Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)

Good Morning Britain
Genre	Breakfast television programme
Directed by	Erron Gordon (Series Director)[1]
Presented by	Piers Morgan Susanna Reid Ben Shephard Kate Garraway Laura Tobin
Theme music composer	Henry Gorman Simon Hill Rob May[2]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
Production
Location(s)	The London Studios
Editor(s)	Neil Thompson[3]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	150–205 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	ITV Breakfast Limited – part of ITV Studios
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original release	28 April 2014 (2014-04-28)
Chronology
Preceded by	Daybreak (2010–2014)
Related shows	Lorraine
External links
itv.com/gmb

Good Morning Britain (often shortened to GMB) is a British breakfast programme, broadcast on weekdays from 6:00am to 8:30am on ITV. Good Morning Britain was launched on 28 April 2014, replacing Daybreak. Good Morning Britain has an audience share of 13.5%, with around 700,000 tuning in.

So far there have been various main presenters; from the beginning in April 2014, the hosts were Susanna Reid, Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher, but in January 2015, Reid and Shephard were the two main hosts, with Hawkins reading the news and Fletcher became sports editor. In September 2015, Shephard cut his appearances to just two days a week, with Kate Garraway covering the other three until November 2015 when Piers Morgan joined the presenting line-up. Garraway is currently a newsreader on Thursdays and a co-host on Fridays, often joined by Shephard.

Format

Good Morning Britain is a news, lifestyle, showbiz and entertainment magazine programme which informs the day ahead, bringing the latest news, sport and weather headlines to the nation. The early-morning show is interspersed with celebrity interviews, human-interest features, showbiz updates, financial advice, political news, health items and live reports from locations across the UK and around the world.

2014

Good Morning Britain launched on 28 April 2014, with four main presenters – Susanna Reid, Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher. In-depth news stories were presented, as well as shorter bulletins and headline updates. Sports news was also featured with Fletcher, and Shephard also contributed when Fletcher was unavailable. Weather bulletins were presented by Laura Tobin, with Alex Beresford standing in when Tobin was unavailable. Entertainment news took place with Richard Arnold. Interviews and discussions take place throughout the show, usually with two of the four presenters. On most days, a celebrity guest would appear on the show.

Reid, Shephard and Hawkins all presented 4 days a week, with Fletcher presenting every day. When Reid wasn't present, Hawkins took her place. When Hawkins was unavailable or standing in for Reid, either Kate Garraway or Ranvir Singh would take her place. John Stapleton would present in place of Shephard when he was unavailable.

Up until September, one of the presenting team would give a news bulletin at 9:00 am for sister show Lorraine.

On 19 September, there was an extended Scottish Independence Referendum special from 6 am until 10 am, with Reid and Shephard presenting live from Edinburgh, while Hawkins and Singh presented from the studio in London.

On 2 December, Phillip Schofield co-hosted Good Morning Britain as part of a 24-hour TV presenting challenge for Text Santa. He also interviewed David Cameron live from 10 Downing Street later in the programme.

2015

The programme had a refreshed start to its second year on-air, with a new theme tune, and slight alterations to the set. Timings throughout the show were also changed. News bulletins remained the same, however only one sport bulletin took place, and weather bulletins and regional news had moved their slots.

The presenting team also changed. Reid and Shephard continued as main presenters, while Hawkins became newsreader, and Fletcher was sports editor. In January 2015, Hawkins left for maternity leave. During this time, Garraway covered the majority of Hawkins episodes, with Stapleton and Singh also covering at times. When either Reid or Shephard were unavailable, Garraway became the main presenter. Once Hawkins returned in June, she became newsreader three days a week. Fletcher acted occasionally as a stand-in newsreader. During the week of 13 April, Piers Morgan guest presented the show in place of Shephard, who went on holiday for a week.

On 8 May, there was an extended General Election special from 6:00 am until 9:25 am, with Reid and guest presenter Tom Bradby presenting in the studio, replacing Shephard who was in the studio until 6:50 am when he went down to present from the River Thames to talk to voters.

On 14 May, sister show Lorraine was broadcast from the Good Morning Britain studio due to industrial action at ITV.

John Stapleton left the show in July, marking the end of his ITV Breakfast career.

On 24 July, Good Morning Britain broadcast a special programme live from inside Buckingham Palace with Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway. They presented a majority of the programme from inside the palace. Throughout the show, they broadcast a royal tour around all the state rooms reviewing some of the famous objects and paintings which are displayed. Laura Tobin was live from the Palace Gardens with the weather. Hawkins and Singh were in the studio with news bulletins.

On 4 August, the programme was interrupted by a fire alarm 7 minutes before the show was going to end. They were talking to Emmerdale stars Charley Webb and Anthony Quinlan who were live from West Yorkshire. The fire alarm sounded mid-interview and the studio had to be evacuated. They left viewers with a pre-recorded standby programme to fill the timeslot, followed by a pre-recorded episode of sister show Lorraine's 30th anniversary episode, before the programme came live on-air at 8:50 am.

In September, Shephard had his shows cut down to two a week, with Garraway covering the other three.

In November, Piers Morgan^[4] joined the team, after his earlier guest week. He now presents three days a week. A few days later, the programme's political editor Sue Jameson left the show, to move to Australia.

2016

The format has remained the same throughout 2016, with Philippa Tomson becoming a stand-in newsreader occasionally from May.

On 22 March, the show was extended to 10:30 am to cover the breaking news of the Brussels bombings. Morgan and Reid presented hard-hitting coverage of the news shortly after the report broke out at 7:15 am. The extended coverage meant that sister show Lorraine and The Jeremy Kyle Show were both cancelled, although Lorraine did start for the first 10 minutes. The following day, Reid presented coverage of the aftermath live from Brussels, while Morgan and Hawkins presented from the studio.

On 25 March, the programme was due to be broadcast but was unable to due to an evacuation at The London Studios due to a fire just before 7 am. The fire took 2 hours to fully extinguish. Filling the timeslot was a pre-recorded standby episode of the programme, with Shephard and Reid, followed by an episode of Dinner Date. Sister show Lorraine was broadcast as normal from 8:30 am as its Friday edition is normally pre-recorded.

Between 28 March and 8 April Jeremy Kyle and Mark Austin were guest presenters. Austin returned for a further 2 episodes on 31 May and 1 June.

On 24 June, the show was again extended to 9:25 am to cover the result of the EU Referendum, with Morgan and Reid presenting from the studio. As the result was announced, Morgan and Reid presented hard-hitting coverage of the result, and they also covered the news of David Cameron's resignation.

On 22 July, Good Morning Britain broadcast a royal edition live from inside Buckingham Palace with Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh. They presented a majority of the programme live from inside the palace. Throughout the show, they broadcast a royal tour around all the state rooms reviewing some of the famous objects and paintings which are displayed. Laura Tobin was live from the Palace Gardens with the weather. Hawkins was in the studio with news bulletins.

On 19 August, sister show Lorraine broadcast from the Good Morning Britain studio due to technical problems in its original studio (Studio 3).

Morgan and Reid didn't present during August, due to holidays. During this time, Shephard, Garraway, Hawkins and Singh alternated.

On 5 September, coinciding with the return of Reid and Morgan, there was a refresh, with some minor changes made to the set, such as a new modified desk with new lighting and a perspex glass top. Furthermore, the wood panelling was replaced with white panels in the sofa area and weather area, with the latter receiving a new weather screen. The studio's accent lighting was also changed from orange to yellow. Graphic changes were also made, with a new over the shoulder graphic as well as a new Coming Up screen.

On 3 October, new weather graphics were introduced. These new graphics created a link between Good Morning Britain and ITV Weather.

On 9 November, the show was extended up until 9:25 am covering the latest news and results of the U.S. presidential election, with Reid and Morgan live in New York City, Singh in Washington D.C and correspondents with reaction from across the United States.

Presenters and reporters

Main presenters: 28th April 2014– September 2015

Main presenters: 23rd November 2015– Present

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

Guest presenters