The big battle: breakfast TV ratings have changed beyond recognition as BBC 2's menu of cartoons edges into the territory of GMTV and Channel 4's Big Breakfast

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Breakfast TV is an aggresively competitive sector and the latest figures put the ITV breakfast franchisee on top, followed by BBC 1 and BBC 2, and the combined cable and satellite channels. Channel 4's four year old show is way behind, despite once leading the field and recently undergoing a 1 million pounds sterling relaunch. The upward swing by BBC 2 appears to have coincided with the arrival of Liz Barron in April, daytime scheduler.

Television Production, Television programs, Market share

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Bazal forte

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The successful television producer Peter Bazalgette is well known within the industry as an eccentric character who is brilliant and creative. He is responsible for popular daytime television programmes such as Ready Steady Cook and Going Going Gone. He is the managing director for the independent company Bazal Productions and director of factual programmes at Broadcast Communications.

TV Program Production, Interview, Television producers and directors, Television directors, Television producers (Persons), Bazalgette, Peter

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