Sky News Breakfast
Sky News Breakfast is a British breakfast television program that airs Saturday from 6–10am and Sunday from 6-8.30am on Sky News. The show launched on Friday, 18 October 2019 as the latter part of the week replacement for long-running breakfast show Sunrise.
| Sky News Breakfast | |
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| Genre | Breakfast television programme |
| Presented by | Gillian Joseph |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (Broadcast internationally) |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio 21, Sky Central Osterley, London |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 240 minutes (Saturday) 150 minutes (Sunday) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky News |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 18 October 2019 – present |
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| Related shows | Kay Burley |
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| Sky News | |
The show is one of Sky’s only double headed formats - the only other being Sky News Today - and is presented by Stephen Dixon and Gillian Joseph from Sky Centre in Osterley. Jacquie Beltrao presents sport on the programme.[1]
History
Sky News announced on 23 September 2019 that they were introducing two new breakfast shows to replace Sunrise. Alongside the announcement of Kay Burley @ Breakfast, Sky News also announced "a slightly more relaxed style to kick off the weekend" in the form of Sky News @ Breakfast with Stephen Dixon and Gillian Joseph.[2][3]
It aired for the first time on Friday, 18 October 2019. The show has a hard-news focus however is slightly more relaxed, containing human interest stories, in comparison to the weekday format.[4]
The show initially ran from Friday-Sunday however in September 2020, it became weekends only when a relaunched Kay Burley programme began broadcasting five days a week. At the same time, Sky News @ Breakfast was renamed Sky News Breakfast, with Sky dropping the @ from both breakfast shows.
Broadcast
The show currently runs from 6-10am on Saturdays and 6-8.30am on Sundays, live from Sky Studios in Osterley.
In January 2021, following Kay Burley’s breach of coronavirus regulations, the Sky News Breakfast name is used on programming guides for the weekday slot. However, both shows continue to broadcast differing formats. As a result of Burley’s absence, Gillian Joseph currently hosts the programme solo with Stephen Dixon covering Monday-Thursday editions of The Early Rundown.
The current presenting team:
| Presenter | Presenter | Sports | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Dixon (October 2019-present) |
Gillian Joseph (October 2019–present) |
Jacquie Beltrao (October 2019–present) |
Kirsty McCabe Isobel Lang Jo Wheeler Nazaneen Ghaffar (October 2019–present) |
References
- Beltrao, Jacquie (6 October 2019). "Yes ! No more separate sport mon - thurs I'm moving to weekends with @skystephen & @skygillian where there will be". @SkyJacquie. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Twitter, Freddy Mayhew (23 September 2019). "Sky News announces new morning slate as Kay Burley moves to breakfast show". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- "Sky News unveils new programme schedule". Sky Corporate. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- "TV Guide". Sky. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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