Breakfast Time
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Original Breakfast Time logo
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| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by | Various |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Editor(s) | Ron Neil |
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| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 17 January 1983 – 29 September 1989 |
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| Followed by | Breakfast News (1989-2000) |
Breakfast Time was British television's first national breakfast television programme, broadcast from 17 January 1983 until 29 September 1989 on BBC1 across the United Kingdom. It was broadcast for the first time just over two weeks before TV-am, the commercial breakfast television station, started its service with the programme Good Morning Britain.
The show was revolutionary for the time. It mixed hard news with accessible features, creating a cosy feel, with sofas and bright colours — a stark contrast to the Open University programming that had previously been broadcast during that timeslot. The presenters typically wore casual clothes instead of formal suits, in contrast to the regular news broadcasts. Frank Bough, Selina Scott and Nick Ross anchored the show, with regulars such as Russell Grant (astrology) and Diana Moran, also known as the "Green Goddess" due to the colour of her leotard (fitness). The news was read by Debbie Rix. The weather slot (known as Window On The Weather) was presented by Francis Wilson, and reflected the rest of the show in having a more laid-back feel. Window On The Weather actually introduced modern, projection-style graphics some two years ahead of the transition from the old-style magnetic boards used in the BBC's main weather bulletins. Whilst Wilson was the resident weather presenter on the show, other presenters such as Michael Fish, Bill Giles and Ian McCaskill stood in during Wilson's absence.
For around the first two years of Breakfast Time, when other regions opted out for short regional news bulletins, viewers in London and the South East were provided with their regional news not by their dedicated regional news team but by one of the main Breakfast Time presenters. This changed by the autumn of 1985 when the new London and South East regional news programme "London Plus" started to provide the regional news opt-outs during the programme.
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