Granada Breeze was a lifestyle channel operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting, a joint venture between

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and

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. The channel was launched as Granada Good Life on 1 October 1996.

Programming

The channel was initially split into four three-hour segments: TV High Street (Shopping), Food & Wine (Cooking), Health & Beauty (Health) and Home & Garden (Home), under the overall banner of Granada Good Life. The channel was rebranded as Granada Breeze on and the segments were abolished in favour of a contiguous schedule. Granada Breeze was aimed at female viewers and showed programmes on lifestyle, cookery, health, as well as U.S. daytime television shows such as ''

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'', but it is generally remembered for paranormal shows such as ''Psychic Livetime''Psychic Livetime
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'';Predictions
/ref> these programmes have not been shown on TV since Breeze's closure. In 1999, '' This Morning'''s resident chef Susan Brookes hosted ''Susan Brookes' Family Recipes'' on Granada Breeze with her daughter Gilly, in which they solved cooking problems for families. The channel failed to capitalise on the increasing popularity of its paranormal shows and in 2001, the decision was made to buy in all of their shows and this lost them most of their regular viewer and the following year, the channel closed and this was put down to cost, capacity and poor ratings. On

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, the channel shared time with

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, but when Breeze closed, a

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was shown in its slot and was not replaced. Two Granada Breeze regulars,

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and

, went on to feature in the popular paranormal TV show ''

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'' on

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Closure

On 31 January 2002, Breeze closed down on Sky Digital and ITV Digital. It then left Telewest in mid-March 2002 and it finally shut down on 30 April 2002 on NTL. This allowed Men & Motors to extend its broadcasting hours.

References

External links

Granada Good Life at TVARK
Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 2002 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

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