List of GMTV programmes
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The following details are for the programmes that GMTV
(Good Morning Television) broadcast on ITV
.
GMTV was the former breakfast television frachise for the UK's ITV network. It began broadcasting in January 1993 and finished on Friday 3 September 2010, replaced by ITV Breakfast Limited
In spring 1993, shortly after the channel's launch, a separate news-focused programme was introduced between 6:00 am and 7:00 am, which in early 1994 became The Reuters News Hour. The main 6-9 a.m. programme remained named "GMTV" but as part of the show's new look for the millennium, this main programme later became GMTV Today,
GMTV Today underwent a major revamp at the start of January 2009, reverting back to its original title, and incorporating GMTV Newshour into the show as well. The show returned with a new set and new onscreen graphics. For the first time since the station's launch the logo was changed from the 'sun' logo. Despite the changes, the same theme music and headline beds were still used throughout the programme and nothing altered with the weather until 18 January 2010. However on 9 March 2009, GMTV introduced new theme music and headline beds to its main programmes, replacing the previous music that had been in use since 2000. On 31 August 2009, GMTV saw the introduction of 3D graphics, graphic animations, through the use of a new system called VizRT, and a voice over announcer to introduce presenters at the top of the hour. These were later slightly revised in October of that year.
The show had previously been criticised for its poor journalistic approach although from 2009 took on a more confident approach, with 7 minute bulletins on the top of the hour, a detailed bulletin at half-past the hour, and the Top Stories at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour. These replaced the hour and half-hour bulletins which featured previously.
Fiona Phillips
and Andrea McLean
left the show in late 2008. In November 2008 it was announced that Sky News
business presenter Emma Crosby would replace Phillips, and the BBC's
Kirsty McCabe
would replace McLean as weather presenter. Aside from the new members of the team, previous presenters continued to present in their previous slots and at the top of the hour since August 2009, a voiceover referred to the show as GMTV with .... This continued until Penny Smith
left on 4 June 2010, with the same presenters on air from 06:00–08:35/09:25.
In November 2009, ITV plc
took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company
's 25% share
, Monday and Tuesday episodes were broadcast live, with Wednesday and Thursday's shows pre-recorded and broadcast as live. The show's target audience was women, therefore during events such as Fashion Week, the programme broadcasted live from location with fashion expert Mark Heyes
.
walked out of the main GMTV show, Lorraine moved to the GMTV slot and Fern Britton
and Amanda Redington
took over hosting Top of the Morning. Top Of The Morning was produced by an independent production company.
In 1994 it was replaced with the GMTV-produced Quarter To Nine which in turn was replaced by Nine O'Clock Live (from September 1994, although the show had been airing from 09:00, since April 1994), which were both presented by Lorraine Kelly. The show proved so popular that it moved to the earlier 08:35 slot and was re-titled Lorraine Live.
The main guest host for Lorraine Kelly
when she was ill or on holiday, was Fiona Phillips
, but after the birth of Fiona's children, she shared the job with Andrea McLean
. Occasionally when neither where available, guest hosts where drafted in like Dale Winton
and Paul O'Grady
. After 2008, once both Andrea and Fiona had left, guest hosts were drafted in.
In Autumn 2000, as GMTV rebranded to GMTV Today, Lorraine's show changed its name to LK Today.
As part of the later rebrand that took place in 2009, the show again changed its title to GMTV with Lorraine, to coincide with GMTV Today changing back to GMTV. Lorraine moved for the first time into the main GMTV studio, instead of having her own part of the studio to host from.
In April 2010 to make GMTVs programming more consistent, GMTV with Lorraine began airing all year round, instead of breaking during school holidays, with guest presenters.
In November 2009, ITV plc took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company's 25% share.
On 9 July 2010, as well as the announcement that GMTV had been axed to make way for Daybreak, it was also revealed that Lorraine's new programme Lorraine
would replace GMTV with Lorraine
On 15 July 2010, Lorraine presented her last show before leaving, and throughout the Summer holidays Fiona Phillips
, Emma Bunton
and Kirsty Gallacher
each presented her show for two weeks. Emma Bunton presented the final week of the show.
Toonatik was the flagship
children's strand of GMTV
(known as CITV
at weekends). It began on 5 February 2005 and was presented by Jamie Rickers
and Anna Williamson
. The strand aired on Saturdays and Sundays from 7.25am until GMTV's closedown at 9.25am. The original slot featured games, competitions and studio guests combined with the American imported cartoons. However on 6 March 2010 it was reported that Toonattik and Action Stations! presenters Jamie and Anna would be made redundant, as part of ITV plc
's buyout of Disney's 25% share in GMTV. So on Sunday 9 May 2010, Jamie and Anna departed and from the following weekend, the slot re-launched with out-of-vision presentation. From that point Toonattik also featured British cartoons.
As of 12 March 2006, GMTV simulcasted Toonattik on the CITV Channel during their allocated broadcast time, allowing younger Sky Digital
, Virgin Media
and Freeview viewers to access the show through the children's section of the EPG for the first time. Also, for the first time on the EPG it gave details for the programmes broadcast in the Toonattik time slot.
The Fluffy Club was GMTV's pre-school programming slot which aired every Monday-Friday on the CITV Channel between 8.40am and 9.25am as part of GMTV2
and every Saturday and Sunday morning from 06.00 to 07.25am on ITV. It was presented by Emma Lee
(who replaced original presenter Mandisa Taylor in March 2010) and puppet fluffy duckling 'Tiny Little Fluff' (who is seen in the show's logo). The slot launched in September 2008 replacing Wakey Wakey! and featured a combination of both home-grown and American imported programmes.
Action Stations! was the flagship
children's strand of the British breakfast television
station
, GMTV2
(branded as part of CITV
). The slot aired between 06.00am to 08.40am on the CITV Channel.
It began broadcasting on 13 March 2006 and it was simulcasted on both the CITV Channel and ITV2
, however it moved to ITV4
on 17 March 2008 meaning that ITV2 could broadcast 24 hours a day. From June 7, 2010, ITV4 ceased simulcasting, meaning that from early June 2010, GMTV2 could only been seen on the CITV Channel, again allowing ITV4 to broadcast 24 hours a day.
Originally, Action Stations featured the voices of Toonattik presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson in the form of robots with pre-recorded links in between cartoons. Between September 2009 and May 2010, the slot had the presenters provide in-vision presenters presenting links from the Action Station's 'space base'.
on Sunday mornings. It was broadcast on ITV. It aired from 7:10am to 9:25am on Saturdays and 8:00am to 9:25am on Sundays. On Bank Holidays/Summer Holidays it was on shown under the name Diggit Extra.
Initially the show was presented by Paul Ballard
(known on screen as Des) and Fearne Cotton
. On Des' weekends off, the show was often co-presented by Reggie Yates
. In September 1998, they launched a search for a new presenter (similar to the one that discovered Fearne a few years earlier). Viewers had the chance to vote for a winner in December 1998 and the winner was Jack Stratton
. Jack co-presented with Des and Fearne on both shows for a time, before becoming a solo presenter of pre-recorded inserts on the Sunday show. He was asked to leave the show due to end of contract, and in 2000 Fearne also left to concentrate on her other CITV series, the reins being handed over to Laura Jaye and Victoria Hickson. Des left the show in 2002 and GMTV relaunched the show as Diggin' It in January 2003, including a giant puppet named "It". Laura and Victoria had also left and were replaced with Liam Dolan (previously a presenter on CBBC
) and Abbie Pethullis, with voice-overs from Phil Gallagher
.
From 2003 for the first time, Diggin' It were allowed to have its presenters discussing the weekend's line-up on CITV every Friday afternoon. Liam Dolan was seen sending a Happy Birthday message to CITV on 3 January 2003 on behalf on the Diggin'It team. The show was dropped on 30 January 2005 to make way for the merger of Diggin' It and Up on The Roof into Toonattik
.
, and went out on Sundays at 09.25.
Original Presenters 1989 - 1994:
In early 1993, the series was moved to also broadcast on GMTV
and overlapped past 09.25 cut off time, and co-produced by Scottish and GMTV.
In 1998 it was no longer a part of GMTV
when It was replaced by Diggit The Series finished on 26 April 1998.
, was a mixture of Disney cartoons old and new, celebrity guests, games and features. The set featured a wonky house, an 'outside' area (which was in fact still the studio), a jail cell, and an area known as 'The splatter dome'. The entire set was deliberately cartoon-like in appearance.
After around 5 months into the series, Pippa was suddenly dropped from the show. The reasons surrounding her departure are not clear. At first Stuart told the audience that "Pippa isn't here this week" and introduced Carmen Ejogo
as a stand-in. Pippa never returned and was soon removed from the opening title sequence. However, some pre-recorded location items featuring Pippa were shown over the weeks after her departure. Carmen remained as the female presenter on a permanent basis, and after the departure of Stuart, become the sole presenter until the show's later demise.
Disney cartoons were the main staple, of which the show was built around. GMTV came under criticism for extending the shows running time in early 1993. After just 3 months, GMTV replaced Teen Win Lose Or Draw which ran from 8.50 - 9.25am with a newly imported cartoon Darkwing Duck
which ran under the Saturday Disney strand. It was said that GMTV were putting ratings and advertising revenues before educational values.
, broadcast from September 2002 to February 2005 on Saturday mornings. It was regularly broadcast on Sundays only from around 8:15 am straight after Diggit/Diggin' It until 9:25 am when GMTV handed over to CITV. The cartoon series that were shown were mainly those that featured action like Spider-Man
and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
. Up on The Roof came to an end on Sunday 30 January 2005 and was replaced by Toonattik
from 5 February, broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Kerry Newell (of Fun Song Factory
fame) and was later replaced by former Cbeebies
presenter Sue Monroe from 2006. Before Wakey! Wakey!, Toonattik ran the pre-school slot for the first half of 2005 with pre-recorded voice overs with Jamie & Anna taking over from 07.25am. In January 2009, the show was re-launched as The Fluffy Club.
's uniform. Gary also pied various celebrity interview guests, most notably Donna Air
, who had uttered a word which had been deemed taboo for that episode's duration.
, in 2001, when he left Steve Richards
took over. From 1995–2001, the programme was called Alastair Stewart's Sunday Programme, however this was changed when Alastair left in 2001. In 2008, the programme was quietly axed and replaced with children's programming.
and Jenni Falconer
originally, as Ben started to present more during the week for GMTV, Michael Underwood
was also introduced as a presenter. In 2008 the show was replaced by The Richard Arnold Show in July, which aired for six weeks. After the show's run, Entertainment Today didn't return, and instead the main GMTV Today show was extended to 9:25 am every Friday.
was at the helm. The following week, GMTV Today extended its on-air time to 9:25 am, as it was decided Entertainment Today
would not return.
, it was originally called The Reuters News Hour. The programme included national and international news stories, regional news, weather and newspaper reviews, plus various guests, designed to be more serious than the lighter and more tabloid GMTV Today programme which followed it. From January 2009, this programme title was scrapped, and merged with GMTV Today to create one GMTV name again. The same presenters from Newshour continued to present the 6:00 am to 7:00 am slot until June 2010.
and Anne Davies. However, as part of the station's relaunch in April 1993, Eamonn Holmes moved to become the main anchor of the weekday GMTV programme and Anne Davies became a newsreader on that programme. Sunday Best then moved from being a general magazine programme to become a weekly political programme, and was hosted by former TV-am
presenter Mike Morris
. It was replaced in 1994 by The Sunday Review (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news), and The Sunday Programme.
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
(Good Morning Television) broadcast on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
.
GMTV was the former breakfast television frachise for the UK's ITV network. It began broadcasting in January 1993 and finished on Friday 3 September 2010, replaced by ITV Breakfast Limited
1993–2010
GMTV was the original brand for GMTV's weekday breakfast magazine programme from 6:00 am. It included national and international news stories, regional news, weather, interviews, cookery and health features, human-interest and showbiz stories, and competitions.In spring 1993, shortly after the channel's launch, a separate news-focused programme was introduced between 6:00 am and 7:00 am, which in early 1994 became The Reuters News Hour. The main 6-9 a.m. programme remained named "GMTV" but as part of the show's new look for the millennium, this main programme later became GMTV Today,
GMTV Today underwent a major revamp at the start of January 2009, reverting back to its original title, and incorporating GMTV Newshour into the show as well. The show returned with a new set and new onscreen graphics. For the first time since the station's launch the logo was changed from the 'sun' logo. Despite the changes, the same theme music and headline beds were still used throughout the programme and nothing altered with the weather until 18 January 2010. However on 9 March 2009, GMTV introduced new theme music and headline beds to its main programmes, replacing the previous music that had been in use since 2000. On 31 August 2009, GMTV saw the introduction of 3D graphics, graphic animations, through the use of a new system called VizRT, and a voice over announcer to introduce presenters at the top of the hour. These were later slightly revised in October of that year.
The show had previously been criticised for its poor journalistic approach although from 2009 took on a more confident approach, with 7 minute bulletins on the top of the hour, a detailed bulletin at half-past the hour, and the Top Stories at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour. These replaced the hour and half-hour bulletins which featured previously.
Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.-Early life:Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub in Church Street St. Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School...
and Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean is a Scottish television presenter who shares the role of anchor on ITV's Loose Women and is a former GMTV weather girl.-Biography:...
left the show in late 2008. In November 2008 it was announced that Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
business presenter Emma Crosby would replace Phillips, and the BBC's
BBC Weather
BBC Weather is the BBC's department in charge of preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts and is now part of BBC News. The broadcast meteorologists are employed by the Met Office...
Kirsty McCabe
Kirsty McCabe
Kirsty McCabe is a Scottish weather forecaster working for Daybreak.-Early life:While at high school McCabe was an early member of the Palace Youth Theatre which was a joint venture between Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council and Borderline Theatre Company...
would replace McLean as weather presenter. Aside from the new members of the team, previous presenters continued to present in their previous slots and at the top of the hour since August 2009, a voiceover referred to the show as GMTV with .... This continued until Penny Smith
Penny Smith
Penelope Jane Smith is an English television presenter and newsreader. She has worked on the breakfast TV show GMTV, for Sky News and for Classic FM.-Early life:...
left on 4 June 2010, with the same presenters on air from 06:00–08:35/09:25.
In November 2009, ITV plc
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that operates 12 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom...
took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
's 25% share
- The editor of GMTV, Martin Frizell, quit his role, as Disney's share of the company was sold and was replaced temporarily by Sue Walton. It was announced on 7 May 2010, that former The One ShowThe One ShowThe One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
editor Ian Rumsey will take on the role as of June 2010, with Paul Connolly as his deputy
- On 4 March 2010, it was announced that presenter and newsreader Penny Smith was leaving GMTV with presenter John StapletonJohn StapletonJohn Martin Stapleton is an English journalist and presenter. He is currently working as a freelancer with various media outlets.-Television career:...
being redeployed as special correspondent
- On 19 April 2010, it was announced that The One ShowThe One ShowThe One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
presenter Adrian ChilesAdrian ChilesAdrian Chiles is a British television and radio presenter, currently working for ITV Sport presenting football coverage....
was quitting his roles with the corporation, to join ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
on a six year contract
- On 21 April 2010, it was confirmed that Ben Shephard was quitting GMTV after 10 years, after earlier telling management he would not be renewing his contract. His two year contract ended in April 2010 however he stayed with GMTV until July 2010 He will then focus on a number of new projects with ITV and other channels
- On 4 June 2010, Penny Smith left GMTV with John Stapleton presenting on location. From 7 June, Andrew Castle, Emma Crosby, Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard presented from 6am-8.30am with Stapleton taking on a new role of special correspondent and provided cover when the male anchors were absent
- On 11 June 2010 It was confirmed that Andrew Castle was quitting GMTV in September after 10 years with the company
- On 9 July 2010 it was confirmed that the GMTV programme will be axed in favour of DaybreakDaybreak (ITV)Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme on the British commercial ITV network that broadcasts on weekday mornings from 06:00 to 08:30 and is currently presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from Monday to Thursday with Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway on Fridays...
- On 30 July 2010, Ben Shephard left GMTV, and from 2 August, Andrew Castle presented most days alongside Emma or Kate, with special correspondent John Stapleton providing cover
- GMTV came to an end on 3 September 2010, featuring Andrew CastleAndrew CastleAndrew Nicholas Castle is an English retired tennis professional, former British No. 1, and now television presenter.-Biography:...
and Emma CrosbyEmma CrosbyEmma Catherine Crosby , is a British television newsreader and journalist, currently presenting for 5 News.-Early life:...
as hosts. DaybreakDaybreak (ITV)Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme on the British commercial ITV network that broadcasts on weekday mornings from 06:00 to 08:30 and is currently presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from Monday to Thursday with Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway on Fridays...
fills the show's previous slot from 6 September 2010
GMTV with Lorraine
The show featured the latest fashion, food and celebrity gossip, hosted by Lorraine Kelly. There was also regular specialist guests, who made regular appearances. Due to Lorraine living in ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, Monday and Tuesday episodes were broadcast live, with Wednesday and Thursday's shows pre-recorded and broadcast as live. The show's target audience was women, therefore during events such as Fashion Week, the programme broadcasted live from location with fashion expert Mark Heyes
Mark Heyes
Mark Heyes is a Scottish fashion presenter who is known for his appearances on GMTV programme GMTV with Lorraine Mark Heyes is a Scottish fashion presenter who is known for his appearances on GMTV programme GMTV with Lorraine Mark Heyes is a Scottish fashion presenter who is known for his...
.
History
Lorraine Kelly first began presenting Top of the Morning in January 1993. In March when Fiona ArmstrongFiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor of MacGregor is a freelance Scottish television journalist.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Preston, Lancashire. As a child she lived for ten years in Nigeria, where her father was in the colonial service. She became Lady MacGregor of MacGregor when she...
walked out of the main GMTV show, Lorraine moved to the GMTV slot and Fern Britton
Fern Britton
Fern Britton is an English television presenter, known as the former main co-presenter on the ITV magazine programme This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield. She left the show on 17 July 2009, her 52nd birthday.- Early life :...
and Amanda Redington
Amanda Redington
Amanda Redington is a British presenter and actress. She has been a presenter for cable and satellite TV channels such as Music Box and Sky Channel, during the mid and late 1980s.Main presenter on GMTV for 8 years till 2002.The Heaven and Earth show BBC1 till 2001...
took over hosting Top of the Morning. Top Of The Morning was produced by an independent production company.
In 1994 it was replaced with the GMTV-produced Quarter To Nine which in turn was replaced by Nine O'Clock Live (from September 1994, although the show had been airing from 09:00, since April 1994), which were both presented by Lorraine Kelly. The show proved so popular that it moved to the earlier 08:35 slot and was re-titled Lorraine Live.
The main guest host for Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Lorraine.-Early life:...
when she was ill or on holiday, was Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.-Early life:Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub in Church Street St. Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School...
, but after the birth of Fiona's children, she shared the job with Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean is a Scottish television presenter who shares the role of anchor on ITV's Loose Women and is a former GMTV weather girl.-Biography:...
. Occasionally when neither where available, guest hosts where drafted in like Dale Winton
Dale Winton
Dale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...
and Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady
Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...
. After 2008, once both Andrea and Fiona had left, guest hosts were drafted in.
In Autumn 2000, as GMTV rebranded to GMTV Today, Lorraine's show changed its name to LK Today.
As part of the later rebrand that took place in 2009, the show again changed its title to GMTV with Lorraine, to coincide with GMTV Today changing back to GMTV. Lorraine moved for the first time into the main GMTV studio, instead of having her own part of the studio to host from.
In April 2010 to make GMTVs programming more consistent, GMTV with Lorraine began airing all year round, instead of breaking during school holidays, with guest presenters.
In November 2009, ITV plc took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company's 25% share.
On 9 July 2010, as well as the announcement that GMTV had been axed to make way for Daybreak, it was also revealed that Lorraine's new programme Lorraine
Lorraine (TV programme)
Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for the British ITV network, presented by Lorraine Kelly. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak...
would replace GMTV with Lorraine
On 15 July 2010, Lorraine presented her last show before leaving, and throughout the Summer holidays Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips
Fiona Phillips is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.-Early life:Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub in Church Street St. Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School...
, Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
and Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Jane Gallacher , is a Scottish television presenter.-Biography:The daughter of the former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, Gallacher was born in Edinburgh. When her father got the job of professional at Wentworth Golf Club, they moved south when she was 18 months old...
each presented her show for two weeks. Emma Bunton presented the final week of the show.
Toonattik
Toonatik was the flagship
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
children's strand of GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
(known as CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
at weekends). It began on 5 February 2005 and was presented by Jamie Rickers
Jamie Rickers
James "Jamie" Rickers is a British television presenter, best known as the co-presenter and co-creator of GMTV's Toonattik alongside Anna Williamson. The programmes were produced by GMTV and broadcasted as live on ITV1, ITV4 and the CITV channel...
and Anna Williamson
Anna Williamson
Anna Williamson is a British television presenter.She is best known as the co-presenter of GMTV's Toonattik and Action Stations! alongside Jamie Rickers...
. The strand aired on Saturdays and Sundays from 7.25am until GMTV's closedown at 9.25am. The original slot featured games, competitions and studio guests combined with the American imported cartoons. However on 6 March 2010 it was reported that Toonattik and Action Stations! presenters Jamie and Anna would be made redundant, as part of ITV plc
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that operates 12 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom...
's buyout of Disney's 25% share in GMTV. So on Sunday 9 May 2010, Jamie and Anna departed and from the following weekend, the slot re-launched with out-of-vision presentation. From that point Toonattik also featured British cartoons.
As of 12 March 2006, GMTV simulcasted Toonattik on the CITV Channel during their allocated broadcast time, allowing younger Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
, Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
and Freeview viewers to access the show through the children's section of the EPG for the first time. Also, for the first time on the EPG it gave details for the programmes broadcast in the Toonattik time slot.
Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine GMTV Very first Saturday morning children’s series starting on 2 January 1993 and was presented by Kate Weston and Paul Zerdin along with Paul’s puppet character Sam. The series was amined more at younger kids and broadcast between 4-8. In 1995 the series was axed.The Fluffy Club
The Fluffy Club was GMTV's pre-school programming slot which aired every Monday-Friday on the CITV Channel between 8.40am and 9.25am as part of GMTV2
GMTV2
CITV Breakfast is a British digital television station owned by ITV Breakfast Limited, a consortium of ITV plc. It broadcasts every morning between 06:00 and 09:25 . It was designed to complement its sister channel GMTV, and offered children's programming every day...
and every Saturday and Sunday morning from 06.00 to 07.25am on ITV. It was presented by Emma Lee
Emma Lee
-Presenting career:Emma Lee is a television presenter and former catwalk model, she has presented productions which have gone on to receive RTS and BAFTA recognition and has presented on GMTV and ITV1’s The Zone....
(who replaced original presenter Mandisa Taylor in March 2010) and puppet fluffy duckling 'Tiny Little Fluff' (who is seen in the show's logo). The slot launched in September 2008 replacing Wakey Wakey! and featured a combination of both home-grown and American imported programmes.
Action Stations!
Action Stations! was the flagship
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
children's strand of the British breakfast television
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
, GMTV2
GMTV2
CITV Breakfast is a British digital television station owned by ITV Breakfast Limited, a consortium of ITV plc. It broadcasts every morning between 06:00 and 09:25 . It was designed to complement its sister channel GMTV, and offered children's programming every day...
(branded as part of CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
). The slot aired between 06.00am to 08.40am on the CITV Channel.
It began broadcasting on 13 March 2006 and it was simulcasted on both the CITV Channel and ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
, however it moved to ITV4
ITV4
ITV4 is a British television station which was launched on 1 November 2005. It is owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc, and is part of the ITV network. The channel has a male-oriented line-up, including sport, cop shows and US comedies and dramas, as well as classic ITV action...
on 17 March 2008 meaning that ITV2 could broadcast 24 hours a day. From June 7, 2010, ITV4 ceased simulcasting, meaning that from early June 2010, GMTV2 could only been seen on the CITV Channel, again allowing ITV4 to broadcast 24 hours a day.
Originally, Action Stations featured the voices of Toonattik presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson in the form of robots with pre-recorded links in between cartoons. Between September 2009 and May 2010, the slot had the presenters provide in-vision presenters presenting links from the Action Station's 'space base'.
Diggit/Diggin' It
Diggit/Diggin' It was one of GMTV's weekend children's programmes, which began in 1998 and replaced Saturday Disney. It also replaced Disney ClubDisney Club
Disney Club is the name of many television shows associated to Disney productions aired mostly in Europe and Brazil during the 1990s and early 2000s.- Americas :* Brazil : aired from April 28, 1997 to December 28, 2002 on SBT...
on Sunday mornings. It was broadcast on ITV. It aired from 7:10am to 9:25am on Saturdays and 8:00am to 9:25am on Sundays. On Bank Holidays/Summer Holidays it was on shown under the name Diggit Extra.
Initially the show was presented by Paul Ballard
Paul Ballard
Paul Ballard is an English television presenter and stage actor best known by his nickname 'Des' as the co-presenter, along with Fearne Cotton, of the Saturday morning children's television programme Diggit from 1998 until 2002.After playing a trick or treater who beat up Rik Mayall and Adrian...
(known on screen as Des) and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is an English television and radio presenter who is known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1's Chart Show...
. On Des' weekends off, the show was often co-presented by Reggie Yates
Reggie Yates
Reginald "Reggie" Yates is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ of Ghanaian descent. He went to Central Foundation Boys' School.-Early career:...
. In September 1998, they launched a search for a new presenter (similar to the one that discovered Fearne a few years earlier). Viewers had the chance to vote for a winner in December 1998 and the winner was Jack Stratton
Jack Stratton
Jack Stratton was an Irish soccer player during the 1950s.He played for Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland alongside the likes of John Berrigan and Matty McKeon.-References:...
. Jack co-presented with Des and Fearne on both shows for a time, before becoming a solo presenter of pre-recorded inserts on the Sunday show. He was asked to leave the show due to end of contract, and in 2000 Fearne also left to concentrate on her other CITV series, the reins being handed over to Laura Jaye and Victoria Hickson. Des left the show in 2002 and GMTV relaunched the show as Diggin' It in January 2003, including a giant puppet named "It". Laura and Victoria had also left and were replaced with Liam Dolan (previously a presenter on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
) and Abbie Pethullis, with voice-overs from Phil Gallagher
Phil Gallagher
Phil Gallagher is a British presenter, actor, writer and voiceover artist from Gillingham, Kent, who is best known for his title role in the CBeebies programme Mister Maker.Gallagher started his career as a presenter and sports reporter on BBC Radio Kent...
.
From 2003 for the first time, Diggin' It were allowed to have its presenters discussing the weekend's line-up on CITV every Friday afternoon. Liam Dolan was seen sending a Happy Birthday message to CITV on 3 January 2003 on behalf on the Diggin'It team. The show was dropped on 30 January 2005 to make way for the merger of Diggin' It and Up on The Roof into Toonattik
Toonattik
Toonattik was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, ITV Breakfast . It began on 5 February 2005 and ran until New Year's Day 2011....
.
The Disney Club
The Disney Club Started in 3 September 1989 and produced by Scottish TelevisionScottish Television
Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. It is the second oldest ITV franchisee still active...
, and went out on Sundays at 09.25.
Original Presenters 1989 - 1994:
- Andrea Boardman,
- Richard Orford
- Paul Hendy
In early 1993, the series was moved to also broadcast on GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
and overlapped past 09.25 cut off time, and co-produced by Scottish and GMTV.
In 1998 it was no longer a part of GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
when It was replaced by Diggit The Series finished on 26 April 1998.
Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney was one of GMTV's children's programmes, broadcast from 1993 to 1998 on Saturday mornings. Initially presented by Stuart Miles and Pippa Ford-Jones, with other presenters including Tara Lynne O'NeillTara Lynne O'Neill
Tara Lynne O'Neill is a film, theatre and television actress.-Early life:She was born Lynne James in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.-Film and television:O'Neill's career started as a television presenter on Saturday Disney from 1993-1996...
, was a mixture of Disney cartoons old and new, celebrity guests, games and features. The set featured a wonky house, an 'outside' area (which was in fact still the studio), a jail cell, and an area known as 'The splatter dome'. The entire set was deliberately cartoon-like in appearance.
After around 5 months into the series, Pippa was suddenly dropped from the show. The reasons surrounding her departure are not clear. At first Stuart told the audience that "Pippa isn't here this week" and introduced Carmen Ejogo
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo is a British actress, currently based in the United States.-Early life:Born and raised in London, Ejogo is the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Ejogo née Douglas. Her father is a Nigerian entrepreneur and her mother a Scottish tour guide. During her childhood, Ejogo...
as a stand-in. Pippa never returned and was soon removed from the opening title sequence. However, some pre-recorded location items featuring Pippa were shown over the weeks after her departure. Carmen remained as the female presenter on a permanent basis, and after the departure of Stuart, become the sole presenter until the show's later demise.
Disney cartoons were the main staple, of which the show was built around. GMTV came under criticism for extending the shows running time in early 1993. After just 3 months, GMTV replaced Teen Win Lose Or Draw which ran from 8.50 - 9.25am with a newly imported cartoon Darkwing Duck
Darkwing Duck
DarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
which ran under the Saturday Disney strand. It was said that GMTV were putting ratings and advertising revenues before educational values.
Up on the Roof
Up on the Roof was one of GMTV's children's slots, presented by Jamie RickersJamie Rickers
James "Jamie" Rickers is a British television presenter, best known as the co-presenter and co-creator of GMTV's Toonattik alongside Anna Williamson. The programmes were produced by GMTV and broadcasted as live on ITV1, ITV4 and the CITV channel...
, broadcast from September 2002 to February 2005 on Saturday mornings. It was regularly broadcast on Sundays only from around 8:15 am straight after Diggit/Diggin' It until 9:25 am when GMTV handed over to CITV. The cartoon series that were shown were mainly those that featured action like Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
. Up on The Roof came to an end on Sunday 30 January 2005 and was replaced by Toonattik
Toonattik
Toonattik was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, ITV Breakfast . It began on 5 February 2005 and ran until New Year's Day 2011....
from 5 February, broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Wakey! Wakey!
Wakey! Wakey! was GMTV's pre-school slot which ran every weekend morning on both CITV GMTV and GMTV2 from 06.00 to 07.25am. It was originally presented byKerry Newell (of Fun Song Factory
Fun Song Factory
Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's show on CITV aimed at youngsters. It was one of the first songs-based shows to be filmed in front of a live audience of children , and is similar to Australian shows such as 'The Wiggles' and 'Hi-5'.It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton...
fame) and was later replaced by former Cbeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
presenter Sue Monroe from 2006. Before Wakey! Wakey!, Toonattik ran the pre-school slot for the first half of 2005 with pre-recorded voice overs with Jamie & Anna taking over from 07.25am. In January 2009, the show was re-launched as The Fluffy Club.
Wake Up in the Wild Room
Wake Up in the Wild Room was one of GMTV's children's programmes, broadcast from 1996 to 1998 on Saturday mornings. Produced in partnership with Disney, it was presented by Dave Benson Phillips. The grand finale at the end of the show had a game where contests had to pick a number from the Big House (e.g. number 5 was a window, number 9 was a roof) but would have to watch out for traps which could result with a pie being thrown in their face by resident pie thrower Gary The Ghost, who wore white ghost make up and a milkmanMilkman
A milkman is a person, traditionally male, who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milk deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver products other than milk such as eggs, cream, cheese, butter, yogurt or soft drinks...
's uniform. Gary also pied various celebrity interview guests, most notably Donna Air
Donna Air
Donna Air is an English television presenter, singer and actress.-Early life:As a former student of Gosforth High School, Donna attended the Drama School at First Act in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was a pupil alongside Jill Halfpenny, Ant & Dec and Dale Meeks.-Television:She became...
, who had uttered a word which had been deemed taboo for that episode's duration.
The Sunday Programme
The Sunday Programme was GMTV's political programme. Together with The Sunday Review (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news), it was launched in 1994 as a replacement for Sunday Best, which was GMTV's original Sunday morning magazine. The programme was on for one hour, including news updates. It aired at various times on GMTV and GMTV2 during its run, but was usually broadcast at either 6:00am or 7:00am on Sundays. Originally presented by Alastair StewartAlastair Stewart
Alastair James Stewart OBE is an English journalist and newscaster. Stewart is currently employed by ITN where he is a main newscaster for ITV News.-Early life:...
, in 2001, when he left Steve Richards
Steve Richards
Steve Richards is a British TV presenter and chief political columnist for The Independent newspaper.-Early life:Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and graduated in History at the University of York in 1981 before securing a place...
took over. From 1995–2001, the programme was called Alastair Stewart's Sunday Programme, however this was changed when Alastair left in 2001. In 2008, the programme was quietly axed and replaced with children's programming.
Entertainment Today
Entertainment Today was GMTV's entertainment round-up show on Fridays, designed to replace LK Today at the end of the week. It aired at 8:40 am. The programme was broadcast for 45 minutes, and included interviews with actors/actresses from upcoming movies and music performances. Presented by Ben ShephardBen Shephard
Benjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...
and Jenni Falconer
Jenni Falconer
Jennifer 'Jenni' Falconer is a British television presenter.-Early life:After her family relocated to the South of England when she was seven, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to study Spanish and Italian. Whilst studying at university, she also launched her television career...
originally, as Ben started to present more during the week for GMTV, Michael Underwood
Michael Underwood
Michael Paul Underwood is a British television presenter. He famously won a six week CBBC presenting contract on Gaby Roslin's BBC television show Whatever You Want.-Career:...
was also introduced as a presenter. In 2008 the show was replaced by The Richard Arnold Show in July, which aired for six weeks. After the show's run, Entertainment Today didn't return, and instead the main GMTV Today show was extended to 9:25 am every Friday.
The Richard Arnold Show
The Richard Arnold Show first aired in the summer of 2007, as a replacement for Entertainment Today whilst it took a six-week break. It aired in the same slot as 'Entertainment Today'; Fridays at 8:40 am. The programme was broadcast for 45 minutes, and included TV related guests and entertainment features. The show returned again in the summer of 2008, due to the popularity, for another six-week series. GMTVs TV Critic Richard ArnoldRichard Arnold
Richard Arnold may refer to:*Richard Arnold * Richard Arnold , Major General in the American Civil War* Richard Arnold , former Star Trek Archivist for Paramount Studios...
was at the helm. The following week, GMTV Today extended its on-air time to 9:25 am, as it was decided Entertainment Today
Entertainment Today
Entertainment Today, established in 1967, is a quarterly magazine and online publication focusing on the business aspect of the entertainment industry and entertainment technology. It was formerly Los Angeles' oldest free weekly entertainment newspaper, distributed around the Hollywood, Burbank,...
would not return.
Newshour
Newshour was GMTV's weekday news-oriented breakfast programme, broadcasting for an hour from the start of GMTV's weekday broadcast at 6:00 am. It was launched shortly after the channel went on air in 1993 and, as a joint-partnership between GMTV and ReutersReuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, it was originally called The Reuters News Hour. The programme included national and international news stories, regional news, weather and newspaper reviews, plus various guests, designed to be more serious than the lighter and more tabloid GMTV Today programme which followed it. From January 2009, this programme title was scrapped, and merged with GMTV Today to create one GMTV name again. The same presenters from Newshour continued to present the 6:00 am to 7:00 am slot until June 2010.
GMTV Today
GMTV Today was GMTV's flagship weekday breakfast programme, comprising national and international news stories, regional news, weather, human-interest features and competitions. It was also designed to be more lighter and friendly than Newshour which preceded it. From January 2009, this programme title was scrapped, and merged with Newshour to create one GMTV name again. The same presenters from Today continued to present the 7:00 am to 8:30/9:25 am slot until June 2010.Sunday Best
Sunday Best was GMTV's original Sunday magazine programme at launch in 1993. It was originally intended to be a Sunday edition of the regular weekday programme, featuring the regular lifestyle and human interest stories, interviews, and news bulletins, and was hosted by Eamonn HolmesEamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes is an Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He is known for his work on UK and Irish television, notably presenting GMTV and This Morning. He is married to TV presenter Ruth Langsford.-Education:...
and Anne Davies. However, as part of the station's relaunch in April 1993, Eamonn Holmes moved to become the main anchor of the weekday GMTV programme and Anne Davies became a newsreader on that programme. Sunday Best then moved from being a general magazine programme to become a weekly political programme, and was hosted by former TV-am
TV-am
TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of a commercial television franchise at breakfast-time , and broadcast every day of the week for most or all of the period...
presenter Mike Morris
Mike Morris (TV Presenter)
Mike Morris is a British television presenter, perhaps best known as a co-host of Good Morning Britain on the breakfast television station TV-am on the ITV Network....
. It was replaced in 1994 by The Sunday Review (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news), and The Sunday Programme.