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Well Mike Morris has worked for GMTV, so he can't have been that gutted.
He did, but for a very short period and only on Sunday mornings as I recall, this was because at the time when GMTV was unpopular, where as Mike Morris was popular, even though he wasn't immediately hired by any ITV station after TV-am folded. (Same with Timmy Mallet)
I don't think GMTV would celebrate ITV50, Breakfast TV has only been on ITV for the last 20 years, but GMTV only celebrated it's 10th Birthday in 2003 in spectacular style, even when they did they acknowledged that they inherited the slot from TV-am.
Though it's interesting if you've seen The Story of ITV or if you have the book, there is far more about TV-am and the success it had to be for ITV, but that was mainly more about them crushing the ACTT union.
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Andrew posted:
...although I wonder how former TV-AM stars would feel about going on GMTV.
Mike Morris may still be "gutted"
Mike Morris may still be "gutted"
Well Mike Morris has worked for GMTV, so he can't have been that gutted.
He did, but for a very short period and only on Sunday mornings as I recall, this was because at the time when GMTV was unpopular, where as Mike Morris was popular, even though he wasn't immediately hired by any ITV station after TV-am folded. (Same with Timmy Mallet)
I don't think GMTV would celebrate ITV50, Breakfast TV has only been on ITV for the last 20 years, but GMTV only celebrated it's 10th Birthday in 2003 in spectacular style, even when they did they acknowledged that they inherited the slot from TV-am.
Though it's interesting if you've seen The Story of ITV or if you have the book, there is far more about TV-am and the success it had to be for ITV, but that was mainly more about them crushing the ACTT union.