''The Channel Four Daily'' (or ''Channel 4 Daily'') is a

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, which was produced by

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, in collaboration with other independent production companies for

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. The programme was Channel 4's first breakfast programme, broadcasting between 6am (6.30am from April 1990) and 9.25am each weekday morning, although weekend editions were broadcast during the

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. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992. ''The Channel Four Daily'' failed to gain enough viewers and was replaced with ''

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'' from Monday, 28 September 1992.

Format

Conceived as a television newspaper, the content was a mix of short news bulletins and non-news segments. The flagship bulletin ''World News'' was co-presented from three continents. Also, a number of bite-sized feature segments (some live, others pre-recorded) lasting between 5 and 10 minutes were slotted around the news output and were shown several times each day. These included a business programme (''

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'', which had been on air as a lunchtime programme since September 1987), sporting discussion (''Kickback''), consumer reports (''Streetwise''), arts and entertainment (''Box Office''), '' Countdown Masters'' – an abbreviated version of ''

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'' – and a cartoon slot called ''Comic Book''.Channel 4 Daily trailer
YouTube Changes were made in April 1990. These included the cancellation of ''Streetwise'', an ''International Sports Report'' replaced ''Kickback'' and the flagship world news bulletin was moved to the top of the hour. The programme's length was reduced with the start time being 6.30am rather than 6am – '' The Art of Landscape'' and an edition of ''Business Daily'' filled the vacated 30-minute slot. The changes also saw all the main segments being broadcast live and from the same studio, as opposed to all non-news segments being either pre-recorded or broadcast remotely.

Presenters

London presenters * Carol Barnes (1989–1991) *

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(1991–1992) *

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(1991–1992) Washington presenter * Michael Nicholson Tokyo presenters * James Mates * Sonia Ruseler Other presenters * David Bobin – ''International Sports Report'' *

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– ''

'' * Debbie Greenwood and

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– ''Streetwise'' *

– ''Business Daily'' (1989–1991) *

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– ''Box Office'', providing movie reviews * Nicholas Owen – relief presenter * Simon Reed – ''International Sports Report'' *

Carol Vorderman Carol Jean Vorderman (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh broadcaster, media personality, and writer. Her media career began when she joined the Channel 4 game show ''Countdown'', appearing with Richard Whiteley from 1982 until his death in 2005, ...

and

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– ''Countdown Masters''

References

Bibliography

* Ian Jones, ''Morning Glory: A history of British breakfast television'', Kelly, 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Channel 4 Daily 1989 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings Channel 4 original programming ITN Breakfast television in the United Kingdom