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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 ...

in the United Kingdom.

1970s

*1974 **30 January – BBC2 shows the first early morning

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programming, airing between 6:40am and 7:30am. *1975 **No events. *1976 **4 February – Early morning programming from the

begins on BBC1, with ''Electrons in motion'' airing at 7:05am. *1977 **28 March –

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and

Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from stud ...

launch a nine-week

experiment. It is credited as being the

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's first breakfast television programme, six years before the launch of

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and the BBC's Breakfast Time. Both programmes run at the same time, with Tyne Tees, ''Good Morning North'', and Yorkshire's ''Good Morning Calendar''. Both programmes finish on Friday 27 May. *1978 **No events. *1979 **No events.

1980s

*1980 **24 January – The

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announces that in the next ITV franchising round it will offer a national licence for breakfast television. **1 December –

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carries out a one-week experiment in breakfast television. It is a simulcast of

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's breakfast show ''

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''. **28 December – The IBA announces the results of the 1980 franchise round, which includes the winner of a national franchise to provide a

service on ITV.

is awarded the contract to begin transmission in 1983. *1981 ** March – TV-am purchases a former car showroom in

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as its headquarters. The building is subsequently renovated to create the

Breakfast Television Centre Breakfast Television Centre is the former headquarters of TV-am in Camden Town, London, which is now the European headquarters of Paramount. It was converted from a former car showroom in 1981 to a design by Sir Terry Farrell, and came to be k ...

. *1982 ** 3–9 October – As part of its coverage of the

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, the BBC broadcasts a two-hour breakfast programme '' Breakfast with Brisbane''. The programme includes regular news summaries and is the first time the BBC has broadcast a scheduled news bulletin at breakfast and comes three months ahead of the launch of the BBC's breakfast television programme '' Breakfast Time''. *1983 **17 January – At 6:30am, Britain's first-ever breakfast television show, '' Breakfast Time'', launches on BBC1. **1 February –

launches on ITV, with '' Daybreak'' and '' Good Morning Britain''. **14 February – Following the launch of '' Breakfast Time'', the

(OU) programmes previously shown on BBC1 on weekday mornings move to BBC2, resulting in the weekday early morning OU transmission on BBC2 being extended from 1 hour 15 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes. BBC1 continues to broadcast early morning OU transmissions at the weekend until September 1992. **28 February ***TV-am cuts its '' Daybreak'' programme to thirty minutes, allowing '' Good Morning Britain'' to begin half an hour earlier. Original ''Daybreak'' presenters

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and

Angela Rippon Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944)"Angela Rippon," ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Detroit: Gale, (2008) ''Gale Biography In Context'' is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and tele ...

are both replaced, with Gavin Scot (Weekdays) and Lynda Barry (weekends). ***

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begins broadcasting a 30-minute Ceefax slot prior to the start of '' Breakfast Time''. It is called ''

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''. It is first mentioned in the ''

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'' on 21 March. **18 March – Amid falling ratings and mounting pressure from investors, Peter Jay steps aside as TV-am's Chief Executive allowing

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to take on the role. **1 April –

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makes his first appearance on

. Created by David Claridge and launched by TV-am Children's editor

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to entertain younger viewers during the Easter holidays, Roland is generally regarded as TV-am's saviour, being described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship". **12 April – Timothy Aitken succeeds his cousin Jonathan as chief executive of TV-am due to the IBA rules regarding MPs operating a television station. **19 April –

and

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are dismissed from TV-am. **29 April –

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is appointed to TV-am's board of directors. **23 May – TV-am's new look starts. '' Daybreak'' is axed, with ''Good Morning Britain'' now the sole weekday programme, beginning at 6:25 am. Commander David Philpott is moved to weekends only, with

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becoming the new weekday weather presenter. *1984 **

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is appointed as TV-am's chief executive. To make the company financially viable, he introduced cost-cutting measures which were brought sharply into focus in the

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. The night before the terrorist attack, TV-am sent the production team home as it could not afford to pay for hotel rooms and TV-am's response was limited to a caption of reporter John Stapleton reporting over the phone.

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agreements at the time meant that technical staff at the local ITV station TVS could not provide cover for another commercial television company, and TV-am's previous conflicts with ITN meant that the latter would not share its footage. The IBA told the company to invest and improve its news coverage, or it would lose its licence. ** 13 October – TV-am launches a new Saturday morning children's series called the ''

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''. The live programme replaces pre-recorded shows such as ''

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'' and ''SPLAT''. *1985 **3 January – TV-am expands its broadcasting hours. Weekday programmes begin ten minutes earlier during the week, at 6:15am and weekend programmes begin at 6:55am. **18 February – '' Breakfast Time'' moves to a later slot, now running between 6:50am and 9:20am. Consequently, ''

'' is now on air for an extra 20 minutes each day, from 6am until 6:50am. **TV-am launches '' After Nine''. It is only broadcast during term time as children's programmes are shown during the school holidays. **14 September – TV-am's ''

'' is doubled in length, broadcasting for almost two hours from 7:30am until 9:25am. **3 October –

, the puppet rodent who saved an ailing

transfers to the

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. With only a week until October half term was due to start, TV-am launches ''

Wacaday ''Wacaday'' is a children's television series in the United Kingdom that ran in TV-am's school-holidays slot from October 1985 until 1992, in an 8:50-9:25 a.m. slot, and was hosted by Timmy Mallett. History ''Wacaday'' was introduced wh ...

'', a spin-off of the existing and successful Saturday morning programme, ''

''. *1986 ** 25 July –

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presents '' Breakfast Time'' for the final time. **10 November – BBC1 revamps its breakfast programming. '' Breakfast Time'' is relaunched with a more formal news and current affairs format. The programme now begins at the later time of 7am. Prior to ''Breakfast Time'', BBC1 starts showing ''

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'' at 6:30am, reducing ''

'' to a 30-minute broadcast. *1987 ** July – TV-am reintroduces a weekday news programme, ''GMB Newshour'', airing initially from the start of programmes until 7am. ''Good Morning Britain'' now airs between 7am and 9am. ** 7 September – TV-am recommences broadcasting each day from 6am. This is the first time since 1983 that TV-am has transmitted throughout its allocated broadcast hours. **16 October – Following the Great Storm of 1987, electrical power to

's studios is lost and an emergency programme has to be transmitted from facilities at

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centre using reports from TV-am's own crews and those of

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, TSW and TVS. The BBC's ''Breakfast Time'', which would usually come from Lime Grove, was unable to broadcast as the studios were without power, as was most of

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. The early part of the programme was broadcast from the continuity suite at TV Centre usually used for

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presentation as this area had generator support, before a larger studio was able to be brought into use. **23 November – The

strike begins after members of the technicians' union the ACTT walk out in a dispute over the station's ‘Caring Christmas Campaign’. What is meant to be a 24-hour stoppage continues for several months when staff are locked out by Managing Director

. TV-am is unable to broadcast '' Good Morning Britain'', replacing it with shows such as '' Flipper'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. By December a skeleton service that sees non-technical staff operating cameras and Gyngell himself directing proceedings, begin to allow '' Good Morning Britain'' to start broadcasting again. The strikers are eventually sacked and replaced with non-union staff. Viewing figures remain high throughout the disruption, which continues well into 1988. **7 December – TV-am is able to switch from airing 100% pre-recorded material with the introduction of a 30-minute live segment each morning presented by

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. **14 December – TV-am extends its live broadcasting to an hour a day. **18 December –

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, who launched breakfast television on 17 January 1983, presents '' Breakfast Time'' for the final time. *1988 **14 January – Talks between TV-am's management and the ACTT begin aimed at resolving the ongoing strike. **25–29 January –

airs a week of live broadcasts from

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to celebrate

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, and featuring

and Mike Morris. **1 February ***TV-am celebrates its fifth birthday, with Anne Diamond joined by

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and

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. It is the first time TV-am has been able to get its daily output down to an hour of pre-recorded material since the beginning of the strike. However, the station continues to air imports of old US shows for several more months. ***The deadline on which the ACTT must accept TV-am's "Ten Point Plan" aimed at resolving the strike. However, the plan is rejected by a ballot and the union refuses to resume negotiations. **16 February – TV-am Managing Director Bruce Gyngell sacks the station's locked out staff, and calls a meeting of its remaining employees the following morning to announce that the ACTT will never again organise itself at TV-am's studios. His decision fails to resolve the crisis, however, as picketing continues and the quality of its output remains unchanged. **30 May – TV-am does not go on air, with its airtime instead taken up by coverage of ITV's '' Telethon '88''. The ACTT had asked its members to boycott the programme on this date, and fearful of sparking a nationwide dispute, TV-am's acting Managing Director, Adrian Moore, allows ITV to use the early morning airtime. **July – Stephen Barden is appointed TV-am's new Managing Editor. With the station facing criticism from the IBA over the quality of its output, he acts quickly to improve matters. Repeats of imported US programmes finally come to an end. New programming is launched, and programmes such as ''Frost on Sunday'' (off air since the strike began) are restored. **19 August – Following concerns about the quality of TV-am's programming, an emergency meeting of the IBA considers whether to review the station's franchise in early 1989. However, it is ultimately decided not to proceed with the review since the next franchise round is approaching, and the IBA feels the success of both organisations is mutually exclusive. **1 November – Having decided to step down from her presenting role on TV-am, Anne Diamond makes her final regular appearance on the station. **TV-am's ''GMB Newshour'' is relaunched as ''The Morning Programme''. *1989 **6 February – Launch of the

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flagship breakfast programme ''

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''. **3 April –

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launches its

show ''

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''. The programme is based heavily on news and current affairs, with segments focusing on sports, finance, lifestyles, arts and entertainment, and discussion. ** April – The ''

'' is renamed ''WAC '90''. It is broadcast from

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's studios in

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rather than from TV-am's

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studios. **15 September – ''

'' is broadcast for the final time. **2 October – The BBC relaunches '' Breakfast Time'' as ''

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''. The new programme adopts a rolling news format and starts 30 minutes earlier, at 6:30 am. Most of the first 30 minutes is devoted to business news. **22 November – Following the commencement of televised coverage of the

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the previous day, BBC2 launches a breakfast round-up of yesterday's proceedings. This is preceded by the 8am bulletin from ''

''. Previously, the only BBC2 breakfast output was programmes from the

. Open University programmes continue to be shown on BBC2 at breakfast, but in an earlier timeslot. The new programme line-up is completed by the introduction of the first peak-breakfast ''Pages from Ceefax'' broadcast with Ceefax shown between the end of the Open University transmission, or from 7:30am when no OU programmes are broadcast.

1990s

*1990 **2 January – The weekday 6am ''

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'' slot returns to BBC1. **17 April – ''

'' is revamped in a bid to attract more viewers. Some of the segments are changed and the programme starts 30 minutes later, at 6:30am. **July – '' Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!'' replaces ''

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'' as

's flagship Saturday morning children's programme. *1991 **17 January–2 March – The

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sees the broadcast of extra and extended news bulletins at breakfast. These include weekend summaries on the hour on BBC1 and a Saturday edition of ''

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''. **September – ''

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'' replaces '' Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!'' as TV-am's Saturday morning children's programme. **21 September – More than eight years after launching weekday breakfast television service, the BBC launches a five-minute long weekend breakfast news bulletin. The Saturday bulletin is broadcast at 7:25am and on Sundays the bulletin is shown at 9:10am. **16 October – The

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franchise auction results are announced and

loses out because it was outbid by

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. but as

' breakfast programming also uses that name (and did so until 2019) Sky protested, resulting in a change of name to ''GMTV''. TV-am immediately axes ''TV Mayhem'' and replaces it with '' Cartoon World'' which as the name suggests, only shows cartoons. *1992 **February –

closes its in-house news service and contracts out news bulletins to

. **25 September –

airs the final '' Channel Four Daily''. The news based breakfast television show was axed due to poor ratings. **28 September – ''The Channel Four Dailys replacement, ''

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'', launches. The programme takes a lighter tone and proves to be more popular with viewers. **31 December – At 9:25am, TV-am ends its final broadcast after 9 years and 10 months on air. *1993 **1 January – Good Morning Television takes over the

franchise from

. Among its programmes is ''Saturday Disney'' which overlaps past 9:25am cut off time. It continues to be produced by Scottish Television which was one of the owners of GMTV at the time. **3 January – Debut of ''

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'', a Sunday morning current affairs programme on BBC1 presented by

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. **4 January – The BBC launches ''Business Breakfast'' as a 60-minute standalone programme. It had previously been part of ''

''. Consequently, the BBC's weekday breakfast programmes start half an hour earlier, at 6am and the early morning ''

'' transmission now runs for just 15 minutes, beginning at 5:45am. *1994 **17 October –

airs a regional version of the ''Children's BBC Breakfast Show'' between 7am to 8am on BBC Two Scotland throughout the half-term October holidays, the hour-long slot is presented by

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until 21 October. *1995 **9 October – The launch of the

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sees the end of standalone weekday breakfast

transmissions on BBC2. From this date, children's programmes are shown on the channel during the peak breakfast period and the strand is called the ''Children's BBC Breakfast Show''. **16 October – BBC Scotland opts out of the network and broadcast their regional version of the ''Children's BBC Breakfast Show'' for the second year running, presented by Grant Stott and

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between 7:15am to 8:25am on BBC Two Scotland for a whole week until 20 October. *1996 **5 February – '' Breakfast News Extra'' is launched. The 20-minute programme which airs at the end of the main edition of ''Breakfast News'', is presented by

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. ** 30 March – ''Saturday Disney'' is broadcast on GMTV for the final time. ** 3 July – The ''Children's BBC Breakfast Show'' on BBC Two Scotland is presented by Grant Stott and Gail Porter throughout the opening weeks of the Scottish school Summer holidays, airing between 7:30am to 8:35am until 12 July and the October BBC Two Scotland opt-out returns for a third year. *1997 **31 March – Channel 5 launches a 90-minute weekday breakfast news programme '' 5 News Early''. It broadcasts between 6am until 7:30am. The rest of the channel's breakfast airtime is given over to children's strand ''

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''. **30 June – BBC Two Scotland launch a brand-new Summer holiday children's programme called ''Up For It!'' airing between 8:35am to 9.p:30am for the first three weeks of the Scottish school holidays. **29 August – The final edition of '' Breakfast News Extra'' is broadcast. **9 November –

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launches and from that night, the new continuous news channel broadcasts all night on

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. Consequently, the 15-minute early morning ''

'' is broadcast on BBC One for the final time. *1998 ** 14 March – ''

Diggit The following details are for the programmes that GMTV (Good Morning Television) broadcast on ITV. GMTV is the former breakfast television franchise for the UK's ITV network. It began broadcasting on Friday 1 January 1993 and finished on Friday ...

'' launches as GMTV's flagship children's programming block. It is broadcast from 7:10am to 9:25am on Saturdays and 8am to 9:25am on Sundays. Additional editions on bank holidays and Summer holidays were shown under the name ''Diggit Extra''. **29 June – BBC Two Scotland air a second series of the Summer holiday children's show ''Up for It'' for three weeks of the Scottish Summer holidays, it is now presented by Marsali Stewart from 8:35am to 9:35am. **5 October –

Sky One Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...

begins simulcasting part of

Virgin Radio Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008, Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of The Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale. In 2001, ...

's ''

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show ''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show'' (currently referred to on-air due to sponsorship reasons as ''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky'') is the name given to two versions of a radio programme hosted by broadcaster Chris Evans in the United K ...

'' after Virgin signed a three-year sponsorship deal with

BSkyB Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of ...

. Under the agreement, Evans is not allowed to mention Virgin Radio while the programme is being simulcast with Sky. *1999 **4 January – GMTV2 launches on

ITV2 ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a ...

. Its broadcast hours are the same as those of the main GMTV service, 6am to 9:25am.

2000s

*2000 **1 January –

airs '' The Biggest Breakfast Ever'', an eight-hour overnight millennium special with

Johnny Vaughan Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of ''Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011. Vaughan currently pr ...

and

Liza Tarbuck Liza Tarbuck ( ; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter. Early life Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool. She is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older siste ...

. The channel's New Year's Day schedule also includes a contemporary version of ''

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'' starring

Kathleen Turner Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Tony Awards. Turner became widely k ...

. **15 September – After eleven years on the air, the final edition of ''

'' is broadcast on BBC One. **2 October – The first edition of the BBC's revamped breakfast news programme ''

Breakfast Breakfast is the first meal of the day usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.Anderson, Heather Arndt (2013)''Breakfast: A History'' AltaMira Press. Various "typical" or "t ...

'' is broadcast. The new series is carried on both BBC One and

, previously News 24 had aired its own breakfast programme, ''Breakfast 24''. *2001 **29 August – American illusionist

David Blaine David Blaine (born April 4, 1973) is an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records. Early life Blaine was born and ra ...

appears on ''

GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...

'' where he is interviewed by

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BBC ...

, but he refuses to speak and instead gives Holmes the "evil eye". Holmes has subsequently cited this interview as the most awkward moment of his professional career. **20 December – A joint venture between BSkyB and

Princess Productions Princess Productions was a London-based television production company, formed by Henrietta Conrad and Sebastian Scott, which produced broadcast shows and pilots for all the major British broadcasters across a variety of genres, mainly specialisi ...

is awarded the contract to replace ''

'' with a new breakfast programme for Channel 4. *2002 **7 January –

content becomes available on terrestrial television for the first time in a decade when Channel 5 begins simulcasting part of its breakfast news programme ''

Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. Terminology Al ...

''. **29 March –

's ''

'' ends after nine and a half years on the air. **29 April – The first edition of '' RI:SE'' is broadcast on Channel 4. **8 November – Lock Keeper's Cottage, the building in east London used for the ''

Big Breakfast ''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu. The pro ...

'' house is destroyed by fire. *2003 **19 December – The final edition of ''RI:SE'' is aired on Channel 4. It is axed because of low ratings. It is not replaced with another breakfast programme, instead, Channel 4 airs series such as ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...

'' and '' The Salon'' in its early morning slot. *2004 **No events. *2005 ** 5 February – GMTV's ''

Diggin' It The following details are for the programmes that GMTV (Good Morning Television) broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. GMTV is the former breakfast television franchise for the UK's ITV network. It began broadcasting on Friday 1 January 1993 and f ...

'' and ''Up on The Roof'' are merged into a new programme called ''

Toonattik ''Toonattik'' was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (some ...

''. It is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:25am until GMTV's closedown at 9:25am. **22 February –

Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes (; born 3 December 1959)Holmes receives honorary degree
BBC ...

announces he will step down from his role as a GMTV presenter after twelve years. **27 April – Eamonn Holmes presents his final edition of GMTV after twelve years with the broadcaster. **19 May – Eamonn Holmes has signed a deal with

to present their early morning programme ''

'', it is reported. **29 May – BBC One airs the final edition of ''

'' after a twelve-year run. **11 September – BBC One launches ''

Sunday AM Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Western countries, Sunday is a day of rest and a part of the weekend. It is often considered the first day of the week. For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday ...

'', a Sunday morning current affairs programme presented by

Andrew Marr Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited ''The Independent'' newspaper from 1996 to 1998 and was political editor of BBC N ...

. **24 October – Eamonn Holmes presents his first edition of ''Sky News Sunrise''. *2006 **14 January – Debut of ''

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'', the fourth attempt at breakfast television on

. It is presented by

Dermot O'Leary Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr. (born 24 May 1973) is an English broadcaster who currently works for ITV and BBC Radio 2. His radio career began when he worked as a disc jockey at Essex Radio, but he is best known for being the presenter of ''T ...

every weekday morning from 8:30am to 9am. Due to low ratings, it is not renewed and ends on 28 January. **21 August – Debut of Channel 4's ''

Freshly Squeezed ''Freshly Squeezed'' is a British breakfast television programme which was broadcast every weekday morning on Channel 4 from August 2006 to December 2012. Format The programme took the format of a music-based breakfast show, featuring studio pe ...

'', a music-based breakfast show aired on weekdays and featuring studio performances, music videos and interviews. *2007 **9 January –

hires ''

Meridian Tonight ''ITV News Meridian'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Meridian. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from ITV Meridian's studios in Whiteley, near Fareham with reporters also based at bureaux i ...

'' presenter

Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's ''Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...

to co-present ''

'' alongside

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BBC ...

, she makes her debut on 15 January. **16 April –

local television station

Channel M Channel M was a regional television station, serving Greater Manchester. The station, originally known as ''Manchester Student Television'', was owned and operated by the GMG Regional Media division of Guardian Media Group. Coverage Original ...

launches a breakfast show called ''

Channel M Breakfast ''Channel M Breakfast'' is a regional breakfast television programme, produced by the Greater Manchester local television station, Channel M. Launched on Monday 16 April 2007 and broadcast from the headquarters of Channel M at Urbis Urbis was ...

''. **23 April – A BBC ''

Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...

'' programme disclosed that callers to GMTV's phone-in competitions may have been defrauded out of millions of pounds, because the telephone system operator, Opera Interactive Technology, had determined the winners before the phone lines had closed. GMTV responded by suspending the phone-in quizzes, but claimed that "it was confident it had not breached regulators' codes". Opera Interactive also denied any wrongdoing. **9 September – The

Sunday morning political programme ''

'' is renamed ''The Andrew Marr Show'' when it returns after its Summer break. *2008 **No events. *2009 **5 February – To coincide with the 20th anniversary of Sky's launch, at 6am, ''Sunrise'' begins presenting from a new "multi-purpose" area of the Sky News Centre, formally known as the "shoebox". **15 May – ''

'' is axed as part of severe cutbacks to programming output and staffing levels at the station. **26 November – ITV takes full ownership of

after purchasing

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's 25% share in the channel.

2010s

*2010 **4 March –

Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV la ...

announces she is to leave GMTV after 17 years to pursue other projects. **19 April –

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 ...

quits the

to join

and GMTV in a new four-year deal. **21 April –

Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...

announces he is to quit GMTV after ten years. **11 June – GMTV announces plans to rebrand itself in September, dropping the GMTV name after 17 years in a £1.5million overhaul. On the same day, presenter

Andrew Castle Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was UK number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim ...

announces his intention to leave the station after ten years. **20 June – ITV has announced that

Christine Bleakley 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 ...

is to join the new breakfast programme to reunite with

after signing a three-year contract with the broadcaster. **9 July – ITV announces the name of its new breakfast television service that will replace GMTV, '' Daybreak'' which will launch in September. **3 September – GMTV airs its last edition after 17 years on the air. **6 September – New ITV breakfast show '' Daybreak'' begins with former ''

The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...

'' hosts

and

presenting. The first edition features an interview with the former Prime Minister

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

, while overnight viewing figures published the following day indicate the programme had an audience of over a million. **26 December – The final edition of ''

'' is broadcast. *2011 **No events. *2012 **10 April – ''

BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...

'' makes its first broadcast from the BBC's new media complex at

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in Manchester, having moved there from London. **12 June –

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 ...

and

Matt Barbet Matthew Barbet (born 8 June 1976) is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV. In 2003, Barbet joined BBC News, where he worked on various news programmes. In September 2007, he left BBC Ne ...

are announced as the new presenters of the '' Daybreak'' news hour from 6am to 7am. **3 September – '' Daybreak'' is relaunched with

Aled Jones Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. As a teenage chorister, he reached widespread fame during the mid-1980s. Since then he has worked in television with the BBC and ITV, and radio (for Cla ...

and

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� ...

as its main presenters. Overnight figures the following day show it was watched by 600,000 viewers, fewer than the one million who tuned in to watch its first edition in September 2010. **21 December – Channel 4 airs the final edition of its music-based breakfast programme ''

''. *2013 **No events. *2014 **3 March –

Susanna Reid Susanna Reid (born 10 December 1970) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of ''BBC Breakfast'' from 2003 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the elev ...

leaves ''

'' to become a presenter on ITV's '' Daybreak'' which will relaunch the following month as '' Good Morning Britain''. She will be joined by

and

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. **15 March –

Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Curr ...

confirms she will be part of the '' Good Morning Britain'' team when the programme launches the following month. **25 April –

and

present the final edition of ITV's '' Daybreak''. Jones begins presenting a new weekend breakfast show, '' Weekend'' from the following day. **28 April – '' Good Morning Britain'' makes its debut on ITV. The first edition has an average audience of 800,000, just over half of the 1.5 million who tune into ''

'', but an improvement on ratings for ''Daybreak''. However, by 30 April audiences have fallen to 600,000, the average ''Daybreak'' viewership. **14 July – ''

'' confirms that

Naga Munchetty Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), also known as Naga Munchetty, is a British television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She regularly presents '' BBC Breakfast''. She is also a former presenter of BBC World Ne ...

will leave

BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...

to join the presenting team full-time to present shows alongside

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and

Louise Minchin Louise Mary Minchin (born September 1968) is a British television presenter, journalist and former news presenter who currently works freelance within the BBC. Beginning in 2012, Minchin was a regular anchor on the BBC One programme ''Breakfas ...

will continue to present from Mondays to Wednesdays. *2015 **2 September – ''

'' presenter

Bill Turnbull William Robert Jolyon Turnbull (25 January 1956 – 31 August 2022) was an English television and radio presenter and journalist, whose broadcasting career spanned over four decades. He began his career working for radio stations including Rad ...

confirms his intention to leave the programme after fifteen years. **15 October – ITV confirms that

Piers Morgan Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at '' The Sun''. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the ...

will join '' Good Morning Britain'' as a regular member of the presenting team, joining

to present the programme three days a week. *2016 **26 February –

presents his final ''

'' programme after fifteen years as a presenter, as he joins Classic FM. Sports presenter Dan Walker is announced as his replacement. **25 March – A fire in the post room of ITV's London studios temporarily forces ''Good Morning Britain'' off the air as people are evacuated from the building and the fire tackled. **6 April –

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presenter Mark Austin makes his presenting debut on Good Morning Britain. **2 September –

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BBC ...

announces he is to leave ''

'' after eleven years. **13 October – Eamonn Holmes presents his last ''

'' after eleven years. **17 October –

Sarah-Jane Mee Sarah-Jane Mee (born 10 July 1978) is a Sky News presenter and the anchor of ''The Sarah-Jane Mee Show''. From October 2016 until October 2019, Mee anchored ''Sunrise''. Career After graduating from the University of Manchester, Mee joined Sky ...

succeeds Eamonn Holmes as co-presenter of ''Sunrise'' and is joined by

Jonathan Samuels Jonathan Samuels (born 1972) is a British broadcaster and journalist. He co-anchored Sky News Sunrise (Sky News), Sunrise between 2016 and 2018 and now anchors The News Hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well as News at Ten during weekend p ...

. *2017 **31 October – BBC One and BBC News Channel replace the standard edition of BBC World News at 5am with ''The Briefing'', long-serving business presenter

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becomes the main presenter of the now single-headed programme, with her former co-presenter

David Eades David Eades is a journalist and newsreader working for BBC News. He presents ''The World Today'' (05:00–08:00) among other BBC news outlets, and has a long track record in presenting on both domestic and international outlets for the BBC, incl ...

becoming deputy presenter. *2018 **17 January – Sunrise begins broadcasting from Studio 6 at Sky Studios. The new studio includes a virtual space to allow for segments away from the desk area, along with the weather. **13 April – ''Good Morning Britain'' and ''Lorraine'' are broadcast from

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for the final time, ahead of a move for ITV's daytime programmes to the former

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. **16 April – ''Good Morning Britain'' and ''Lorraine'' are broadcast from Television Centre for the first time. **2 September – BBC One's ''

The Andrew Marr Show ''The Andrew Marr Show'' is a Sunday morning talk show presented by Andrew Marr. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2005 to 2021. The programme replaced the long-running ''Breakfast with Frost'' as the network's flagship Sunday talk show when Davi ...

'' moves to the later timeslot of 10am as part of a shake up of the channel's Sunday morning schedule. *2019 **13 October – After 30 years on the air, the final edition of ''

'' is broadcast. It is replaced the following day with two new shows, '' The Early Rundown'' and ''

Sky News @ Breakfast ''Sky News Breakfast'' is a British breakfast television program that airs Saturday and Bank Holidays from 6–10am and Sunday from 6–8.30am on Sky News. The show launched on Friday, 18 October 2019 as the replacement for long-running breakf ...

''.

2020s

*2020 **6 January – ITV extends its breakfast programming to 10am. The changes see '' Good Morning Britain'' being extended by 30 minutes, running until 9am, with ''

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'' on air for a full hour, from 9am until 10am. The change removes the historic 9:25am demarcation between breakfast and daytime programming that had existed since breakfast television launched on ITV in 1983. **23 September – The weekday editions of ''

'' are renamed ''Kay Burley''. **10 December – ''

Sky News Breakfast ''Sky News Breakfast'' is a British breakfast television program that airs Saturday and Bank Holidays from 6–10am and Sunday from 6–8.30am on Sky News. The show launched on Friday, 18 October 2019 as the replacement for long-running breakf ...

'' replaces ''Kay Burley'' after Burley stepped back from presenting the show for six months, as a result of breaching London's tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. *2021 **14 June – ''

The Great British Breakfast GB News is a British free-to-air television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet. Since 4 January 2022, an audio simulcast of the station is available on DAB+ ra ...

'' starts on the newly launched

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channel. **15 September –

co-presents her final edition of ''

''. **20 December – ITV confirms that '' Good Morning Britain'' will go on hiatus over the Christmas period as a result of rapid increase in cases of

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. A special edition of the programme is planned for Christmas Day, but with no programme on 29, 30 and 31 December. ''Good Morning Britain'' returned on 4 January 2022. *2022 **3 January – GB News launches a new breakfast show, ''Breakfast with Eamonn and

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''. **4 January – GB News starts broadcasting an audio simulcast on

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; ''Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel'' becomes the first television breakfast show also to air on radio in the United Kingdom. **8 January – GB News launches ''The

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and

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Breakfast'', airing at weekends. **4 September – Launch of the politics programme ''

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'' on BBC One. Guests on the opening edition include Conservative leadership candidates

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and

Liz Truss Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down ...

, as well as First Lady of Ukraine

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