ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited (previously known as ''
GMTV Limited'') is the national
ITV
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breakfast television
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licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of
ITV plc
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in November 2009.
''GMTV'', as an on-screen brand name, ended on 3 September 2010, with the newly-rebranded ITV Breakfast launching new weekday breakfast programmes ''
Daybreak'' and ''
Lorraine
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'' on 6 September 2010. In March 2014, it was announced ''Daybreak'' had been axed amid poor ratings. The programme was replaced on Monday 28 April 2014 by ''
Good Morning Britain'', reprising the title of a previous ITV early-morning programme. The ''Lorraine'' segment has not been affected by the changes.
At weekends, ITV Breakfast would air children's programming, a
simulcast
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of the channel
CITV
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, until August 2023, when kids programmes were moved to
ITVX
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and
ITV2
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. Daytime repeats are now broadcast during the earlier hours of the ITV Breakfast slot at weekends.
The talk show ''
Weekend
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'' was broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30 a.m. until 2017 when it didn't return after the Christmas break. It was hosted by
Aled Jones
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. Various other similar talk shows have aired in this slot, including ''
Martin & Roman's Weekend Best!''.
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited is a subsidiary of ITV Broadcasting Limited. The shows broadcast are produced by ITV Breakfast Ltd, a subsidiary of
ITV Studios
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.
Programmes
Weekdays
GMTV (1993–2010)
''GMTV'' (1993–2000, 2009–2010)
* Monday to Thursday 06:00 – 08:30 (Friday 09:25)
''GMTV Newshour'' (1997–2009)
* Monday to Friday 06:00 – 07:00
''GMTV Today'' (2000–2009)
* Monday to Friday 07:00 – 08:30 (Friday 09:25)
''GMTV with Lorraine'' (2009–2010)
* Monday to Thursday 08:30 – 09:25
ITV Breakfast (2010–present)
''Daybreak'' (2010–2014)
* 06:00 – 08:30 (2010–2012)
* 07:00 – 08:30 (2012–2014)
''Good Morning Britain'' (2014–present)
*06:00 – 08:30 (2014–2020)
*06:00 – 09:00 (2020–2025)
*06:00 – 09:30 (2026-present)
''GMB Today'' (August 2017)
* 08:30 – 09:25
''Good Morning Britain with Lorraine'' (March–July 2020, December 2021)
* 09:00 – 10:00
''Lorraine'' (2010–present)
* 08:30 – 09:25 (2010–2020)
* 09:00 – 10:00 (2020–2025)
* 09:30 – 10:00 (2026-present)
Weekends
Presenters
* A dark grey cell indicates the host did not appear that year.
Daybreak
Good Morning Britain
Current on-air team
Former on-air team
Others
Formerly,
Victoria Derbyshire
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,
Mark Durden-Smith
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,
Julia Hartley-Brewer
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Early ...
,
Kevin Maguire,
Aasmah Mir
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Early life
Mir was born in Glasgow to first-generation Pakis ...
,
Andrew Pierce
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Early life
Pierce was born in Bristol to an Irish Catholic mother and an unknown father. He spent the fir ...
,
Adil Ray
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,
Celia Walden
Celia Isobel Walden (born 8 December 1975) is a British journalist, novelist, and critic.
Early life and education
Walden was born in Paris, France. Her father, George, became a Conservative MP and Minister for Higher Education under Margare ...
,
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
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S ...
,
Oona King
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,
Olly Mann
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,
Michael Portillo
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and Natasha Courtenay-Smith appeared on a regular basis as newspaper reviewers on ''
Lorraine
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''.
See also
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List of ITV Breakfast programmes
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*
Timeline of breakfast television in the United Kingdom
*
TV-am
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References
External links
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Television channels and stations established in 1993