Breakfast News
| Breakfast News | |
|---|---|
BBC Breakfast News final logo, from 2 June 1997 to 19 January 2001 | |
| Genre | Breakfast television |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by | Various (see below) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 2 October 1989 – 22 January 2001 |
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Breakfast News is a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as Breakfast Time. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to technical issues with its new studio. The programme adopted a rolling news format with news summaries every 15 minutes plus weather and regional news every 30 minutes. Other features included a review of the day's newspapers and regular business news updates.
From 22 November 1989, following the commencement of televised coverage of the House of Commons, the 8 am to 8.15 am part of the programme was simulcast on BBC2 as part of a new news hour which encompassed a review of the previous day's proceedings at Westminster. The final edition of Breakfast News aired on 19 January 2001 and on 22 January 2001 it relaunched as BBC Breakfast.