The Big Breakfast

Overview

The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former Boomtown Rats singer and Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof. The programme was distinctive for broadcasting live from former lockkeepers' cottages commonly referred to as "The Big Breakfast House", or more simply, "The House", located on Fish Island, in Bow in east London. The show was a mix of news, weather, interviews, audience phone-ins and general features, with a light tone which was in competition with the more serious GMTV and even more serious BBC breakfast programmes.

Series details

First air date

1992

Last air date

2002

Status

Ended

Seasons

11

Episodes

123

Episode runtime

120 min

Genres

News

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

S4C, Channel 4

Created by

Charlie Parsons

Cast

Melanie Sykes

Cast member

Richard Bacon

Cast member

Emily Booth

Cast member

Denise Van Outen

Presenter

Sara Cox

Cast member

Amanda Byram

Cast member