Breakfast moving to Manchester might be exactly what Daybreak needs.
That's like saying if Judy Dench passed away, Katey Price would get more acting jobs.
Not at all. It's a fair point, and exactly why This Morning moved down to London: high-profile guests. There are certainly those at the Beeb who are concerned about how Breakfast will compete on guests with whatever it is ITV are offering if they're based in Manchester.
If I'm being fair (it does happen sometimes), I expressed those concerns in the Breakfast thread, and made exactly that point about This Morning.
But I said that before I saw what the alternative would be, ahead of Daybreak's launch.
Guests alone won't cut it. I don't think I can put my finger on what's lacking, but something is; and I've gone from willing it to be a good show to being quite put off by it. I tuned in to the much trumpeted Williams and Barlow shows and was left wanting.
To balance that, I watched 5 minutes of Breakfast this morning, and Charlie has all the chemistry of a stink bomb. Its positively a turn off. I really want to like him, but he reads as hard and sarcastic in most of his off-the-cuff remarks to Susannah.
So perhaps if/when Bill and Sian decide not to make the move north I'll turn to the radio - but its not going to be Daybreak unless things improve massively.
I may be contradicting myself all over the place (good presenters are key/good presenters are only a minor element/show needs good guests/guests alone won't do it) - but hey, its a tough nut to crack and I'm not being paid to crack it.
So, um, good luck with that.
