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''Working Lunch'' is a
television programme
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which was broadcast on
BBC Two
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covering
business
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,
personal finance
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and
consumer
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news; it was broadcast between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed style, especially when compared to other
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business shows such as ''
World Business Report
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''. In April 2010, the BBC announced that the programme was being cancelled at the end of July 2010. ''
GMT
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'' with
George Alagiah
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Since 3 December 2007, he has been the presenter of the ''BBC News at Six'' and was previously the main presenter of ''GMT'' on ...
took its place in the schedule at 12:30 on BBC Two.
Presenters and reporters
Originally, the show was presented by
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 ...
and
Adam Shaw. Chiles left the programme on 26 January 2007 after years, to become the co-host of the
BBC One
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current affairs and lifestyle programme ''
The One Show
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''. He was replaced by Nik Wood. On Fridays,
Paddy O'Connell
Guy Patrick O'Connell (born 11 March 1966 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC. He presents BBC Radio 4's ''Broadcasting House'' programme each Sunday morning. He is also an occasional ...
fronted the show with Shaw instead of Wood. Both O'Connell and Shaw bowed out on 26 September 2008.
In 2007, former footballer
Graeme Le Saux
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As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...
presented a series of items recorded in his birthplace of
Jersey
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. Jenny Culshaw, a senior producer on the show, also occasionally presented items.
Other members of the Working Lunch team included
Rachel Burden
Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden (born 22 January 1975 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a newsreader, radio news reporter and presenter. She has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live weekday breakfast show since 2011. She is ...
, Simon Gompertz, Rachel Horne, Rob Pittam and Gillian Lacey-Solymar.
From 6 October 2008, a revamped lineup saw ''
BBC Breakfast
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s former business presenter,
Declan Curry
Declan Gerald Curry (born 5 September 1971) is a Northern Irish freelance journalist, news presenter and businessman, best known as the former business correspondent for '' BBC Breakfast''.
Early life
Curry was born and raised in Strabane, Coun ...
, and
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 ...
take over studio presentation, with Wood returning to his former role of roving reporter, alongside Rob Pittam.
Gillian Lacey-Solymar left the show on 29 January 2010.
The show had a regular cast of experts like
Justin Urquhart Stewart
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.
2008 relaunch
The show was relaunched on 6 October 2008, with new titles, set and presenters. The familiar goldfish and shark were replaced by a piggy bank. Presenters
Paddy O'Connell
Guy Patrick O'Connell (born 11 March 1966 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC. He presents BBC Radio 4's ''Broadcasting House'' programme each Sunday morning. He is also an occasional ...
,
Adam Shaw and Nik Wood, were replaced by
Declan Curry
Declan Gerald Curry (born 5 September 1971) is a Northern Irish freelance journalist, news presenter and businessman, best known as the former business correspondent for '' BBC Breakfast''.
Early life
Curry was born and raised in Strabane, Coun ...
and
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 ...
, the latter joining from
Bloomberg TV
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.
Broadcast schedule
The show had a regular weekday slot at 12.30pm until 1pm, except on Wednesdays when it was broadcast an hour later. The programme was broadcast for 42 weeks of the year, taking a break for
Easter
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,
Christmas
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and some sports tournaments coverage, such as
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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, the
Olympic Games
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and
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
.
Graphics
The original title sequence created by Piers Helm, featured a real goldfish and a rubber shark in a tank that contained the programme's subject matter represented as
kitsch
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The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation with ...
fish tank objects. These objects were a treasure chest, bank, factory and a version of the
Richard Rogers
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Lloyds building. The title sequence led to a virtual set that was designed to look like a converted warehouse when in fact, the studio it came from was the smallest BBC News studio. By 2000, the title sequence had been changed by BBC Design to a computer generated sequence in which a goldfish is trying to escape from a shark on board a sunken ship. The programme graphics also reflected this style with a marine-themed studio background. Other graphics were in a "crude
clipart" style.
See also
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Business Daily
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References
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