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This is a timeline of the history of GB News, a free-to-air television and radio news channel in the United Kingdom.

  • 2019
    • September – All Perspectives Ltd is founded as the holding company of GB News.[1]
  • 2020
    • January – All Perspectives Ltd is granted a licence to broadcast by Ofcom.[2]
    • 25 September – It is announced that Andrew Neil, who has presented live political programmes on the BBC for 25 years,[3] will leave the corporation after leading its coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election.[4] On the same day, he is announced as the presenter of a prime time evening programme on GB News, due to launch early the next year.[5]
    • October – Robbie Gibb stands down as an editorial adviser.[6]
    • December – Paul Marshall, a hedge-fund manager, is in talks to invest £10 million into GB News.[7]
  • 2021
    • January
      • 6 January – GB News reaches its £60 million fundraising aim, which it says is oversubscribed. The majority of the £60 million came from the American multinational Discovery, Inc., the United Arab Emirates-based investment firm Legatum,[8] and Marshall, who says he is investing in a personal capacity. GB News says it will recruit 140 staff, including 120 journalists, and will also launch "streaming, video-on-demand and audio services".[8]
      • 25 January – The recruitment drive begins.[9]
      • 28 January – It is announced that Dan Wootton will leave News UK to join the channel as the host of a daily show, five days a week.[10]
    • February
      • 8 February – The pressure group Stop Funding Hate calls for advertisers to boycott the channel, based on what it thinks it will represent.[11]
      • 10 February – Sky News' Colin Brazier is reported to be the host of a news, interview and debate daytime programme.[12]
      • 18 February – It is announced that Darren McCaffrey will join the channel as political editor and Tom Harwood as a political correspondent.[12]
      • 19 February – Michelle Dewberry is named as the host of a five-day-a-week prime time show.[13]
    • March
    • April
    • May
      • No events.
    • June
      • 8 June – Neil says that talks with Piers Morgan were affected by a disagreement: "he's [Morgan] got his own idea of what he is worth and we [GB News] have a slightly different idea of what he's worth".[31]
      • 11 June – Isabel Webster joins the channel as the co-host of a weekly news review programme.[32]
      • 13 June – GB News commences broadcasting at 20:00 BST.[33][34] 336,000 viewers tune in to see the launch.[35] The launch soon becomes the subject of ridicule due to the perceived poor production quality of the channel and frequent technical issues.[36] Ofcom receives complaints relating to a monologue made on the opening night's edition of Tonight Live with Dan Wootton in which he argues against the government's extension of the COVID-19-related lockdowns in the UK.[37]
      • 16 June – Comments made by guest Lady Colin Campbell seemingly in defence of the deceased child molester Jeffrey Epstein, and his relationship with Prince Andrew – such as saying that criticism of Andrew is "a distraction" to keep Bill Clinton "out of the frame" – draw derision.[38][39] By this day, several brands including Vodafone, IKEA, Kopparbergs Brewery, Grolsch, Nivea, Pinterest, Specsavers and Octopus Energy have paused their advertising on the channel, expressing concerns over its content. Some of these advertisements had been placed on the brands' behalf without their knowledge, by Sky Media through their advertising opt-outs during GB News' schedule.[40][41][42]
      • 19 June – The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, criticises Stop Funding Hate and what he describes as "a vocal Twitter minority" for calling for the advertising boycott.[43][44]
      • 20 June – Nigel Farage and Dehenna Davison join GB News as contributors to host the Sunday morning political discussion programme The Political Correction.[45][46][47]
      • 24 June – Neil takes a break from presenting on the channel, less than two weeks after its launch.[48]
    • July
      • 5 July – Ofcom decides not to pursue any of the complaints relating to Dan Wootton's monologue on 13 June, a spokesperson saying, "Our rules allow for rigorous debate around the response to coronavirus... consistent with the right to free expression".[49]
      • 13 July – Senior executive producer Gill Penlington, formerly of CNN, ITV and Sky News, leaves the channel.[50][51]
      • 14 July – Audience figures drop so low they are reported as zero by the ratings measurement board Broadcasters' Audience Research Board at least twice on the day, attributed to regular viewers boycotting the station after one of its presenters, Guto Harri, took the knee on-air in solidarity with the England football team.[52]
      • 16 July – GB News suspends Guto Harri for taking the knee.[53] It is reported by The Guardian that John McAndrew, director of news and programmes, formerly of Sky News and Euronews, had stood down from his role.[51]
      • 17 July – It is announced that Nigel Farage, already a contributing presenter, will host Farage, a prime-time evening show, from 19 July.[54][55]
      • 18 July – Guto Harri confirms he has permanently left the channel.[56]
      • 19 July – It is announced that Mark Dolan will join the channel with Tonight Live with Mark Dolan on 23 July and that Nana Akua will move to a new self-titled programme on Saturday and Sunday afternoons while continuing to host The Great British Breakfast.[57] Later after this announcement, the first episode of Nigel Farage's show airs.[58]
    • August
      • 5 August – It is announced that Talkradio's Patrick Christys will join the channel to present To the Point on weekday mornings alongside Mercy Muroki. The programme will replace Brazier & Muroki. This leaves Colin Brazier's sole presenting role as filling in for Neil in the 8 pm slot.[59]
      • 7 August – After Simon McCoy moves permanently to the breakfast show, McCoy & Phillips is replaced by Alexandra Phillips' own show, The Afternoon Agenda.[60]
      • 10 August – The channel announces four political programmes to launch within weeks; The Briefing: AM with Tom Harwood, The Briefing: Lunchtime with Gloria De Piero, The Briefing: PM with Darren McCaffrey, and The Briefing: PMQs.[61]
    • September
      • 3 September – The channel announces that political journalist Isabel Oakeshott will host a weekly show.[62]
      • 13 September – Neil resigns from GB News as chairman and lead presenter and announces he will enter a new role as a guest contributor.[63][64]
      • 14 September – Neil is replaced as a presenter by Colin Brazier in what The Telegraph describes as a "fight back by swinging to the right".[65] Brazier is given a permanent programme at 8 pm called Brazier.[66]
      • 17 September – On the BBC's Question Time, Neil says that he had become a "minority of one" on the channel's board, due to disputes over its approach to journalism.[67]
      • 22 September – Neil says he will not return to GB News.[68]
    • October
      • Following the launch announcement of rival talkTV, GB News introduces half-hourly news bulletins and it is reported that Sunday Express editor Mick Booker will join as editorial director.[69]
    • November
      • 17 November – Neil calls his decision to lead the channel the "single biggest mistake" of his career, adding "The mistake was that I put my face on the tin and yet I quickly discovered that I really had no say over what was going into that tin".[70]
      • 26 November – Kirsty Gallacher steps back from her role on The Great British Breakfast because of an ear tumour.[71]
    • December
      • 10 December – It is announced that Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster will present a Monday to Thursday breakfast show, Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel.[72] Hours later, it is announced that Simon McCoy will leave the channel in January "for personal reasons".[73]
      • 21 December – It is announced that Stephen Dixon and Anne Diamond will present the breakfast show Friday to Sunday.[74]
  • 2022
    • January – Colin Brazier's 8 pm weeknight show is moved to 4 to 6 pm, and the 8 pm Monday to Friday slot is filled by a new show, Steyn, hosted by Mark Steyn. We Need to Talk About... hosted by Alexandra Phillips begins at 2 pm on weekdays targeting women. Alastair Stewart's weekend programme begins also airing on Friday afternoons.[75] Mick Booker joins as editorial director.[50]
    • 4 January – GB News Radio, an audio simulcast of the station, becomes available on DAB+ radio. Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster are the first to be heard on the simulcast when their television breakfast show starts.[76][77][78]
    • 17 January – GB News announces it will play "God Save the Queen" at the start of live programming every day.[79][80]
    • 18 January – The channel begins playing the National Anthem.[75]

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