Capital Breakfast
| Other names | Capital Breakfast |
|---|---|
| Genre | Entertainment |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Capital London |
| TV adaptations | Freesat: 719 Freeview: 724 Sky: 0109 TalkTalk TV: 610 Virgin Media: 958 |
| Hosted by | Dave Berry George Shelley Lilah Parsons Tim John |
| Produced by | Richard Steel |
| Recording studio | Leicester Square, London |
| Original release | 1987 – present |
| Audio format | FM, digital radio and TV |
| Website | Capital Breakfast |
| Podcast | itunes.apple.com |
Capital Breakfast is the name of the breakfast slot on Capital London (and across Capital). The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday.[1] From 7 January 2012 an additional 'best of' edition is broadcast from 6am to 9am each Saturday. The slogan is London's No.1 Breakfast Show.
Local variations across the UK are Dino & Pete (Capital East Midlands), Tom & Emma (Capital South Coast), Hirsty's Daily Dose (Capital Yorkshire), Dan & Katy (Capital Birmingham), Matt, Polly & Geraint (Capital South Wales), Bodj, Matt & Scarlett (Capital North East), The Rob Ellis Show (Capital Manchester), Des & Jennie (Capital Scotland), Graeme & Sarah (Capital North West & North Wales), Alistair James (Capital Cymru) and Adam, Gemma & Dylan (Capital Liverpool).
Broadcast and production
As Capital London (channel listed as Capital FM) is simulcast on TV variants which are available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media, Capital Breakfast is available throughout the UK. This variant is produced at their studios in Leicester Square, London.
On air team
The longest running and best-remembered presenter was Chris Tarrant, who presented the show from 1987 to 2004. The show was immensely popular, increasing Capital Radio's audience share in London. Tarrant won the Sony Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show Gold in 1995 for this show.
In April 2004, Johnny Vaughan replaced Tarrant, as the presenter of Capital Breakfast. In 2008, he was joined by Lisa Snowdon. Vaughan left the programme in November 2011 after being told that his contract was not being renewed, and was replaced with Dave Berry [2]
In February 2011 it was reported the show remained London's most listened to commercial breakfast show with Capital London having more than one million listeners between 6am and 10am.[3]
In February 2016, following Lisa Snowdon's departure, It was announced that George Shelley and Lilah Parsons would join Dave Berry as co-presenters. [4]
Current presenters
- Dave Berry (Presenter, 2012–present)[5]
- George Shelley (Presenter, 2016-present)
- Lilah Parsons (Presenter, 2016-present)
- Kat Shoob (Stand-in presenter)
- Aimee Vivian (Stand-in Presenter)
- Will Manning (Stand-in Presenter)- Replaced Greg Burns. [6]
- Roman Kemp (Stand-in Presenter)
- Tim John (News presenter)
- Holly Jones (Stand-in News Presenter)
Former presenters
- Chris Tarrant (Presenter, 1987–2004)
- Kara Noble
- Graham Dene (1970s and 1980s)
- Neil Fox deputised for Chris Tarrant(1988-2003)
- Chris Brooks presented the show in the weeks that Chris Tarrant left and Johnny Vaughan started. He also deputised for Johnny from 2004-2008
- Justin "Welshy" Waite (Creative producer)
- Denise van Outen (Co-presenter, 2008)[7][8]
- Becky Jago (Co-presenter, 2003–2004)
- Zoe Hanson (Co-presenter)
- Louise "Lou" Pepper (Co-presenter)
- Paddy Bunce (Sports reporter)
- Matthew Schofield (Newsreader)
- Claire Miller (Newsreader)
- Paddy Bruce (Producer)
- Howard Hughes (Newsreader)
- Russ Kane (1984-2004) (Traffic reporter in the Flying Eye)
- Rich Clarke (Stand-in presenter, 2009)
- Johnny Vaughan (Co-presenter, 2004–2011)[9][10][11]
- Mike Smith (1981)
- Lisa Snowdon (Co-presenter, 2008-2015). Joined 2008, replacing Denise Van Outen. Left 18 December 2015.[12]
- Greg Burns (former Stand-In presenter, 2007-2016) Regularly stood in for Dave Berry. He left in 2016 to join Nova Radio in Sydney [13]
Guests and podcast
Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa often had high-profile celebrity guests some of whom included Gordon Ramsay, Will Smith, Pierce Brosnan, George Michael and The Pussycat Dolls. Most of Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa interviews were put on their weekly podcast, which was released every Friday via the Capital FM or iTunes website.
References
- ^ Capital Breakfast at capitalfm.com
- ^ Dave Berry to replace Johnny Vaughan on Capital breakfast show John Plunkett, Guardian, 1 December 2011
- ^ Breakfast: Capital stays up Radio Today, 3 February 2011
- ^ http://www.capitalfm.com/radio/shows-presenters/dave-berry/
- ^ Dave Berry to replace Johnny Vaughan on Capital breakfast show John Plunkett, Guardian, 1 December 2011
- ^ http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/05/will-manning-to-replace-greg-burns-at-capital/
- ^ "Denise van Outen to become Capital Radio Breakfast Co-host". BBC News. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ "Van Outen quits Capital Radio a half year early". Brand Republic. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ Plunkett, John (11 January 2010). "Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon sign two-year Capital FM deal". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Deans, Jason (18 November 2011). "Johnny Vaughan in sudden Capital FM departure". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Johnny Vaughan leaves Capital FM with immediate effect". RadioTimes.
- ^ "Lisa Snowdon bids goodbye to Capital FM as she wraps show with Dave Berry". Mail Online. 18 December 2015.
- ^ http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/05/will-manning-to-replace-greg-burns-at-capital/