| The Channel Four Daily | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Breakfast television |
| Starring | See list of presenters |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 hrs, 25 mins (1989–90) 2 hrs, 55 mins (1990–92) |
| Production companies | Independent Television News and Various |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 3 April 1989 (1989-04-03) – 25 September 1992 (1992-09-25) |
The Channel Four Daily (orChannel 4 Daily) is abreakfast televisionnews magazine, which was produced byIndependent Television News, in collaboration with other independent production companies forChannel 4. The programme was Channel 4's first breakfast programme, broadcasting between 6 am (6.30 am from April 1990) and 9.25 am each weekday morning, although weekend editions were broadcast during theGulf War. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992.
The Channel Four Daily failed to gain enough viewers and was replaced withThe Big Breakfast from Monday, 28 September 1992.[1]
Conceived as a television newspaper, the content was a mix of short news bulletins and pre-recorded non-news segments. The flagship bulletinWorld News was co-presented from three continents. Also, a number of bite-sized feature segments (some live, others pre-recorded) lasting between 5 and 10 minutes were slotted around the news output and were shown several times each day. These included a business programme (Business Daily, which had been on air as a lunchtime programme since September 1987), sporting discussion (Kickback), consumer reports (Streetwise), arts and entertainment (Box Office),Countdown Masters – an abbreviated version ofCountdown – and a cartoon slot calledComic Book.[2]
Changes were made in April 1990, which saw all the main segments being broadcast live and from the same studio, as opposed to all non-news segments being either pre-recorded or broadcast remotely.Streetwise was cancelled, anInternational Sports Report replacedKickback,Box Office transferred from a pre-recorded insert into a live segment and the flagship world news bulletin was moved to the top of the hour. The programme's length was reduced with the start time being 6.30 am rather than 6 am –The Art of Landscape and an edition ofBusiness Daily filled the vacated 30-minute slot.
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