Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)

Good Morning Britain launched on 28 April 2014, with four main presenters – Susanna Reid, Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher. In-depth news stories were presented, as well as shorter bulletins and headline updates. Sports news was also featured with Fletcher, and Shephard also contributed when Fletcher was unavailable. Weather bulletins are presented by Laura Tobin, with Alex Beresford standing in when Tobin is unavailable. Entertainment news is delivered by Richard Arnold.

Reid, Shephard and Hawkins all presented four days a week, with Fletcher presenting every day. When Reid was absent, Hawkins took her place. Hawkins, in turn, was substituted by Kate Garraway or Ranvir Singh when off or sitting in for Reid. John Stapleton would present in place of Shephard when the latter was unavailable.

Between 13 June and 11 July, the team reported on the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Fletcher live from Brazil with highlights and reactions. They also utilized special graphics and music adapted especially for the event.

On 19 September 2014, there was an extended Scottish Independence Referendum special that went up to 10:00 am, with Reid and Shephard presenting live from Edinburgh, while Hawkins and Ranvir Singh presented from the studio in London.

On 2 December 2014, Phillip Schofield co-hosted Good Morning Britain as part of a 24-hour TV presenting challenge for Text Santa. He also interviewed Prime Minister David Cameron live from 10 Downing Street later in the programme.

On 9 September 2015, Reid presented parts of the show live from outside Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen becoming the longest reigning monarch. Garraway and Singh also presented from the studio. On 23 November, Piers Morgan joined the team as a permanent presenter, following his earlier guest week.[5] A few days later, the programme's political editor Sue Jameson left the show, to move to Australia.

On 29 February 2016, the programme was dedicated to the 88th Academy Awards, with specially made opening titles, theme music and graphics.

On 22 March 2016, the show was extended to 10:30 am to cover the breaking news of the Brussels bombings. Morgan and Reid presented coverage of the news shortly after the report broke out at 7:15 am. The extended coverage meant that sister show Lorraine and The Jeremy Kyle Show were both cancelled, although Lorraine did start for the first 10 minutes. The following day, Reid presented coverage of the aftermath live from Brussels, whilst Morgan and Hawkins presented from the studio.

On 25 March 2016, a fire ripped through an ITV production office, causing the team to evacuate just minutes before they were due on air. A 30-minute standby tape was played as a substitute to the usual live programme, before the programme Dinner Date played for the remainder of the show's airtime.

Between 28 March and 8 April 2016, Jeremy Kyle and Mark Austin were guest presenters for the Easter break. Austin returned for a further two editions on 31 May and 1 June.

On 24 June 2016, the show was again extended to 9:25 am to cover the result of the EU Referendum, with Morgan and Reid presenting from the studio. As the result was announced, Morgan and Reid presented coverage of the outcome, as well as coverage of David Cameron's resignation.

On 22 July 2016, Good Morning Britain broadcast a second royal edition of the programme live from inside Buckingham Palace with Garraway and Singh. They presented a majority of the programme live from inside the royal residence. Throughout the show, they broadcast a regal tour around all the state rooms, reviewing some of the prominent objects and paintings which are displayed. Laura Tobin was live from the Palace Gardens with the weather. Hawkins was in the studio with news bulletins.

On 9 November 2016, the show was extended up until 9:25 am covering the latest news and results of the US presidential election, with Reid and Morgan live in New York City, Singh in Washington D.C. and correspondents with reaction from across the United States. Hawkins presented brief updates from the studio in London.

On 26 January 2017, newsreader and relief presenter Ranvir Singh was announced as the programme's new Political Editor.[6]

During the week of 10 April 2017, Eamonn Holmes guest presented the show. He presented alongside Kate Garraway and Charlotte Hawkins for the week.

On 26 January 2018, a special edition of the programme was broadcast, focused on a worldwide exclusive interview with US President Donald Trump. Shephard and Garraway presented a majority of the programme from the studio in London, while Morgan presented parts of the show live from Davos, Switzerland.

During the week of 9 April 2018, Eamonn Holmes guest presented the show with Garraway and Hawkins.

On 13 April 2018, the final edition of Good Morning Britain from The London Studios was broadcast. Morgan and Reid returned on 16 April, broadcasting live from Television Centre for the first time, with a new studio and updated opening titles.

On 18 May 2018, Garraway and Shephard presented a special edition of the programme in celebration of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. They were accompanied in the studio by Fletcher, while Hawkins and Laura Tobin presented live from Windsor. The show's usual St. Paul's Cathedral backdrop was replaced with a view of Windsor Castle and a special voice over was recorded as well as special opening titles.

During the week of 28 May to 1 June, Hawkins, Madeley, Fletcher and Singh presented the show due to the half-term break.

On 28 June 2018, the network aired a one-off special entitled Good Evening Britain, which aired live at 9:15pm in primetime on ITV following the England vs. Belgium World Cup football match. The presenters had live reaction from the match, engaged in debates and provided analysis of England's performance and the match overall. Tweaked titles, music and graphics were produced for this one off special. Guests included Danny Dyer, Pamela Anderson and Jeremy Corbyn.

On 3 September 2018, Morgan and Reid returned from their summer break and coinciding with their return, tweaked opening graphics were introduced and the show fully returned to its original 2014 theme.

On 24 September 2018, the show began airing in the United States, on the BritBox streaming service.[7] The version seen on BritBox, is a specially edited version featuring the highlights of that day's edition. It is available at 7:00 am ET.[8]

On 13 December 2018, Reid presented parts of the show live from Westminster in London, following Theresa May's survival in the no confidence vote. Shephard and Garraway presented from the studio.

On 6 January 2020, an extra 30 minutes was added onto the show, which sees the show extended to 9:00 am, with 6:00 am – 6:30 am presented by Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh or Kate Garraway with the top stories, joined at 6:30 am by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, with Ben Shephard presenting instead of Morgan on Friday and Garraway or Singh instead of Reid on Friday.

On 21 January 2020, the show was accused of racism and was hit by 1,589 Ofcom complaints after Morgan made comments relating to a Chinese dairy advert, in which he said, "He's using ching chong ching milk".[9] Morgan also spoke over the advert, saying, "ching chang cho jo". He was accused by online netizens as using racist language which is used to antagonise Chinese people and for mocking the Chinese language.[10] Both Morgan and Good Morning Britain have refused to apologise for the comments made.[11] This led to footballer John Barnes and politician Sarah Owen, separately criticising both Morgan and the show for ignoring racism.[12][13] The episode was later taken down from the ITV Hub on the day it aired, although ITV claimed it was removed for "a totally unrelated reason".[14]

On 22 March 2020, due to COVID-19, ITV Daytime announced that they were cancelling Lorraine and Loose Women. Good Morning Britain would be extended until 10:00 am with Lorraine Kelly joining the show, co-presenting from 9:00 am. ITV Daytime said they plan to keep both Good Morning Britain and This Morning on air for as long as possible. [15]

Good Morning Britain was broadcast from Studio 5 at The London Studios, the same studio where GMTV was broadcast from during its seventeen-year run. In February 2017, it was announced that The London Studios, where Good Morning Britain is filmed, would be closed for some years beginning in 2018 as ITV decided to go through with demolishing the building and having it rebuilt. It was also announced that ITV's daytime shows (Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women) would be moving to studio space at BBC Studioworks' Television Centre, previously used by the BBC before moving to New Broadcasting House in March 2013. The last programme from The London Studios was broadcast on 13 April 2018.

ITV's daytime shows moved to Television Centre on 16 April 2018, with Good Morning Britain using Studio TC3. This 6,390 sq ft (594 m²) studio is split in two, with half of it being used for Good Morning Britain and half for This Morning.[3] They share the same cameras and gallery. In October 2018, it was announced that ITV would not be returning to the South Bank.