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from July 2010 to November 2010 after the end of the third series of ''

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''. 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

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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

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. For the 2014 series, the programme relocated to

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(into studio V, the studio ''

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'' is broadcast from) with new presenter

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. 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

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, 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

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that former

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presenter

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would be hosting the third series when it returned in June 2012. Ahmed continued to present the fourth series. On 4 November 2012,

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covered Samira Ahmed's presenting duties during an absence. On 4 August 2013,

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stood in for Ahmed when she was again indisposed, and on 27 October 2013

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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

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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

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and

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were taking over presenting duties for the programme. They are joined by roving reporters including

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and

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replaced Barnett in 2018, followed by Ria Hebden in 2019 and

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since 2020.

Music

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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.

, 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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