132-623: BBC Breakfast is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel every morning from 6:00am. The simulcast is presented live, originally from the BBC Television Centre , London before moving in 2012 to MediaCityUK in Salford , Greater Manchester. The programme is broadcast daily and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items. When BBC Breakfast
264-446: A European Gas Turbines (EGT) 4.9MWe Typhoon gas turbine combined heating, power and cooling unit. It included a 6MW Thermax air conditioning (cooling) vapour absorption machine (VAM). The £6m HVAC system reduced energy costs by 35%, and paid for itself within three years. A second turbine was added, without a second chimney. However, in 2008 the BBC admitted that the energy system
396-454: A control room for the music studio originally located in Studio 0. Studio 12 was converted into an ad-hoc studio in 2004 for CBBC programmes. It was also used for Sportsround for some years, but was eventually converted into a presentation studio in 2006. It was used for in-vision continuity for CBBC and changed into an in-vision continuity studio in summer 2007. The set was transferred to
528-441: A "cut-in" segment. During the early morning hours (generally before 10:00 a.m. local time), local anchors will mention the current time – sometimes, along with the current temperature – in various spots during the newscast, while national anchors of shows covering more than one time zone will mention the current time as "xx" minutes after the hour or before the hour; the time and/or temperature are also usually displayed within
660-442: A 6:50 am to 9:20 am slot on 18 February 1985. Ron Neil departed from the programme and on 10 November 1986 a more conventional news focus was introduced featuring a news desk, presenters in suits and a shortened broadcast that began at 7:00 am and ended any time between 8:30 am and 8:55 am. Presenters included Kirsty Wark , John Stapleton , Jeremy Paxman and Sally Magnusson . On 2 October 1989,
792-514: A break for local stations or affiliates to air a brief news update segment during the show, which typically consists of a recap of major local news headlines, along with weather and, in some areas, traffic reports. In the United States, some morning shows also allow local affiliates to incorporate a short local forecast into a national weather segment – a list of forecasts for major U.S. cities are typically shown on affiliates which do not produce such
924-609: A central circular block (officially known as the Main Block, but often referred to by staff as the "doughnut") around which were studios, offices, engineering areas and the News Centre. In the centre of the main block was a statue designed by T. B. Huxley-Jones of Helios , the Greek god of the sun, to symbolise the radiation of television around the world. At the foot of the statue were two reclining figures, symbolising sound and vision ,
1056-540: A diverse range of genres for a range of broadcasters. Notable productions hosted at the centre prior to 2013 include Strictly Come Dancing , Harry Hill's TV Burp , Match of the Day , Later... with Jools Holland , Miranda , The Alan Titchmarsh Show , The Armstrong & Miller Show , 8 Out of 10 Cats as well as big complex live productions such as Children in Need and Comic Relief . Classic BBC productions hosted at
1188-459: A focus on news headlines (including highlights of events that occurred the previous day, and previews of events occurring that day) and topical discussions. In the United Kingdom, breakfast television typically runs from 6:00 a.m. to between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Television broadcasting hours in the United Kingdom until early 1972 were tightly regulated and controlled by
1320-514: A format focusing upon news and political headlines. In 2011, the program was replaced by Starting Point , which was focused more upon topical discussions. After low ratings, Starting Point was replaced in 2013 by New Day . In 2022, New Day was replaced by CNN This Morning , an attempt by new CNN president Chris Licht to emulate the CBS This Morning and Morning Joe formats he had installed during his tenures at CBS News and MSNBC. It
1452-504: A format that was considered to be stodgy and formal compared to the more relaxed magazine style of the BBC's Breakfast Time , and a reliance on advertising income from a timeslot when people were not accustomed to watching television. However, it eventually flourished, only to lose its licence at the end of 1992, after being outbid by GMTV . Breakfast television appeared on Channel 4 in April 1989 when it launched The Channel 4 Daily , which
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#17328451519401584-412: A full two hours. However, the high rate of turnover among anchors returned. An ill-fated comedic revamp of the show, The Morning Program , debuted in 1987. After that, however, came This Morning , which has so far had the longest run of any of CBS' morning show attempts. This Morning was eventually cancelled 12 years later, being replaced by The Early Show in 1999; The Early Show , in turn, ceded to
1716-546: A high rate of turnover among its anchors. In January 1979, CBS launched Morning (titled in accordance with the day of the week, such as Monday Morning ), which focused more on long-form feature reports. This format, however, was relegated exclusively to Sundays after two years, and still airs under the title CBS News Sunday Morning . It was not until 1982 that Captain Kangaroo ended its run on weekdays (before ending altogether in 1984), allowing CBS to expand its morning show to
1848-406: A joint venture, Television Centre Developments, to manage the redevelopment of the 14-acre site. Only three of the eight production studios were earmarked for continued use by the BBC, with the rest being demolished for flats, and it was argued that this would leave insufficient facilities in the capital for independent television production, and a Save Television Centre Studios website and petition
1980-490: A long-term morning program. Though it initially tried to mimic Today when it debuted a morning show in a two-hour format in 1954, the show was reduced to one hour within a year in order to make room for the new children's television series Captain Kangaroo . The network abandoned the morning show in 1957. From the late 1960s throughout the 1970s, the CBS Morning News aired as a straight one-hour morning newscast that had
2112-591: A mini studio in the East Tower. It was used by BBC Research . 65 square metres (704 ft ) Opened in 1960, designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 1 , but was used as such for only three years. Became weather studio prior to the move to the BBC Weather Centre in 1990 (also in Television Centre), following which it was used by Children's BBC to supplement presentation from the 'Broom Cupboard', and
2244-654: A morning program is typically targeted at workforce with a focus on hard news and feature segments; often featuring updates on major stories that occurred overnight or during the previous day, politics news and interviews, reports on business and sport-related headlines, weather forecasts (either on a national or regional basis), and traffic reporting (generally common with locally produced morning shows on terrestrial television stations serving more densely populated cities, though this has begun to filter down to smaller markets as Intelligent transportation system networks have spread further into smaller communities). Later in
2376-552: A national program; that program was also mainly syndicated to affiliates of The CW and MyNetworkTV (and predecessors The WB and UPN ) as well as several independent stations until its abrupt cancellation in April 2015. Generally since then, outside of a few select CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates, stations usually program Infomercial , a local extension of a Big Three sister station's morning newscast during national morning shows, or as Sinclair Broadcast Group did from July 2017 until March 2019, returned to programming for children under
2508-533: A new TV centre would be built in Shepherd's Bush . London broadcasts at the time came from Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove Studios (from 1949). It was to be the largest television centre in the world. It was planned to be 6 acres (2.4 hectares), but turned out to be twice the size. The building was commissioned in 1949 with work starting in 1950. However government restrictions on building, through its loan sanction and licensing of materials, ensured that building work
2640-628: A number of extensions, the BBC had to seek accommodation elsewhere, such as the nearby BBC White City complex comprising White City One, a 25,000 square metre office building, and the adjacent Broadcast and Media Centres. The development of the Westfield shopping centre nearby led to a sharp rise in property prices and placed the Television Centre under threat. In February 2008, with an amendment in November, English Heritage requested listed status for
2772-429: A primary emphasis on business travelers and work commuters. America's Morning Headquarters ( AMHQ ) has served as its main morning show, and was formerly hosted by former Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion . With a shift toward a mix of weather and infotainment programs in the late-2000s, TWC premiered Wake Up with Al —an early-morning show hosted by Today weather anchor Al Roker —in 2009. The show
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#17328451519402904-568: A rehearsal space. Work on Stage 3, the central circular office block and studios, began in March 1955 on studios TC4, 5 and 2. The shells of studios TC1, TC6 and TC7 were constructed around the same time but they were not fitted out until a few years later. BBC Television Centre officially opened with TC3 operational on 29 June 1960. When it opened in June 1960, the Director of BBC television was Gerald Beadle , and
3036-484: A relaunch with an entertainment-oriented format. Local television stations began producing their own morning shows in the 1970s, most of which mirrored the format of their network counterparts, mixing news and weather segments with talk and lifestyle features; stations in many mid-sized and smaller markets with heavy rural populations also produced farm reports, featuring stories about people and events in rural communities, list of agricultural product exchanges data from
3168-412: A revamped Good Morning Britain on ITV . Naga Munchetty became a regular presenter, hosting with Charlie Stayt from Thursday- Saturday every week, after a number of years as a relief presenter, including regularly presenting Sunday's programme. On 23 July 2014, the show went on location again, this time to Glasgow to showcase highlights from the 2014 Commonwealth Games . In the hours leading up to
3300-555: A skew towards news and lifestyle content similar to its competitors. ABC was a latecomer to the morning show competition. Instead of carrying a national show, it instead adopted the AM franchise introduced by many of its local stations in 1970. KABC-TV 's AM Los Angeles launched the national career of Regis Philbin and was a direct predecessor to his syndicated talk show Live! AM Chicago on WLS-TV would later evolve into The Oprah Winfrey Show . The Morning Exchange on WEWS-TV
3432-552: A special split edition in the build-up of the funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher . On 13 March 2015, Bill Turnbull presented from St Paul's Cathedral, London in the lead up to a special service of remembrance to mark the end of operations in Afghanistan . On 12 June 2016, Louise Minchin presented from outside Buckingham Palace in the lead up to the finale of the Queen's 90th Birthday celebrations. Naga Munchetty presented from outside
3564-590: A stand-in presenter for Breakfast . After the unification of BBC News for UK viewers and international viewers in April 2023, the programme continues to be simulcast only on the UK feed , while the international feed shows generic bulletin and World Business Report . On 26 June 2023, BBC Breakfast unveiled a new look for the programme, moving to an all-new multipurpose studio in Media City in Salford. On 29 November 2023,
3696-538: A station's news department, as they are intended as a vehicle for advertorial content that promotes local businesses and events. Cable news outlets have adopted the morning show format as well. Fox & Friends on Fox News follows a similar format to the networks' morning shows, while MSNBC 's Way Too Early and Morning Joe follow a pundit -driven format with a larger focus on political analysis and panel discussions. Some morning shows have been television simulcasts of talk radio shows, including Imus in
3828-504: A woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism. Now I'm not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean." Several public figures, including Lenny Henry and Adrian Lester , signed an open letter asking the corporation to revisit its ruling against her. It was later reported in The Guardian that the complaint was also made against her co-host Dan Walker , but his comments were not
3960-504: Is Today , which set the tone for the genre and premiered on 14 January 1952 on NBC in the United States. For the next 70 years, Today was the number one morning program in the ratings for the vast majority of its run and since its start, many other television stations and television networks around the world have followed NBC's lead, copying that program's successful format. Breakfast television/morning show programs are geared toward popular and demographic appeal. The first half of
4092-427: Is not broadcast on BBC One, it is transmitted via BBC Two . Breakfast Time was the first BBC breakfast programme, with Ron Neil as producer. It was conceived in response to the plans of the commercial television company TV-am to introduce a breakfast television show. Breakfast Time' s first broadcast was on 17 January 1983, and was presented by Frank Bough , Selina Scott and Nick Ross . The atmosphere of
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4224-521: Is a building complex in White City , West London , which was the headquarters of BBC Television from 1960 to 2013, when BBC Television moved to Broadcasting House . After a refurbishment, the complex reopened in 2017 with three studios in use for TV production, operated by BBC Studioworks . The first BBC staff moved into the Scenery Block in 1953, and the centre was officially opened on 29 June 1960. It
4356-714: Is a country-ordered list of breakfast television and morning show programs, past and present, with indication of a program's producing network or channel: (First News) (C'mon Brazil) (BandNews Journal - 1st Edition) (BandNews Morning) (Hour One) (Good Morning Brazil) (More You) (Meeting with Patrícia Poeta) (From the House) (GloboNews O'Clock) (GloboNews Journal - 10AM Edition) (General Balance - Morning) (Today) (What's Up, Brazil) (You Beautiful) (First Impact) (Ronnie's Morning) (I'm Gonna Tell You) Television Centre, London Television Centre ( TVC ), formerly known as BBC Television Centre ,
4488-462: Is handling coverage of breaking news during its broadcast hours, or special live news events (such as British royal weddings). The first morning news program was Three To Get Ready , a local production hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs that aired on WPTZ (now KYW-TV ) in Philadelphia from 1950 to 1952. Although the program (named after WPTZ's channel number, 3) was mostly entertainment-oriented,
4620-480: Is known as an overnight graveyard slot . Some local morning newscasts, which formerly had both softer "morning" musical and graphical packages and lighter news, along with feature segments with local businesses and organizations, now resemble their later-day counterparts with hard news coverage of overnight events. Some locally produced morning shows that utilize a mainly infotainment format still exist, most prominently among some large and mid-market stations owned by
4752-585: Is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type, having appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. Parts of the building are Grade II listed , including the central ring and Studio 1. Most of the BBC's national television and radio news output came from Television Centre, and in later years most recorded television was output from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane, care of Red Bee Media . Live television events from studios and routing of national and international sporting events took place within Television Centre before being passed to
4884-411: Is said to include one of the largest live newsrooms in the world. The final news broadcasts from Television Centre took place on 18 March 2013, when the BBC News channel and remaining news output completed the move to Broadcasting House. This was one of the final live broadcasts from the building. A 90-minute documentary titled Tales of Television Centre was broadcast on BBC Four in 2012 ahead of
5016-403: The BBC News channel 's studio on the morning following the closing ceremonies before rebroadcasting from Salford the next day. On 19 March 2013, BBC Breakfast updated its " lower thirds " to match the graphics and fonts used by the rest of BBC News since the previous day. The clock was consequently moved to the lower right side of the screen. In 2014, Susanna Reid left the programme to join
5148-558: The Breakfast Facebook page after transmission. Main presenters Note: Sunday editions of BBC Breakfast are presented by two of the regular stand-in presenting team Richard Frediani is the current editor of BBC Breakfast . He took on the role in September 2019 after being appointed in July 2019. He replaced Adam Bullimore, who had held the role since 2013. Bullimore was previously
5280-826: The Cumbria shootings the previous day, Bill Turnbull presented live from the town of Whitehaven on 3 June 2010. Turnbull presented on the progress of the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London on 27 July 2010, two years before the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics . Turnbull presented from the September 2010 Liberal Democrats conference in Liverpool and the Labour Conference in Manchester . Sian Williams presented from
5412-662: The E. W. Scripps Company (which inherited the Morning Blend format originated in 2006 by the Journal Media Group following its 2015 acquisition of that company's stations) and Tegna Inc. (which inherited many of the local talk/lifestyle shows originated by Belo – such as Good Morning Texas on Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA – prior to the 2014 acquisition of the latter group by the predecessor broadcasting unit of Gannett ), and often serving as lead-outs of national network morning shows. These shows are not usually produced by
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5544-706: The KidsClick block. Sinclair intends to program a national morning rolling newscast for those stations by the first quarter of 2021. A few of the major Spanish language broadcast networks also produce morning shows, which are often focused more towards entertainment and tabloid headlines, interviews, and features, rather than hard news. ¡Despierta América! is the longest-running Spanish language morning program on U.S. network television having aired on Univision since April 1997. Telemundo had made several attempts at hard news and traditional morning shows, including Cada Dia , and Un Nuevo Día , which launched in 2008 under
5676-551: The Palace of Westminster covering the aftermath of the United Kingdom 's European Union membership referendum results. Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent presented live from Westminster the day after the 2017 terror attack . During a special edition focusing on the Manchester terror attack that took place the previous night, Louise Minchin presented from outside Manchester Arena where the attack happened, and Dan Walker presented in
5808-578: The United States ) is a type of news or infotainment television programme that broadcasts live in the morning (typically scheduled between 5:00 and 10:00 a.m., or if it is a local programme, as early as 4:00 a.m.). Often presented by a small team of hosts, these programmes are typically marketed towards the combined demography of people getting ready for work and school and stay-at-home adults and parents. The first – and longest-running – national breakfast/morning show on television
5940-691: The 9:00 a.m. hour (where they normally compete with syndicated programs on ABC and CBS stations, and the third hour of Today on NBC stations). The expansion of news on Fox affiliates, along with advertising restrictions involving with the Children's Television Act , effectively ended the morning children's television market on broadcast television by the mid-2000s. Beginning in the early 2010s, stations began experimenting with 4:30 a.m. and even 4:00 a.m. newscasts in some major markets (and even gradually expanding into mid-size and some smaller markets), pushing local news further into what traditionally
6072-557: The BBC News Centre. BBC News moved out of Stage 6 in 2013 to the new BBC News Centre at New Broadcasting House in Central London. After redevelopment, Stage 6 became the new home to the commercial arm of the BBC, BBC Studios . There was no N7, to avoid confusion with TC7 , which housed 'big' news programmes such as BBC Breakfast , Working Lunch , and Newsnight . In February 1996, the electricity and heating were transferred to
6204-607: The BBC News channel as did the new Breakfast titles. In May 2009 as part of cost-cutting, the live broadcasts of the business news from the London Stock Exchange were dropped. In July 2010, the BBC announced that Breakfast was moving to their new studios in Salford Quays . The BBC announced that with the April 2012 move to Salford, co-presenter Sian Williams and sports presenter Chris Hollins preferred not be included in
6336-434: The BBC agreed to sell the site to Stanhope for £200 million. The building closed on 31 March 2013 and was redeveloped to include flats, office space, a cinema and hotels. Studios 1, 2 and 3 along with part of the basement and offices have been refurbished and leased back to the BBC on a 15-year lease. The original schedule would have seen Studios 1, 2, & 3 back in production by Autumn of 2014 however on 17 July 2014
6468-418: The BBC announced that BBC Breakfast would be extended by 15 minutes on weekdays, broadcasting until 9:30 am and followed by Morning Live , also extended by half an hour and broadcast until 10:45am. This change came into effect on 2 January 2024. Breakfast encourages viewer response and interaction via e-mail , Facebook and Twitter . Video reports and interviews from the programme are made available on
6600-489: The BBC announced that Breakfast , along with the BBC News at Six and Ten will be revamped in June 2022 to include a completely new studio and presentation, as part of a wider rebrand of the BBC. Local regional programmes will also be revamped over the coming months to tie in with the regional BBC channels broadcasting in HD by the beginning of 2023. It was announced on 8 July that Jon Kay would permanently replace Dan Walker after being
6732-475: The BBC announced that due to the extensive building work, programme production would not recommence at Television Centre until 2017 when much of the demolition and groundwork has been completed. The BBC's commercial business, BBC Studios , will lease back Stage 6 as office space which is the part formerly occupied by BBC News. All BBC News, national radio and BBC World Service broadcasts were relocated to Broadcasting House between July 2012 and March 2013, which
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#17328451519406864-607: The BBC move, but a decrease in audience did not occur, with the retention of an approximate average of 1.5 million viewers. The 2012 Summer Olympics prompted BBC Breakfast to temporarily broadcast from a temporary studio near the Olympic Park in Stratford . During the Games, former presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins also returned to lead the morning programme, in addition to Bill Turnbull , Charlie Stayt , Louise Minchin , and BBC Sport presenter Hazel Irvine . The show ended its temporary London return with broadcasting from
6996-555: The BBC's Countryfile programme, John Craven . It took a behind-the-scenes look at the stately home Chatsworth House , and was broadcast separately on BBC One at 10:30 am. A number of other guests or celebrity presenters have been used on Breakfast to present themed days or weeks, even though some have never been mainstream news reporters or presenters. Many of these have seen the programme extended to 9:30 am. Breakfast television Breakfast television ( Europe and Australia ) or morning show ( Canada and
7128-477: The BBC's backup generator caught fire. Troubles were experienced in the South East region, as Newsroom South East started later than planned. The fire alarms went off at Television Centre later that day, leaving only a skeleton crew. Eventually many programmes returned, from different locations: Newsnight was presented from the main news studio with intermittent technical problems. The issues were attributed to
7260-603: The BBC's promise in 2007 that the sale of TVC was a "full-scale disposal" and that it would not be leasing back any part of the building. Demolition work began in February 2015. As of April 2016, only Studios TC1, TC2 and TC3 remained – the other studios TC4, TC5, TC6, TC7 and TC8 had all been demolished. The statue of Helios, the Greek God of Sun, had been removed for renovation before it returned later in 2016; developer Stanhope and construction manager Mace had carefully removed
7392-574: The British government under the control of the Postmaster-General . Restrictions were placed on how many hours per day could be used by broadcasters for television. By the mid-1960s, this was allocated at seven hours per day (Mondays to Fridays) and 7.5 hours per day (Saturdays and Sundays), thus providing a 50-hour broadcasting limit per week. Certain programming was exempt from these restrictions (schools, adult education, religion, sport); however no time
7524-869: The Broadcast Centre for transmission. The building is 4 miles (6 kilometres) west of central London, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . The nearest Underground stations are White City on the Central Line and Wood Lane on the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines. On Friday 1 April 1949, Norman Collins , the Controller of the BBC Television Service, announced at the Television Society 's annual dinner at The Waldorf Hilton, London that
7656-725: The Central Ring of the building and Studio 1, noting in particular the John Piper mosaic, central drum with its mosaic tiles, the Huxley-Jones gilded statue of Helios, full-height glazing of the stair and original clock in the Central Ring, received Grade II listed status from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . The 'atomic dots' and name of Studio 1, and the cantilevered porch on its exterior were noted as important architectural features of that building. The department did not consider
7788-450: The Morning (which aired on MSNBC until 2007, and subsequently aired on Fox Business and later RFD-TV before being cancelled in 2018), and sports talk programs such as Boomer and Gio and The Dan Patrick Show . CNN had primarily aired rolling news blocks ( Early Edition and CNN Live This Morning ) in the morning hours until launching American Morning in 2001—which followed
7920-660: The October 2010 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham . On 19 May 2012, Louise Minchin presented the 1st day of the 2012 Olympics Torch Relay from Lands End with Charlie Stayt presenting from the BBC Breakfast studio. From 27 July to 12 August, BBC Breakfast rebranded to Olympic Breakfast and presented from a temporary studio built for the 2012 Olympics with a view of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in
8052-470: The September 2009 Liberal Democrats Conference , while Sian Williams presented from the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences . Susanna Reid presented from the 2010 Academy Awards Ceremony . On 6 April 2010, Sian Williams presented from Westminster in the run-up to the announcement of the 2010 General Election . During April and May 2010, Bill Turnbull presented and reported from various locations on
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#17328451519408184-449: The UK, although for two years in the late 2000s, now-defunct local channel Channel M broadcast a breakfast programme called Channel M Breakfast . Since its launch in 2021, news channel GB News has aired a breakfast show called The Great British Breakfast . It was originally anchored by three presenters in the style of Fox & Friends , but soon shifted to two anchors. The following
8316-584: The United States ( CBS Mornings , Today , and Good Morning America ) air live only in the Eastern Time Zone. (Spanish-language shows air live in the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones.) Stations in the remaining time zones receive these programs on a tape delay , with an updated feed broadcast to viewers in the Pacific Time Zone. Occasionally, a morning show may be broadcast nationwide if their staff
8448-433: The United States' main public television network, typically air children's programming from the network's PBS Kids lineup during the morning and daytime hours. Some members may also carry exercise-oriented programs as early-morning programming (such as Lilias, Yoga and You ). From 1974 to 1995, Maryland Public Television offered A.M. Weather , a 15-minute weather update staffed by meteorologists from NOAA . Fox ,
8580-591: The aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings , Bill Turnbull presented live from King's Cross . Sian Williams reported live from the scene of the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2005. Dermot Murnaghan presented from the 2006 election campaign from Bristol . In September 2009, Kate Silverton presented from Lashkargāh , Afghanistan . The programme returned to Afghanistan on 27 and 28 June 2014, when Bill Turnbull presented from Camp Bastion to celebrate Armed Forces Day . Turnbull presented live from Brighton for
8712-580: The air appeared to resemble a question mark in shape. The architect, Graham Dawbarn , (Norman & Dawbarn), drew a question mark on an envelope (now held by the BBC Written Archives Centre ) while thinking about the design of the building, and realised that it would be an ideal shape for the site. An article in The BBC Quarterly , July 1946, proposed a circular design, several years before Dawbarn drew up his plans. The building featured
8844-408: The background. A special split edition of the programme aired for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton , with Sian presenting from Westminster Abbey and Bill live from Buckingham Palace . Naga Munchetty later presented from Windsor Castle to mark the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle . On 17 April 2013, Charlie Stayt presented the show from St Paul's Cathedral , London for
8976-404: The building from 1956 to 1970 and was responsible for the creation of the original 'BBC Television Centre' lettering on the façade of Studio 1. The lettering was later used all over the building, even in tile work outside lift entrances. Demands from Broadcasting House meant that Hayes had less time than he had thought to design a decor for the façade, leading to him puncturing a scale foam model of
9108-539: The closure and redevelopment of The London Studios . However, in October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank, and it is thought that ITV Daytime programmes will continue to be broadcast from Television Centre. On 29 June 2020, Television Centre turned 60 years old and the Royal Television Society released a commemorative programme to celebrate. The overall design from
9240-546: The commercial channel ITV taking full advantage of the relaxed broadcasting hours. However, due to financial issues and the economic problems of the 1970s, breakfast television was not considered until later in the decade. After a nine-week trial in 1977 on the regional television stations Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television , the Independent Broadcasting Authority considered breakfast television so important that it created an entire franchise for
9372-421: The components of television. It was originally a fountain, but owing to the building's unique shape it was too noisy for the staff in the overlooking offices, and there were problems with water leakage into the videotape area which for a long time was directly beneath. Even though there was a foundation stone marked 'BBC 1956' in the basement of the main building, construction began in 1951. Arthur Hayes worked on
9504-555: The day of the Euro 2024 final ( England vs Spain ) while Rachel Burden presented in the Salford studio . In September 2006, Breakfast launched its own video podcast called the Breakfast Takeaway . BBC News had already launched three other services: Newsnight , the Ten O'Clock News and STORYFix (also previously shown on television at weekends on News 24). The Breakfast Takeaway
9636-458: The deputy editor for five years. Alison Ford, previously the UK Editor for BBC Newsgathering, was the editor of the programme until her death in July 2013. Her appointment followed the departure of David Kermode to 5 News . BBC Breakfast has a regular panel of experts who appear to provide specialist insight or analysis into news stories when they are required. In addition, the newspaper review on
9768-625: The early 2000s, many news-oriented morning shows also incorporate news tickers showing local, national and/or international headlines; weather forecasts; sport scores; and, in some jurisdictions where one operates, lottery numbers from the previous drawing day during the broadcast (although these may be shown during rolling news blocks or throughout the programming day on cable news outlets, some local stations that have utilized tickers solely for their morning shows have extended them to later newscasts, whereas others only display them during their morning news programs). The three breakfast morning shows in
9900-447: The entire Television Centre resulting in services such as BBC One , BBC Two and BBC Radio 4 coming off air and/or altering their schedules. BBC News 24 went off air twice before being relocated to the BBC's Westminster studios and simulcasting with BBC World (marking a rare occurrence where BBC World was broadcast to UK viewers). The Six O'Clock News suffered severe lighting problems and had to be cancelled halfway through, and
10032-626: The first programme broadcast was First Night with David Nixon in Studio Three. In 1997, the BBC News Centre was opened, in a new complex at the front of the building. The decision to move radio news to this building was attributed to Director General John Birt , a move that was resisted by the managing director of BBC Radio , Liz Forgan , who resigned after failing to dissuade the governors. Birt's decision caused problems; for example some politicians accustomed to travelling to interviews at Broadcasting House in Central London were reluctant to make
10164-514: The focus of the BBC's executive complaints unit (ECU) investigation, due to the complainant's follow up complaint focusing solely on Munchetty. Later that day, the Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall overturned the decision after looking into it personally. In June 2021, Louise Minchin announced she would be leaving BBC Breakfast , 20 years after she joined the programme. Her final show
10296-589: The genre, becoming the only national independent television franchise. At the end of 1980, this franchise was awarded to TV-am . Initially planned for launch in 1982, it was delayed until the start of 1983 so that it didn't take any oxygen from the launch of the UK's fourth channel. This allowed the BBC to launch its own morning programme first on 17th January 1983, Breakfast Time . TV-am, with Good Morning Britain as its flagship programme, launched just over two weeks later. on 1 February. TV-am struggled at first because of
10428-504: The gilded bronze figure with heritage experts PAYE Conservation for repair and renovation. The Helios has stood in the rotunda at Television Centre since the former BBC headquarters opened in 1960. BBC Studioworks , the commercial subsidiary of the BBC operate and maintain Studios 1, 2 and 3 and the production facilities at Television Centre. The newly refurbished facilities officially opened on 1 September 2017. As of April 2017, bookings for
10560-408: The journey to White City, despite being only 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (7.2 km) west. It was announced on 18 October 2007 that in order to meet a £2 billion shortfall in funding, the BBC intended to "reduce the size of the property portfolio in west London by selling BBC Television Centre by the end of the financial year 2012/13", with the then Director General , Mark Thompson , saying
10692-650: The last of the "Big Four" broadcast networks, does not have a morning show and has only once attempted such a program; the network attempted to transition sister cable network FX 's Breakfast Time to Fox as Fox After Breakfast in 1996, to little success, but instead has ceded to its local affiliates and Fox Television Stations , which have programmed fully local morning news programs that are at parity or have overtaken their Big Three network counterparts. The CW (and before that, its co-predecessor The WB ) carried The Daily Buzz for its The CW Plus (as well as its The WB 100+ Station Group ) from 2002 to 2014, in lieu of
10824-413: The last single drama recorded was Henry IV, Part 1 , in 1995. The reason for the decline was because drama productions (except for soap operas) shifted almost entirely onto film or single-camera video, and Television Centre was a video-based, multi-camera production environment. Programmes recorded or transmitted included: 111 square metres (1,200 ft ) Opened as N1 in September 1969, it
10956-606: The latter program had also previously aired on WGN America until 2008). More traditional local newscasts began taking hold in morning timeslots (mainly on stations that maintain their own news departments) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These programs began as half-hour or one-hour local newscasts that aired immediately before the national shows. However, since that time, they have slowly expanded, either by pushing an earlier start time or by adding additional hours on other stations that are owned, managed or which outsource their local news content to that station, thereby competing with
11088-471: The merging of the separate breakfast programmes on BBC One and BBC News 24 into one programme, aired on both channels, called Breakfast started, with the first show hosted by Sophie Raworth and Jeremy Bowen . The studio was replaced with a new set on 30 June 2003. Since 3 April 2006, the BBC News channel has returned to its traditional format (starting at 8:30 am) while Breakfast continues on BBC One until 9:15 am. In April 2008, BBC News 24
11220-420: The move out. On 22 March 2013, BBC Four devoted its evening schedule to programmes commemorating Television Centre. At the heart of the evening was Goodbye Television Centre , a two-hour history presented by former BBC1 controller and BBC chairman Michael Grade . The last live programme broadcast was Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre , shown that day on BBC Four. In March 2013, the BBC and Stanhope formed
11352-750: The move to the North of England . Williams left Breakfast on 15 March 2012. On 12 December 2011, the first of several presenter changes was announced. Louise Minchin would, with the studio move to Salford , join the other main presenters of BBC Breakfast : Bill Turnbull , Susanna Reid and Charlie Stayt . Carol Kirkwood , on 26 March 2012, would remain in London presenting weather. Sports presenters Mike Bushell and Sally Nugent and business presenter Steph McGovern would locate to Salford. The first Breakfast edition from Salford occurred on Tuesday 10 April 2012. London-based newspapers have reported extensive criticism of
11484-511: The national news bulletins, without much additional physical change. The programme celebrated its 20th anniversary on 17 January 2003. On 28 January 2008, Breakfast returned to the TC7 studios , where Breakfast Time had been based following its move from the BBC Lime Grove Studios. On 2 March 2009, Breakfast relaunched with a new set and studio background. The backdrop resembled that of
11616-414: The nation—sometimes both at the same time." Currently, and in the later years of the BBC's occupation of the centre, the studio facilities were run by the wholly owned commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks . The studios vary in size and all studios were usually abbreviated to initials, such as TC1 (Television Centre 1) for Studio 1. The studios have hosted a wide variety of television programmes covering
11748-463: The network shows. Similarly, following the launch of Fox in the late 1980s, many news-producing stations affiliated with major networks not among the traditional " Big Three television networks " or which operate as independent stations began producing morning newscasts that compete in part with national counterparts in part or the entirety of the 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. time period; by the late 2000s, these stations began to expand their morning shows into
11880-510: The new version of CBS This Morning (this time featuring a format focused more on hard news and interviews, excising lifestyle and infotainment segments) in January 2012; CBS This Morning proved to be more successful, but anchor turnover (especially after the removal of Charlie Rose after allegations of workplace sexual harassment) and other factors eroded its audience, resulting in its replacement by CBS Mornings in 2021—a program that carries
12012-412: The opening ceremony, Carol Kirkwood reported from Celtic Park . The day after the end of the Games, Charlie Stayt presented from Glasgow Cathedral in the lead up to ceremonies marking 100 years since the start of World War I . In February 2016, Bill Turnbull left the programme and was replaced by Dan Walker . For the 2016 Summer Olympics , the programme was again renamed Olympic Breakfast and
12144-399: The other buildings, including all other studios, scenery block and canteen of sufficient special interest to warrant listing. Making the protection announcement, the architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where Doctor Who , Fawlty Towers and Blue Peter were made: "It has been a torture chamber for politicians, and an endless source of first-class entertainment for
12276-478: The party campaign trail throughout the country . On 30 April 2010, Charlie Stayt presented the programme from the University of Birmingham following the final leaders' debate of the election campaign. On 12 May 2010, Sian Williams presented the programme from College Green , Westminster the day after David Cameron became Prime Minister . Bill Turnbull also presented from outside 10 Downing Street . Following
12408-670: The plan would deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age. A BBC spokesman has added that "this is a full scale disposal of BBC Television Centre and we won't be leasing it back". The corporation officially put Television Centre on the property market in June 2011. BBC Sport and BBC Children's moved to dock10 , MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2012, with Children's Learning, Radio 5 Live and part of BBC Future Media & Technology. The move saw up to 1,500 posts at TV Centre and 700 posts at New Broadcasting House relocate to Salford Quays. BBC Breakfast , part of BBC News, moved to Salford in April 2012. On 16 July 2012,
12540-577: The previous day and weather forecasts tailored to farmers (although the number of these programs have dwindled on the local level since the 1990s, three such programs still exist in national syndication, the weekdaily AgDay and the weekend-only U.S. Farm Report and This Week in Agribusiness (the latter of which was founded and remains hosted by former U.S. Farm Report personalities Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong ), which have also received national distribution on cable and satellite via RFD-TV ;
12672-541: The program did feature some news and weather segments. Its success prompted NBC to look at producing something similar on a national basis. Following the lead of NBC 's Today , which debuted in January 1952, and was the first morning news program to be aired nationally, many other broadcast stations and television networks around the world followed and imitated that program's enormously successful format with news, lifestyle features, and personality. CBS , in contrast, has struggled since television's early age to maintain
12804-474: The program, segments will typically begin to target a dominantly female demographic with a focus on " infotainment ", such as human-interest, lifestyle and entertainment stories. Many local or regional morning shows feature field reports highlighting local events, attractions and/or businesses, in addition to those involving stories that occurred during the overnight or expected to happen in the coming day. Morning programs that air across national networks may offer
12936-604: The programme was renamed BBC Breakfast News and followed a more authoritative tone with a set modelled on the conventional desk style of news bulletins, starting at 6:30 am. The programme had been planned to start in September but was postponed due to delays with the set. The first edition was presented by Nicholas Witchell and Jill Dando . The business news coverage extended to an hour-long programme in its own right called "Business Breakfast" in January 1993, beginning at 6:00 am, while BBC Breakfast News started at 7:00 am. In April 1993, both programmes moved to
13068-500: The ratings a few times in its history (first in the early 1980s, then from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s and again regularly since 2012). Since the 1980s, Live! (now hosted by Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos ) has been produced and distributed by ABC's syndication arm , primarily for ABC stations (although not exclusively, as it is carried on stations affiliated with other networks), but produced by ABC's New York City owned-and-operated station, WABC-TV . Members of PBS ,
13200-427: The renovated studios were being taken. The first programme to transmit live from the newly refurbished studios was Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday 25 September 2017. It was hosted by Zoe Ball . In April 2018, ITV's daytime programmes Good Morning Britain , Lorraine , This Morning , Loose Women and political discussion programme Peston moved to Television Centre, due to
13332-516: The scenery workshop, the canteen block adjoining the Blue Peter Garden , and the central building. Previously, under a longstanding deal between the BBC and English Heritage the building was not listed to allow the BBC to make changes necessary in a broadcasting centre. In return, the BBC agreed that if it left, the fabric of the building would be restored to its mid-1960s state, and English Heritage would list notable features. On 17 June 2009
13464-464: The set was intended to encourage a relaxed informality; the set mimicked a living-room rather than a studio, with red leather sofas, and Bough and Ross wearing jumpers and open-necked shirts. Ron Neil sought to make it part of the viewers' morning routine, with cookery, exercises, and (to some controversy) an astrologer Russell Grant . Breakfast Time lasted 150 minutes, initially being transmitted between 6:30 am and 9:00 am, before moving to
13596-428: The site include some of Britain's best known television programmes including Fawlty Towers , Monty Python's Flying Circus , Blue Peter , Absolutely Fabulous , the original Doctor Who series and most of the best known BBC drama series. From the 1980s the use of the complex for such productions declined with the last major drama series to be shot there being The House of Eliott , which ended in 1994, and
13728-517: The slot as well; Daybreak was eventually cancelled in 2014 due to low ratings, and was replaced by Good Morning Britain on 28 April 2014. The series continues to trail BBC Breakfast consistently, and has marketed with the traditional Today format mixed with political debates. One of the co-hosts was Piers Morgan , until his departure in 2021, and the programme used his notoriety as a marketing point, to middling success. There are no breakfast television programmes on local television stations in
13860-488: The station or programme's digital on-screen graphic during most segments within the broadcast. (Most local stations originally displayed the current time and temperature only during their morning newscasts, though many began to extend this display within their logo bug to their midday and evening newscasts starting in the mid-1990s, starting in major markets and eventually expanding to stations in smaller markets.) Especially with their universal expansion to cable news outlets in
13992-455: The studio. On 19 September 2022, Jon Kay and Sally Nugent presented BBC Breakfast from Westminster Abbey on the day of Queen Elizabeth II state funeral . On 25 October 2022, Jon Kay presented BBC Breakfast from Downing Street on the day Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , while Victoria Fritz presented in the studio. On 14 July 2024, Sally Nugent and John Watson presented BBC Breakfast from Berlin , on
14124-520: The studio. Naga Munchetty presented from Borough Market in the aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack . Stayt and Minchin spoke to MPs in Westminster on 10 June 2017 about the hung Parliament result from 8 June. On 17 April 2021, Charlie Stayt presented BBC Breakfast from Windsor Castle on the day of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh funeral with Naga Munchetty presenting the show from
14256-544: The then sixth floor N2 studio in a set used for the One, Six and Nine O'Clock News, using the new computer generated virtual set. Composer George Fenton reworked the theme tune for the Silicon Graphics CGI, title sequences were designed in-house by the BBC and the set was built by Television Production Design Ltd. A further revamp occurred in June 1997, when the programme was renamed simply Breakfast News . On 2 October 2000,
14388-578: The title ¡Levántate! , and would win the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program in Spanish in 2015 and 2017. In 2021, Telemundo attempted another relaunch of its morning show, Hoy Dia , which was positioned as a news-centric morning show closer in format to its NBC counterpart Today . However, in 2022, Telemundo used a hiatus for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to move Hoy Dia from its news department to its entertainment division, resulting in
14520-425: The wall with drawing pins, and thus the birth of the iconic 'Atomic Dots' : there are 26 across the façade of Studio 1, each one backlit and clearly visible at night. The building as opened in 1960 was extended a number of times, notably along the 'spur' towards Wood Lane in line with the original masterplan although the actual implementation was completed over a number of decades and by different architects. Despite
14652-513: The weekends have a regular guest to provide commentary. Presenters make on-location broadcasts for particularly significant events. The day after the September 11 attacks in New York City, Jeremy Bowen presented live near Ground Zero . Dermot Murnaghan presented from Washington, D.C. to cover the 2004 US election . Bill Turnbull did the same for the 2008 US presidential election . In
14784-563: Was Cleveland 's entry into the franchise; with its light format, ABC (after a brief but failed effort to launch the Los Angeles version nationally as AM America ) launched a national program based closely on the format of The Morning Exchange and Good Day! (From WCVB-TV in Boston ) in November 1975 under the title Good Morning America . GMA has traditionally run in second place (ahead of CBS but behind Today ), but has surpassed Today in
14916-474: Was allocated to breakfast television until the early 1970s. In January 1972, under the then Conservative government, the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications , Christopher Chataway , announced to the British parliament that all such restrictions would be lifted, and daily broadcasting hours could now be set by the individual broadcaster. By October 1972, both BBC and ITV were providing daytime television, with
15048-502: Was anchored by Salford and Rio broadcasting from the BBC Sport studio. In September 2019, Naga Munchetty was initially ruled to have breached the BBC's guidelines by criticising US President Donald Trump for perceived racism . That July, while presenting BBC Breakfast , Munchetty had taken issue with Trump's comments telling his opponents to "go back" to the "places from which they came". Munchetty said: "Every time I have been told, as
15180-540: Was attributed to the Real IRA and the culprits were eventually caught. The front of the building suffered moderate damage, but was soon repaired. Television Centre has suffered from power cuts that affected normal broadcasting, but these were not seen as a systemic problem. One such power cut caused the launch night of BBC2 , on 20 April 1964, to be cancelled; programmes began the next day. A major power failure occurred on 20 June 2000 at approximately 5 p.m., affecting
15312-519: Was available Monday to Friday in MP4 format where it could be downloaded and viewed from a home or office computer. The video podcasts were a one-year trial. After the BBC reviewed the trial, the podcasts were discontinued in July 2007. In 2003, the Breakfast production team was commissioned by BBC One to make a week long series called The Day Team From Chatsworth, presented by Nicki Chapman and presenter of
15444-490: Was being used for emergency purposes only as it had become cost-ineffective to use full-time. Excess electricity produced at night has not been returned to the National Grid , as originally planned. In November 2003, the turbine's chimneys caught fire, bringing TV output to a halt. After the fire the turbines were no longer used regularly. On 4 March 2001, a bomb placed outside the news centre exploded, with no fatalities. It
15576-490: Was cancelled in 2024 amid another change in leadership and associated cuts; a block of CNN's daytime program CNN News Central was moved into its timeslot, while the This Morning branding was retained by CNN's weekend morning show, and repurposed by CNN's early-morning program Early Start (which had originally premiered alongside Starting Point ). The Weather Channel originally has long featured forecast programs with
15708-523: Was cancelled in October 2015 amid a transition away from infotainment programming (the program was the only TWC program to be produced primarily outside of Atlanta ) with the timeslot filled by an extension of AMHQ . Entertainment channels such as VH1 and E! have also aired morning shows (such as Big Morning Buzz Live and That Morning Show , and the 2020 version of E! News ). Sports channels sometimes carry morning shows (such as ESPN's Get Up and NFL Network 's Good Morning Football ), with
15840-446: Was conceived as a "newspaper" with a collection of various short-form segments. In 1992, after failing to attract an audience, Channel 4 replaced it with The Big Breakfast — a more informal morning show with a focus on entertainment and comedy, presented from studios constructed in an actual house. The new format proved to be much more successful. 1989 also saw BBC2 also launched a breakfast service in 1989. Its news-based offering
15972-534: Was designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 2 , but that channel did not use in-vision continuity for more than a few months after launch. Became a general purpose studio housing small productions such as Points of View , the Film series with Barry Norman and The Old Grey Whistle Test . It closed in 1996 and initially remained disused until it was converted (along with Pres A) into additional presentation control rooms. The substantially thick wall between Pres A and B
16104-596: Was halted until 1953. Intended as stopgaps, the BBC remodelled the former Gaumont Studios at Lime Grove, the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and the Shepherd's Bush Empire for television production spaces and studio use; many of these facilities were still being used by the corporation decades later. Work resumed in 1953 on the TVC scenery block (Stage 1) and work began in 1954 on the canteen block (Stage 2), which doubled as
16236-587: Was launched to allow the BBC to provide a daily report on events at Westminster and was supplemented by news pages from Ceefax and a simulcast of 15 minutes of BBC Breakfast News . In 2010, ITV plc , which by then owned 75% of GMTV, acquired the remaining 25% stake that The Walt Disney Company had owned, gaining full control of the station. In September 2010, the full legal name was changed from "GMTV Limited" to " ITV Breakfast Limited ", with GMTV closing on 3 September and Daybreak and Lorraine launching on 6 September 2010. ITV had big difficulties with
16368-460: Was on 15 September 2021. From 20 September, Sally Nugent co-hosted alongside Dan Walker . On 27 October 2021, Sally Nugent announced that she would permanently join the programme as the new Monday-Wednesday presenter. It was announced on 4 April 2022 that Dan Walker would be leaving Breakfast to join ITN to be a joint lead presenter for Channel 5 News. His final show was on 17 May 2022. On 26 May 2022,
16500-525: Was removed and a mezzanine floor constructed to house a larger presentation control area for interactive and children's channels CBBC and CBeebies. In addition to these studios, BBC News used a number of studios for the frequent news bulletins. These studios have a different naming system owing to their permanent usage and were not included on most studio lists, as they were unavailable for hire. These studios were located in Stage 5 & Stage 6, commonly known as
16632-462: Was renamed "BBC News", as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, complete with a new studio and presentation. On 2 May 2006, Breakfast moved into studio N6 at Television Centre with other BBC One news programmes that required a larger set design that included walls of Barco video screens . The original screen scenes of cirrus clouds on a blue sky were changed as a result of viewer comments that 'it looked too cold'—their replacement
16764-460: Was renamed TC11. In 2002 it became home to Liquid News and later to the other BBC Three news programmes 60 Seconds and The 7 O'Clock News . It briefly played host to the domestic BBC News bulletins while their studios were refurbished in 2006, before becoming general purpose. It was home to Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two until 15 December 2011, after which the studio was closed. 56 square metres (600 ft ) Originally built as
16896-459: Was set up. In December 2013, Stanhope was granted planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. In October 2014, UK magazine Private Eye reported that having spent £60 million to remove broadcasting equipment from the building, the BBC planned to spend £12 million a year to lease back parts of the building. This decision was in direct contradiction of
17028-504: Was the home of CBeebies . 186 square metres (2,000 ft ) Opened as N2 in September 1969, and the same size as N1, it was used for the BBC2 daytime news bulletins. Extended in 1985 to include props store and adjacent lobby, it became home to the Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News . In spring 1999, following the completion of the News Centre spur of Television Centre, the news moved out and it
17160-519: Was used for slots such as birthdays and public holidays. It became full-time home of Children's BBC in 1994 following the vacation of the 'Broom Cupboard'. It closed following CBBC's move to TC9 and was converted into additional presentation control rooms. The substantially thick wall between Pres A and B was removed and a mezzanine floor constructed to house a larger presentation control area for interactive and children's channels CBBC and CBeebies . 65 square metres (704 ft ) Opened in 1964, Pres B
17292-547: Was used for the BBC1 daytime news bulletins, and the home of BBC World (previously BBC World Service News) from 1993. Closed in spring 1999 when news bulletins moved to the News Centre section of Television Centre, and renamed as TC10. Used for some programmes by channel UK Play until the station's closure. Between 2004 and 2006 it was used for in-vision continuity for CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two , before being used by some programming for CBBC such as Level Up . From 2010 to 2011 it
17424-409: Was with orange squares of the same design as those appearing in the programme's new title sequence, which were designed to hide any joins or faults between the screens which had previously been obvious. The screens eventually displayed visuals needed for story content: different backgrounds, graphics and still photographs. The set had a generic visual style that could be used for other programmes, such as
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