Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)

Good Morning Britain
Genre Breakfast television programme
Directed by Erron Gordon[1]
Presented by
Theme music composer
  • Henry Gorman
  • Simon Hill
  • Rob May[2]
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Editor(s) Neil Thompson[3]
Location(s) The London Studios
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 150 minutes
Production company(s) ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format 1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original release 28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) – present (present)
Chronology
Preceded by Daybreak (2010–2014)
External links
Website

Good Morning Britain (GMB) is a breakfast programme on British television network ITV, broadcast weekdays from 6:00am to 8:30am. Good Morning Britain was launched on 28 April 2014 in place of Daybreak, ITV's previous breakfast programme that had experienced poor press and low viewing figures during its four-year run.[4] Although the ratings have been up and down since the programmes launch, since Piers Morgan has joined the presenting line up the ratings have increased to over 700,000 daily average.

Format

Good Morning Britain consists of national and international news, weather, human interest features, entertainment stories and sports headlines. The programme features a roundup of news headlines every 30 minutes in addition to regional news bulletins at 06:10, 07:10 and 08:10. Entertainment news stories are featured at 06:50, 07:50 and heavily between 08:00-08:30. Studio guests such as politicians appear throughout, with celebrity guest interviews at 8:25am.

Special editions

The programme has been extended out of its time slot to cover major news stories: on 19 September 2014 to cover the Scottish independence referendum result until 10am, presented by Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid from Edinburgh as Scotland Decides; and on 8 May 2015 to provide coverage of the 2015 General Election until 9:25am, presented in the studio by Susanna Reid with Ben Shephard until 06:50 then Susanna Reid with ITV News at Ten newscaster Tom Bradby until the end of the programme.

On 2 December 2014, Phillip Schofield co-hosted Good Morning Britain as part of a 24-hour TV presenting challenge for Text Santa.

On 24 July 2015, most of Good Morning Britain was presented from inside Buckingham Palace by Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway whilst Laura Tobin presented the weather from the palace gardens. On 9 September 2015, Susanna Reid presented from outside Buckingham Palace to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning monarch.

On 16 November 2015, Susanna Reid presented the majority of the programme live from Paris in the wake of the Paris Attacks the Friday prior. Charlotte Hawkins and Kate Garraway presented other news stories from the studio.

Presenters and reporters


Good Morning Britain's current main presenters are Susanna Reid, Ben Shephard, Piers Morgan and Kate Garraway.[5][6] Charlotte Hawkins, Sean Fletcher and Ranvir Singh are the programme's relief presenters.

Main presenters

Relief newsreaders

Weather presenters

Editors and Correspondents

Former on-air team

Reception

The programme has received mixed reactions. Positive reviews favoured Good Morning Britain's news content and fast-paced format,[7] while critics lambasted the programme's US-style presentation and "formed chemistry" of its presenters.[7]

The launch edition was watched by 0.8m viewers. By May 2014, ratings had averaged around 0.5m (14.4% audience share) in comparison to BBC Breakfast's 1.5m (37.2%).[8][9]

Tabloid rumours circulated in June 2014 that Good Morning Britain was facing cancellation after averaging an audience share of 13% less than its predecessor Daybreak a year previously.[10] ITV's director of programmes Peter Fincham later denied the rumours.[11]

Awards and nominations

Good Morning Britain was nominated for three TRIC Awards in 2015. Susanna Reid won Newscaster of the Year during the awards ceremony.[12]

"Newscast Studio" named the programme's set as Best International Set of the Year 2015.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the man who keeps the GMB team in check!". Good Morning Britain (ITV plc). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gourock musician penned theme music for Good Morning Britain". Greenock Telegraph.
  3. ↑ "Meet the 'Paul Daniels of Good Morning Britain'!". Good Morning Britain (ITV plc). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Claire Hodgson (3 March 2014). "Susanna Reid to join new ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain as struggling Daybreak is axed". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the team Piers Morgan!". Good Morning Britain (ITV plc). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Piers Morgan joins GMB! | News | Good Morning Britain | GMB". Itv.com. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  7. 1 2 "Good Morning Britain: Positive reviews as Susanna Reid makes ITV debut". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Good Morning Britain ratings fall 13%".
  9. ↑ John Plunkett. "Good Morning Britain's audience drops to 339,000". the Guardian.
  10. ↑ "ITVS daytime boss Keenaghan exits". broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Mark Sweney. "Good Morning Britain doesn't face axe, says ITV". the Guardian.
  12. ↑ "BBC News - EastEnders' Danny Dyer wins soap personality prize". BBC News. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "GMB wins best international set of the year!". Good Morning Britain (ITV plc). Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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