BBC Breakfast

Newswatch is on its summer break at the moment - back at the end of September. So, I guess it's a temporary move!

Steph McGovern presenting the main programme today and she is very watchable so far - a good relief presenter I reckon, and better than Sally Nugent that is for sure! Roger Johnson is getting a lot, lot better too.

Steph's doing a superb job this morning. Ian Payne presenting the sports bulletins as well today. Is that his first time on Breakfast?

I couldn't remember the name but that's who it is! I watch Breakfast regularly and it's the first time I've seen him. He's quite good actually.

He's normally on 5 Live, used to be at Sky Sports.

I feel bad for saying it, but I wasn't too keen. Found her accent to be a barrier - inasmuch as I got hung up on how she delivered the words rather than the content.

And she used the expression, "awkward!" at one point, which, well... doesn't sound too good, does it.

To be honest, I was a lot like that too. She didn't deliver on her cues very smoothly either at times. When Roger finished his part of the script on the autocue, there were a few seconds of silence before Steph realised that it was her time to talk.

At times, she was overly smiley and her tone of voice sounded rather wooden and insincere - a lack of natural, correct intonation on the news stories, too.

She seems to have been thrown in at the deep end this morning - from a viewer's perspective - and while she was good at times, I'd rather see her in her comfort zone in business news, which she seems to grasp excellently. You have to start some time at the big gigs, but I think giving her a Sunday shift would have been better to try her out on, rather than on a Bank Holiday Monday when more people will be watching and thus more potential for things to be noticed when it goes wrong. Luckily, nothing did and it was as smooth as any other Breakfast is.

All credit to her though - on very few occasions did she look only a little uncomfortable. Otherwise, she seems to be naturally confident and captured the bubbly sort of personality needed for Breakfast television. I'd like to have seen her handle more serious news however. This morning's programme seemed to be a bit more laid-back. Her interview with Rita Ora was excellent. Upon reading my comments from before, I'd like to see Steph a few more times, and I think she is capable enough to cover Sunday shifts, if this materialises in the future.

I'm in the process of posting a video on YouTube, but the sound is mute at the moment, so will be fixing the problem today and uploading it ASAP.

Enjoying Simon and Naga on Breakfast today, they have chemistry - unlike the other pairings these days.

Anybody have anymore info on when Breakfast is partly moving back to London ??

Is it?

Of course it isn't

Considering it has only just moved to Salford and presumably there is no roon in NBH and with the sudios and Television Centre in doubt/being reduced/upgraded do you honestly think it will be returning to London any time soon?

Unless you know something different!

His/her username would seem to suggest that.