The Channel Four Daily
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The Channel Four Daily (or Channel 4 Daily) was a breakfast television
newsmagazine
produced by Independent Television News, in collaboration with other production companies, for Channel 4
. The programme was the first breakfast news programme for Channel 4, broadcasting between 06.00 and 09.25 each weekday morning. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992. It was based heavily on news and current affairs, and contained segments focusing on sports, finance, lifestyles, arts and entertainment, and discussion.
The programme also included a business programme, Business Daily - which had been on air as a lunchtime programme since October 1987 - and Countdown Masters, an abbreviated version of Countdown
.
The Channel Four Daily failed to gain enough viewers and the last broadcast was shown on Friday 25 September 1992. It was replaced with the relatively more popular programme, The Big Breakfast
, from Monday 28 September 1992.
Washington Presenters
Tokyo Presenters
Business Presenters
Other Presenters
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
produced by Independent Television News, in collaboration with other production companies, for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
. The programme was the first breakfast news programme for Channel 4, broadcasting between 06.00 and 09.25 each weekday morning. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992. It was based heavily on news and current affairs, and contained segments focusing on sports, finance, lifestyles, arts and entertainment, and discussion.
The programme also included a business programme, Business Daily - which had been on air as a lunchtime programme since October 1987 - and Countdown Masters, an abbreviated version of Countdown
Countdown (game show)
Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five...
.
The Channel Four Daily failed to gain enough viewers and the last broadcast was shown on Friday 25 September 1992. It was replaced with the relatively more popular programme, The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast
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...
, from Monday 28 September 1992.
Segments
Here are the segments from the first edition of The Channel Four Daily from 3 April 1989:- 06.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel:
News headlines, weather, and traffic reports from ITN, presented by Carol Barnes. - 06.05 - Countdown Masters:
Presented by Richard WhiteleyRichard WhiteleyJohn Richard Whiteley, OBE DL , usually known as Richard Whiteley, was an English broadcaster and journalist. He was famous for his twenty-three years as host of Countdown, a letters and numbers arrangement game show broadcast most weekdays on Channel 4...
and Carol VordermanCarol VordermanCarol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....
, a morning edition of the popular game show, CountdownCountdown (game show)Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five...
. - 06.10 - Kickback:
ITN's sports and football discussion and scores with Patrick CollinsPatrick CollinsPatrick Collins may refer to:* Paddy Collins , Irish sportsman* Patrick K. Collins , rugby union coach* Patrick Collins , American pornographic film producer and director...
. - 06.15 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 06.18 - Business Daily:
Financial news from ReutersReutersReuters 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...
, presented by Dermot MurnaghanDermot MurnaghanDermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins...
. - 06.30 - World News from ITN:
Presented by Carol Barnes in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
covering EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and African news; Michael NicholsonMichael NicholsonMichael Nicholson OBE is an English journalist and former ITN Senior Foreign Correspondent.- Journalistic career :Born in Romford, Essex, Nicholson attended the University of Leicester. Nicholson was a war reporter for ITN, who reported from wars in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia,...
in WashingtonWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
covering AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canadian, and political news; and James MatesJames MatesJames Mates is a British newsreader and journalist.Mates is currently employed by ITN where he presents on ITV News whilst also being senior correspondent.-Personal life:James Mates is the son of Conservative party politician Michael Mates...
in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
covering AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n, Australian, and economic news. - 06.45 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 06.48 - Box Office:
Entertainment and arts discussion with Garry Rice and David RoperDavid RoperDavid Roper is a British actor, best known for his roles in the sitcoms The Cuckoo Waltz and Leave it to Charlie....
. - 07.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 07.05 - Comic Book:
Cartoon segment—on the debut morning, The New Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1978 TV series)Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation in the late 1970s.-Premise:It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The 1978 series replaced the character of the Human Torch with a robot named...
, from 1978. - 07.15 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 07.18 - Business Daily:
Presented by Susannah Simons. - 07.30 - World News:
With Carol Barnes in London, Michael Nicholson in Washington, and James Mates in Tokyo. - 07.45 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 07.48 - Box Office
- 08.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 08.05 - Streetwise:
Consumer and lifestyles programme with Debbie GreenwoodDebbie GreenwoodDebbie Greenwood is a British television presenter and a former beauty queen who won the title of Miss Great Britain in 1984.-Career:...
and Paddy HaycocksPaddy HaycocksPaddy Haycocks is an experienced broadcaster and producer who has worked in the British media for over 25 years. Born in Portsmouth on the 9th of April, 1950 his first brush with fame came when he was appearing on the Streetwise section of the ill-fated Channel Four Daily. Haycocks regularly...
. - 08.15 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 08.19 - Countdown Masters
- 08.24 - Kickback
- 08.30 - World News
- 08.45 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 08.48 - Box Office
- 09.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 09.03 - Streetwise
- 09.16 - Business Daily:
Presented by Dermot Murnaghan.
Presenters
London Presenters- Carol BarnesCarol BarnesCarol Lesley Barnes was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004.-Early life:...
(1989–1991) - Dermot MurnaghanDermot MurnaghanDermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins...
(1991–1992) - Jill Carter (1991)
- Caroline RightonCaroline RightonCaroline Righton , is an English television presenter and author, best known for being a presenter on the daily Breakfast Television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show, The Channel Four Daily....
Washington Presenters
- Michael NicholsonMichael NicholsonMichael Nicholson OBE is an English journalist and former ITN Senior Foreign Correspondent.- Journalistic career :Born in Romford, Essex, Nicholson attended the University of Leicester. Nicholson was a war reporter for ITN, who reported from wars in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia,...
Tokyo Presenters
- James MatesJames MatesJames Mates is a British newsreader and journalist.Mates is currently employed by ITN where he presents on ITV News whilst also being senior correspondent.-Personal life:James Mates is the son of Conservative party politician Michael Mates...
- Sonia RuselerSonia RuselerSonia Ruseler , anchored for CNN International from 1993 to 2001. An Argentine and Dutch national, she is currently a Senior Vice President at The McGinn Group, a strategic communications consultancy based in Washington D.C..-References:...
Business Presenters
- Dermot Murnaghan (1989–1991)
- Susannah Simons
Other Presenters
- Debbie GreenwoodDebbie GreenwoodDebbie Greenwood is a British television presenter and a former beauty queen who won the title of Miss Great Britain in 1984.-Career:...
- Paddy HaycocksPaddy HaycocksPaddy Haycocks is an experienced broadcaster and producer who has worked in the British media for over 25 years. Born in Portsmouth on the 9th of April, 1950 his first brush with fame came when he was appearing on the Streetwise section of the ill-fated Channel Four Daily. Haycocks regularly...
- Garry Rice
- David RoperDavid RoperDavid Roper is a British actor, best known for his roles in the sitcoms The Cuckoo Waltz and Leave it to Charlie....
- Richard WhiteleyRichard WhiteleyJohn Richard Whiteley, OBE DL , usually known as Richard Whiteley, was an English broadcaster and journalist. He was famous for his twenty-three years as host of Countdown, a letters and numbers arrangement game show broadcast most weekdays on Channel 4...
- Carol VordermanCarol VordermanCarol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....