the BIG breakfast - THE THREAD

To be honest, even the crap periods of the show were better than the alternative (i.e. if you don't want news).

Rick and Sharron may be the worst presenters ever, but the format on the whole was good, just not BB.

Same with Paul Tonkinson, the all new BB was very good before they reverted back to the old formula.

The link below has a list of BB related sites.


(Edited by Brekkie Boy 2001 at 12:13 pm on Mar. 6, 2002)

Being a student I don't watch BB very often (either on the looong bus ride to college or still in bed) but I have always liked the BB... its always been a bit of fun, (which as y'all know is something I look for in a programme) and has never tried to be anything else. I think the fact that bears this out was on the two occasions they tried to take the BB upmarket (Adams/Davies and Tonks/Byram) they held their hands up and admitted their failings (although I did like the blue/orange set of the Adams/Davies makeover)... Vaughany was a master, truly the sort of person you want to wake up to, dittto DVO, a classic.
Zig and Zag were mental (and Saturday Show's Tiny & Mr Duk are rippin' em off, but at least they're rippin' the kings)...
All in all, the BB was the daddy of brek telly for me, and speaking as someone who can still remember the last C4Daily, ten years ago, it's been a boss decade. Let's hope Rise lives up to the hype...

The BB is still getting more viewers than C4 Daily did, and this is in an era of multi-channel homes!

The BB has never been as good since Jonny and Denise left it. Remember how good it was when they came back for that month.

If they get a good team the show is amazing. Otherwise it's good, but not brilliant.

What? Johnny Vaughan never went away and came back again! Denise left and returned a year later and presented about 5 months with JV until the end of his contract.

Brekkie Boy is right, there is sooo much more to the BB than Chris and Gaby, if you stopped watching then you did miss out on some of the best television of our time!

Does anyone know any BB sites with real media clips to download?

Don't all reply at once!

Who is presenting the new one?
Is it a bird from Sky? And as for the bloke - any ideas?

White Picket Fence is the address

Real Media clips: best try The BBbut many do not work.
Some at the Big Breakfast Desktop Resource Site, and the possibility of some of the BB Gold clips appearing.

Regarding the new show: it starts April 15th, with Sky's Kirsty Gallagher and ex-Newsround host Chris Rogers.  It will be entertainment based, with a good mix of news.  Think a cool Richard and Judy - then again, perhaps not.

Comments on new show at Six Weeks and Counting thread on TV Forum

And of course there is Bow Locks plus all the shows theme tunes on The Bow Locks Beat

(Edited by Brekkie Boy 2001 at 12:49 pm on Mar. 7, 2002)

Thanks Brekkie Boy 2001!

will Richie B and Amanda lose their jobs then or what's the story?