''The Channel Four Daily'' (or ''Channel 4 Daily'') is a

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, which was produced by

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, in collaboration with other independent production companies for

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. The programme was Channel 4's first breakfast programme, broadcasting between 6am (6.30am from April 1990) and 9.25am each weekday morning. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992. ''The Channel Four Daily'' failed to gain enough viewers and was replaced with ''

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'' from Monday, 28 September 1992.

Format

Conceived as a television newspaper, the content was a mix of short news bulletins and non-news segments. The flagship bulletin ''World News'' was co-presented from three continents. Also, a number of bite-sized feature segments (some live, others pre-recorded) lasting between 5 and 10 minutes were slotted around the news output and were shown several times each day. These included a business programme ('' Business Daily'', which had been on air as a lunchtime programme since September 1987), sporting discussion (''Kickback''), consumer reports (''Streetwise''), arts and entertainment (''Box Office''), '' Countdown Masters'' – an abbreviated version of ''

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'' – and a cartoon slot called ''Comic Book''.Channel 4 Daily trailer
YouTube Changes were made in April 1990. These included the cancellation of ''Streetwise'' and an ''International Sports Report'' replaced ''Kickback''. The programme's length was reduced with the start time being 6.30am rather than 6am – The Art of Landscape and an edition of ''Business Daily'' filled the vacated 30 minute slot.

Presenters

London presenters *

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(1989–1991) *

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(1991–1992) *

Caroline Righton Caroline Anne Righton (born 26 February 1958), is an English television presenter and author, best known for being a presenter on the daily breakfast television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show, '' The Channel Four Da ...

(1991–1992) Washington presenter * Michael Nicholson Tokyo presenters *

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* Sonia Ruseler Other presenters * David Bobin – ''International Sports Report'' *

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– '' Business Daily'' *

Debbie Greenwood Debbie Greenwood (born 16 September 1959 in Liverpool) is a British television presenter and a former beauty queen who won the title of ''Miss Great Britain'' in 1984. Career Greenwood began her broadcasting career in 1984, presenting regional p ...

and

Paddy Haycocks Paddy Haycocks is an experienced broadcaster and producer who has worked in the British media for over 25 years. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 9 April 1950 his first brush with fame came when he was appearing on the ''Streetwise'' section of th ...

– ''Streetwise'' *

– ''Business Daily'' (1989–1991) *

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' at ...

– ''Box Office'', providing movie reviews * Nicholas Owen – relief presenter *

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 ...

and

Richard Whiteley John Richard Whiteley (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show ''Countdown''. ''Countdown'' was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:4 ...

– ''Countdown Masters''

References

Bibliography

* Ian Jones, ''Morning Glory: A history of British breakfast television'', Kelly, 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Channel 4 Daily 1989 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings Channel 4 original programming ITN Breakfast television in the United Kingdom