Good Morning Britain - the launch

Here's the Meridian regional news bulletin, with intro from Ben Shephard:

Looked at the opening, I hate the music its to American, why not have something more BRITISH!

In terms of the rota- Ranvir is supposed to cover Fridays- John I think I saw Wednesdays mentioned for him- perhaps the main 4 are taking different days off ? Is guess there is perhaps one more cover presenter - Andi Peter's perhaps? no in all seriousness I wonder if there is another male standby?

GMB Cake from their ‘friends at ITV News’

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Ranvir has just tweeted that she will be presenting on Friday's, but 'not for a few weeks'. I wonder if Susanna, Ben, Charlotte & Sean are doing mon-fri for a few weeks to get the 'team' enforced with the viewers?

Edit: Just saw jamesrl's comment on the previous page which mentioned this. Also interesting that Kate will be presenting Thursday's in a few weeks. I really hope that if this is the case, Charlotte becomes 'Susanna' and Kate replaces Charlotte's position - if that makes sense!

Well as Norwich was first up, I'd say it's by order of importance!

Good Morning Britain ?!? Having seen parts of it - it seems that the programme has been both made and broadcast on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Titles - the video side is alright but on the music it is dreadful.
Graphics - Good - they do look nice on screen
Set - See my previous comments on this - it's far too american. What does a Breakfast Show set need - Warm Colours, A comfy soft area as the main area not cold greys and blues, wood veneers and ridiculous desk.
Editorial Policy - a bit Tabloidy and Americany

Overall the hype on this forum is undeserved as the show is no better than Daybreak. My Review: 2*

It's not Breakfast, Sunrise, Daybreak or GMTV, it's something a bit different, fitting comfortably with the ITV brand position and with a fantastically well realised opening sequence too.

And for that I wish them luck.

Horrible horrible framing. Did the other regions look as bad?

The astons, I hate the astons, too many corners and blank space between the logo and aston.

Plenty of scope for continuity errors with Mr Shephard's clothing, is he really going to record a new set of intros every morning, only 16 hours left to find out.......

This might be another US inspired feature. TODAY do 'cross-talks' to NBC News affiliates before the main programme aires - unclear if they're live or pre-rec'd. Perhaps the GMB regional intros are inspired by this?