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The Channel Four Daily 
Format Breakfast Television Starring Various Country of origin United Kingdom Production Producer(s) Independent Television News and Various Running time 3hrs 25mins Broadcast Original channel Channel 4 Picture format 4:3 Original run 3 April 1989 – 25 September 1992 Chronology Followed by The Big Breakfast 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[1]. It was replaced with the relatively more popular programme, The Big Breakfast, 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 Whiteley and Carol Vorderman, a morning edition of the popular game show, Countdown. - 06.10 - Kickback:
ITN's sports and football discussion and scores with Patrick Collins. - 06.15 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 06.18 - Business Daily:
Financial news from Reuters, presented by Dermot Murnaghan. - 06.30 - World News from ITN:
Presented by Carol Barnes in London covering European and African news; Michael Nicholson in Washington covering American, Canadian, and political news; and James Mates in Tokyo covering Asian, Australian, and economic news. - 06.45 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 06.48 - Box Office:
Entertainment and arts discussion with Garry Rice and David Roper. - 07.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel
- 07.05 - Comic Book:
Cartoon segment—on the debut morning, The New Fantastic Four, 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 Greenwood and Paddy Haycocks. - 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 Barnes (1989–1991)
- Dermot Murnaghan (1991–1992)
- Jill Carter (1991)
- Caroline Righton
Washington Presenters
Tokyo Presenters
Business Presenters
- Dermot Murnaghan (1989–1991)
- Susannah Simons
Other Presenters
Notes
- ^ Morning glory-A history of Breakfast TV Jones,I: Tiverton, Kelly, 2004 ISBN 190305320X
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- 1989 British television programme debuts
- 1992 British television programme endings
- 1980s British television series
- 1990s British television series
- Channel 4 television programmes
- ITN
- 06.00 - Headlines, Weather and Travel:
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