''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' (also ''Sunday with Niall Paterson'') is a

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Sunday morning talk show fronted by Sophy Ridge. It was launched on 8 January 2017 and is currently broadcast on Sundays at 8:30am to 9:30am. It is followed by ''Sophy Ridge: The Take'', a half-hour programme reacting to the interviews from the main programme. Until July 2018, the programme was broadcast from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (with a 30-minute highlights show broadcast at 9:30 pm). It was broadcast at the same time as ITV's ''

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'', until both programmes were rescheduled. From 10 September 2017 until 29 April 2018, Ridge was on maternity leave, with Niall Paterson fronting the show (rebranded as ''Sunday with Niall Paterson''). Ridge returned on 4 May 2018. On 16 May 2021 she began another period of maternity leave, with

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occupying the slot and the show temporarily renamed ''Trevor Phillips on Sunday''. As part of Sky News' coverage of the

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, it was announced that the programme would be broadcast on a Saturday morning as well.

Format

Prime Minister

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was a guest on the first programme. The show has its own graphics, and normally comes from the Sky News Glass Box Studio (Studio 21) in Sky Central. During party conference season, the show is broadcast from the UK's major party conferences. Niall Paterson is usually the relief presenter. The show features a paper review with two reviewers, and normally includes two interview guests.

Viewing figures

The 18 November 2018 episode, with Prime Minister

and Leader of the Opposition

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, had 187,400 viewers according to

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. The show averages around 130,000 viewers.

''Murnaghan''

Previously, a similar programme called ''Murnaghan'', with Dermot Murnaghan, was broadcast in the 10:00am Sunday slot. In 2017 Murnaghan moved to present '' Sky News Tonight''.

References

External links

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