Capital Breakfast

Capital Breakfast
Other names Capital Breakfast
Genre Entertainment
Running time 240 minutes
Country  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station Capital London
TV adaptations Freesat: 719
Freeview: 724
Sky: 0109
TalkTalk TV: 610
Virgin Media: 958
Hosted by Dave Berry
George Shelley
Lilah Parsons
Tim John
Produced by Richard Steel
Recording studio Leicester Square, London
Air dates since 1987
Audio format FM, digital radio and TV
Website Capital Breakfast
Podcast itunes.apple.com

Capital Breakfast is the name of the breakfast slot on Capital London (and across Capital). The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday.[1] From 7 January 2012 an additional 'best of' edition is broadcast from 6am to 9am each Saturday. The slogan is London's No.1 Breakfast Show.

Local variations across the UK are Dino & Pete (Capital East Midlands), Tom & Emma (Capital South Coast), Hirsty's Daily Dose (Capital Yorkshire), Dan & Katy (Capital Birmingham), Matt, Polly & Geraint (Capital South Wales), Bodj, Matt & Scarlett (Capital North East), The Rob Ellis Show (Capital Manchester), Des & Jennie (Capital Scotland), Graeme & Sarah (Capital North West & North Wales), Alistair James (Capital Cymru) and Adam, Gemma & Dylan (Capital Liverpool).

Broadcast and production

As Capital London (channel listed as Capital FM) is simulcast on TV variants which are available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media, Capital Breakfast is available throughout the UK. This variant is produced at their studios in Leicester Square, London.

On air team

The longest running and best-remembered presenter was Chris Tarrant, who presented the show from 1987 to 2004. The show was immensely popular, increasing Capital Radio's audience share in London. Tarrant won the Sony Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show Gold in 1995 for this show.

In April 2004, Johnny Vaughan replaced Tarrant, as the presenter of Capital Breakfast. In 2008, he was joined by Lisa Snowdon. Vaughan left the programme in November 2011 after being told that his contract was not being renewed, and was replaced with Dave Berry [2]

In February 2011 it was reported the show remained London's most listened to commercial breakfast show with Capital London having more than one million listeners between 6am and 10am.[3]

In February 2016, following Lisa Snowdon's departure, It was announced that George Shelley and Lilah Parsons would join Dave Berry as co-presenters. [4]

Current presenters

Former presenters

Guests and podcast

Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa often had high-profile celebrity guests some of whom included Gordon Ramsay, Will Smith, Pierce Brosnan, George Michael and The Pussycat Dolls. Most of Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa interviews were put on their weekly podcast, which was released every Friday via the Capital FM or iTunes website.

References

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