This Morning (TV programme)
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| This Morning | |
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| File:This Morning titles.png This Morning's logo since 2009 | |
| Presented by | Phillip Schofield Holly Willoughby Eamonn Holmes Ruth Langsford |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Fiona Keenaghan Karl Newton |
| Producers | Kerene Barefield Mo Clasby Darren Henson Kirsty Jenkins Gayani Wanigaratne |
| Production location | The London Studios |
| Editor | Adam Vandermark |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | ITV Studios (Granada Television) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
| Release | 3 October 1988 – present |
This Morning is a British daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988. It features celebrity guests, entertainment, advice on health and well-being, competitions, cookery and more.
It is currently presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby who are on air from Monday to Thursday. Eamonn Holmes and wife Ruth Langsford are on air each Friday and also deputise Phillip and Holly respectively. In the event of one of the four presenters being unavailable a guest presenter will co-present This Morning.
History
From October 1988 to July 2001, This Morning was presented by husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. At this time the show was very popular attracting around two million viewers daily. From time to time, during their holidays, they were replaced for short stints by guest presenters such as Stephen Rhodes and Alison Keenan.[citation needed] Originally the show was broadcast from Liverpool, but for the beginning of the Autumn 1996 series it was relocated to LWT's Riverside Television Centre (Now The London Studios) in London, coinciding with a housing relocation for Madeley and Finnigan and to secure even more celebrity guests for the show.[citation needed] From 1998 onwards, Richard and Judy hosted only the Monday to Thursday editions, with regular guest presenters hosting on Fridays: during the tenth series Caron Keating and Ross Kelly presided, and from series 11 in 1999 Fern Britton and John Leslie were regular presenters of Friday's show.[citation needed]
When Richard and Judy departed the series in 2001, they were replaced by Coleen Nolan and Twiggy,[citation needed] with Britton and Leslie remaining on Fridays. However, when Nolan and Twiggy proved less popular with viewers,[citation needed] Britton and Leslie took on the full job of presenting the show and brought the ratings back up to around one million.[citation needed] In 2002, after certain allegations were made in the press about his private life, Leslie was dismissed.[1]
Leslie was replaced by Phillip Schofield, developing an on-screen relationship with Fern Britton that was characterised by good humour and giggling.[citation needed]
Lorraine Kelly joined the team in 2003, to co-present with Phillip Schofield on a Monday and a Friday.[citation needed] This was to enable Fern Britton to spend more time with her family.[citation needed] Kelly left This Morning in March 2006 to concentrate on her GMTV programme (GMTV with Lorraine), as well as to spend more time at home.[citation needed] Schofield and Britton presented the show from Monday to Thursday, whilst Ruth Langsford presented the show on Fridays alongside Schofield. Joined by Eamonn Holmes, Langsford also presented the show during school holidays[2] and since September 2008, the real life couple host the show each Friday. However, this wasn't the first time the couple had appeared presenting the show, having presented a special edition in 2002 to coincide with the Queen's jubilee.[citation needed]
In March 2009, Fern Britton announced that she was to quit the show and was replaced by Holly Willoughby in September 2009. A relaunch of This Morning took part at the same time and subsequently the ratings rose by 20%.[3]
The show has been presented by only one presenter five times in its history. The first by Madeley while Finnigan was ill with a cold. Three times by Britton; in 2002 following the allegations against Leslie, in 2008 when Schofield was absent due to his sick father, on 2 February 2009 when Schofield became snowed in at home and was unable to make it into the studios, and once on 23 March 2009 when Britton fell ill just before the opening of the show.
In March 2010 it was announced that This Morning would air seven days a week, with two new one-hour shows being broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays. Schofield and Willoughby present pre-recorded links inbetween compilations of the past week's programming - beginning on 20 March 2010.[4] Also on 1 March 2010, This Morning began an interactive cooking event, named This Morning Cook In!, where each week, five viewers and a celebrity guest cook along, via Skype, with the chefs on the day of the event. Gino D'Acampo and Phil Vickery have been the two hosting chefs to be a part of This Morning Cook In!.[5]
The current series of the show began on 6 September 2010, the twenty second, with Willoughby and Schofield returning from the summer break. The new series features a brand new kitchen and also an addition to the show called This Morning Hub, where messages from Twitter and Facebook users, as well as emails and texts are read out. The Hub presenters are Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan, Matt Johnson and Samanthi Jayawardena.[6] A new look version of the website was launched for the new series.
Awards
- "TV Quick Award" - Best Daytime Viewing (2003, 2004)[citation needed]
- "National Television Award" - Most Popular Daytime Show (1999, 2000, 2004)[citation needed]
- "TV Times Award" - Favourite Daytime Programme (2010)[7]
- "National Television Award" - Topical Magazine Programme (2011)[8]
The team
Presenters (Monday-Thursday)
The above also present pre-recorded weekend editions of This Morning |
Presenters (Friday)
The above deputise in the absence of the Monday-Thursday presenters |
Relief presenters
This Morning Hub presenters
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Experts and correspondents
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Presenter history
Main presenters
| Years | Monday-Thursday | Friday |
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| 1988 | Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan | Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan |
| 1999 | John Leslie and Fern Britton | |
| 2001 | John Leslie and Coleen Nolan or Twiggy | |
| 2002 | Fern Britton and Philip Schofield | |
| 2003 | Fern Britton and Philip Schofield | Philip Schofield and Lorraine Kelly* |
| 2006 | Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes | |
| 2009 | Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield | |
- *Between 2003 and 2006 the Friday presenters also presented on Monday
Guest presenters
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Filming
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From 1988 to 1996 the show was broadcast from the Albert Dock in Liverpool. Shoppers and tourists were able to peer through the large window directly behind the presenters. Security guards prevented prolonged exhibitionism. Fred Talbot presented the weather from a large floating UK map on the Dock (which was famously invaded by a streaker during a live broadcast).[10] The programme moved to London in September 1996 to make it easier to attract more celebrity guests.[11] This Morning now broadcasts from Studio 8 at The London Studios on the South Bank which features large picture windows looking out over the River Thames.[12] The windows that are seen on screen are real but have a silver coating on the outside to prevent people seeing in and also to prevent glare from the sun.
Notable moments
- A drunk Lily Savage throwing a wine glass into the river at Albert Dock[13]
- A streaker running onto Fred Talbot's weather map in 1995[14]
- The domestic abuse phone in, when a woman had been in a violent relationship with her partner, she announced to a stunned studio that her husband had locked her in the house. The show's agony aunt Denise Robertson asked for her name and address and offered to help her. The woman and her children were successfully liberated[15]
- This Morning covered new ground by showing a gay partnership celebration live[14]
- Judy Finnigan breaking down in tears after the death of Princess Diana[11]
- Yana Rodionova getting a cut on the head just 10 seconds before the end of a knife throwing act[16]
- After Phillip Schofield told Fern Britton that he didn't like dunking biscuits in his tea, she later responded with "but you don't mind dunking a bit of beef do you?" after Schofield said he enjoyed the roast beef they were tasting once he dipped it in a dijon sauce.[17] They both burst into hysterical laughter
- Kerry Katona, slurring her words in 2008[18]
- Judy Finnegan answering the question "what would you want to do if the world was ending?" with "I'd want to have another baby as soon as possible; and if I couldn't have one I'd have to try and steal one"[citation needed]
- On 17 July 2009 Fern Britton presented her final show with a list of friends and celebrities after 10 years of presenting[19]
- On 9 November 2009, during a cookery segment with Phil Vickery, Holly Willoughby claimed that she still had a mouthful of beef from a beef casserole, whilst preparing to eat dessert, sending both Holly and Phillip Schofield bursting into hysterical laughter. It has been referenced as 'Beef-gate: Part 2', following a similar response from Fern Britton in 2004[20]
- On 1 November 2010, Holly Willoughby announced at the start of the show, that she and husband Dan Baldwin, are expecting their second child, due in May[21]
References
- ^ John Leslie is sacked by ITV Telegraph, 31 October 2002
- ^ Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to host This Morning through summer guardian.co.uk, 24 May 2010
- ^ ITV tops daytime viewing figures thanks to women presenters Mirror, 2 March 2010
- ^ "This Morning to air at weekends". BBC News. 13 March 2010.
- ^ "This Morning Cook in!". Retrieved 20 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ ITV expands cross-platform offering for This Morning New Media Age, 2 September 2010
- ^ Wuff love: Holly Willoughy gets a cute puppy for the day on This Morning Mail Online, 3 December 2010
- ^ "NTA 2011: National Television Awards results". Beehive City. Honeycomb Publishing & Media. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ a b Get Cooking!: With 'This Morning' Amazon.co.uk
- ^ Thanks for all the gaffes - Richard and Judy The Scotsman, 16 June 2008
- ^ a b Saint Judy: Why we can't help loving TV's accidental heroine guardian.co.uk, 12 October 2000
- ^ Studio 8 The London Studios
- ^ Lily Savage Drunk YouTube
- ^ a b Richard and Judy's memorable moments BBC News, 1 July 2009
- ^ Commemorative This Morning clip showing parts of domestic abuse phone in YouTube
- ^ This Morning Knife Throwing YouTube
- ^ Beef Dunking Incident YouTube
- ^ Kerry Katona's This Morning appearance was a new TV low guardian.co.uk, 22 October 2008
- ^ Tearful Fern Britton quits This Morning sofa The Independent, 17 July 2009
- ^ This Morning: Beefgate - Part 2 YouTube
- ^ 'Over the moon' Holly Willoughby announces she's pregnant with second child live on This Morning Mail Online, 3 November 2010
External links
- This Morning at itv.com
- This Morning on Facebook
- This Morning on Twitter
- This Morning at IMDb