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Breakfast with Frost was a talk show hosted by Sir David Frost on the BBC on Sunday mornings. The news presenter was Moira Stewart. Sir David Frost Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE (born April 17, 1939) is an English television presenter. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...
Moira Stuart OBE was the first Black woman newsreader on British television. ...
The show ran for more than 12 years and exactly 500 editions since January 1993, to May 29, 2005. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The final programme
A special edition was introduced on May 29, 2005, where it was the final programme. It included treats, special events, and lots more. Guests include John Major, Neil Kinnock, Rory Bremner, Margaret Thatcher (interviewed in 1993), and Tony Blair. May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 - 1997. ...
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Rory Bremner Rory Bremner FKC (born April 6, 1961) is a British impressionist and comedian, born in Edinburgh, in Scotland, noted for his political satire. ...
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953), generally known as Tony Blair, is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the UK Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in...
Newspaper reviewers on the final episode After the news presented by Moira Stewart, Sir David introduced the final newspaper reviewers. They were: The Honourable Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is a British journalist, cookery writer and television presenter. ...
Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born March 8, 1948 in Germany) is a celebrity, author and politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Carol Vorderman with Countdown host, the late Richard Whiteley Carol Jean Vorderman, MBE also previously known by her first married name Carol Mather, was born December 24, 1960 in Bedford to a Dutch father and a Welsh mother. ...
Willard White At the end of the programme, tenor Sir Willard White performed a song, alongside conductor Carl Davis, a colleague back from TW3. Willard White (born October 10, 1946) is one of the worlds great basses, known for his enormous rich voice and powerful stage presence. ...
Carl Davis CBE (born on October 28, 1936) is an American conductor and composer who has been living in the UK for the past two decades. ...
TW3 is the postcode for Hounslow in the London Borough of Hounslow. ...
Competition In the last episode, one of the people won Sir David's chair, and three others the three cushions. The people listed below (announced 19 July 2006), are: Sir David Frost's chair: P F Law, Northampton Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England upon the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire. ...
The three cushions: The Resident, Abergavenny (no name specified). The other winners can be found on the recording of the last programme (about half-way through), see the website to listen to it. Abergavenny (Welsh: ), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. ...
External links - The BBC Breakfast with Frost official homepage
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