the tender rights for the program up for auction in September 2021. The tender would allow for 24 episodes to be produced in the next two years. BBC Studios, who produced the series at the time, decided not to bid on the rights. On 16 March 2022, it was announced that two independent producers – Tern TV and Green Inc., had won the competitive tender to produce the programme as a co-production.

References

External links

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