Breakfast Time
Original opening title.
Format	Breakfast show
Starring	Frank Bough Selina Scott see presenters section
Channel	BBC1
Related shows	Good Morning Britain
Airdates	17 January 1983 – 1989

Breakfast Time was British television's first national breakfast show, beating ITV's Good Morning Britain to the air by two weeks. Frank Bough (surname pronounced Boff) (born Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, January 15th 1933) is a British television presenter who specialised in water sports programmes. ... Selina Scott (b. ... Viewing Figure History BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... Good Morning Britain was TV-ams flagship breakfast television show, which broadcast from 7am until 9am five days per week between 1983 and 1992. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British television broadcasting has a range of different broadcasters, broadcasting multiple channels over a variety of distribution media. ... Breakfast television (UK) or morning show (U.S.) is a type of news and entertainment television program, broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 9:00am). ... Current ITV logo. ... Good Morning Britain was TV-ams flagship breakfast television show, which broadcast from 7am until 9am five days per week between 1983 and 1992. ...

The show created a cosy feel, with sofas and bright colours — a stark contrast to the Open University programming that had previously aired during that timeslot. Frank Bough and Selina Scott anchored the show, with regulars such as Russell Grant (astrology) and Diana Moran (fitness). The Open University (OU) is the UKs open learning university, established in 1969. ... Frank Bough (surname pronounced Boff) (born Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, January 15th 1933) is a British television presenter who specialised in water sports programmes. ... Selina Scott (b. ... Russell Grant (born 5 February 1951) is a popular astrologer and media personality in the United Kingdom. ...

As TV-am grew in popularity, Breakfast Time became more serious in tone. The news format began in 1986, and in 1989 the show became Breakfast News. TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... Breakfast News was the news programme on BBC breakfast television in the UK. Presenters included: Julia Hartley-Brewer Sally Jones Michael White The current programme is simple called Breakfast since 2000. ...

Presenters

• Frank Bough
• Selina Scott
• Sue Cook
• Debbie Greenwood
• Sally Magnusson
• John Mountford
• Jeremy Paxman
• Nick Ross
• Mike Smith
• John Stapleton
• Kirsty Wark

Frank Bough (surname pronounced Boff) (born Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, January 15th 1933) is a British television presenter who specialised in water sports programmes. ... Selina Scott (b. ... Sue Cook is a British journalist and broadcaster. ... Sally Magnusson is a Scottish broadcaster, who is often seen on BBC television. ... Jeremy Paxman hosting BBC Newsnight Jeremy Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a BBC journalist, news presenter and author. ... Nick Ross (born in London on 7 August 1867) is a presenter of the BBC TV show Crimewatch UK. He is currently the worlds oldest TV presenter. ... Mike, (left), alongside wife Sarah Greene and Michael Parkinson, (right) on Ghostwatch Mike Smith is a British television and radio presenter. ... Kirsty Anne Wark (born 3 February 1955, in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter best known for fronting the BBCs current affairs programme Newsnight. ...

External links

• Breakfast Time at The Internet Movie Database
• Clips at TV Ark