The Golden Age Of Breakfast Television

[@immakingamovie1379]

I made a few mistakes in this video. I have tried to address them in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp6Xo4h8lJl9ppo&lc=Ugz5WwwT6UzvMGIdZ7J4AaABAg

[@Head_Test]

It was also my first CD purchase. I thought I was the only one and now I no longer feel alone.

[@mikeywhitlow8763]

Who cares. It was so nostalgic to watch. I’d forgotten about the ones between Chris and gabby and Johnny and Denise, thanks for this 😊

[@julianlinsel4346]

You did extremely well with the video

[@owengrant9066]

I am 38 now. I remember watching this everyday before school, I remember when it ended, it was the first time I ever felt like it was the end of a chapter, twas sad indeed.

[@edbeasant9494]

Big breakfast, TFI friday, Gamesmaster and Bad Influence were the UK shows of my school days.

[@Chris.]

mid to late 40's? Me too

[@immakingamovie1379]

@@Chris. early 40s, but me too

[@lovemykiss9]

Throw in The Crystal Maze as well.

[@ishmael2586]

And Blue Peter, though that was for the wank bank (konnie huq era)

[@tosspot1305]

Crystal maze

[@Magma2k]

The best thing about being sick in the 90s was getting to watch the end of The Big Breakfast.

[@poxylandgamesers959]

Kelly Brook aside from her presenting ;)

[@Chris.]

looking back, I feel when this program was wound up the world changed and the fun ended

[@immakingamovie1379]

agreed

[@thevalkyrie8]

It sort of died when Denise left

[@chucky2316]

It died when blair was elected in 97 all hail Britain's got talent and the mundane spinning like a top dance acts 😂

[@russellpetrie119]

yep exactley that

[@alexandrahindley]

It's so refreshing to see this cause everyone looks different. No botox, no huge lips, no bbl, no lashes. Just real people xx

[@steve_ire321]

The first thing I noticed when Gabby was shown. Something about the way women looked and dressed in the 90s is just gone now. I'd really love to know why women think its a good idea to inject shit into their lips, tattoo their eyebrows on and just look like a pumped up blow fish. Its not attractive at all.

[@polopowered]

Good times. I worked on a milk round as a young teenager and EVERY house had The Big Breakfast on their Telly when you looked through the window.

[@Ant_Gifford]

As this video ended, I sat for a minute in silence and smiled. It really was some of the best television of my entire life, I'm 43 now and I remember when the Big Breakfast first started, the worst thing was having to go to school and miss the last 45 mins. Took 11 months for the algorithm to recommend this video to me and I'm so glad it did. Thank you so much for making it.

[@immakingamovie1379]

@@Ant_Gifford we are the same age. We share a culture

[@alrightmaate]

Excellent put. I feel exactly the same. Still tune in to Vaughanie at 4PM every week day on Radio X he made that much of an impression on my life!

[@MrMakeDo]

That whole sequence with Johnny Vaughan talking about prison is something I’ve never seen before. Such pathos and insight, it’s quite touching.

[@simondavies419]

Absolutely loved it, especially the Johnny and Denise years. Almost goes without saying. So many belly laughs that I can remember. Lucky that there are a few episodes on KZbin but I’d love there to be more. Johnny and Denise presented Steph’s Packed Lunch Show last year together so it’s nice to see they’ve made up.

[@ThinWhite_Duke]

1990s Britain was an infinitely better country than the 2020s. The music, the mood, the sense of familiarity, the shared memories, the humour...none of the hostile parallel societies of today

[@jeecreative]

Couldn't agree more!

[@mysteryegg340]

We didn’t label ourselves and threw hissy fits if someone couldn’t read our mind to address us a certain way. We just were. You were a decent person or you weren’t. That’s all you needed to know about anyone.

[@knightofcydonia07]

You're not wrong. Culture, and British culture in particular had only been that dominant in the 60s and never again since.

[@russellpetrie119]

when people felt they had purpose and didnt put up with nonsense too

[@rusrad74]

Very well said.. and so true!

[@djsherz]

This was my morning ritual as a teeneger in the 90s. Wake up, telly on, and the Big Breakfast was there to brighten spirits and lift the mood until it was time to head out for school at around 8.30. It set you up for the day. Modern life feels so grim by comparison, everything is so serious. Now more than ever, we need a lighthearted, colourful and silly start to the day! Bring back the BB!

[@Hail_To_The_King]

People are all walking on eggshells now afraid they are going to say the wrong thing, even if they don't realise it

[@DarrenAndOzzy]

Sucked having to leave before the end, unless you were good enough at acting sickies to wangle a day off school 🤣

[@russellpetrie119]

agreed

[@ryan.1990]

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[@russellpetrie119]

itll never be the same now they could get rid of the repeated shit on channel 4 mornings and repeat the bb reruns still entertaining if just for us lot maybe be able to connect to our siblings a bit more show what it was like back in the day

[@Geniushands]

This was a fantastic nostalgic watch, thanks for pulling it all together. Glad to see the Steps of Woe got a mention.

[@immakingamovie1379]

Thank you for watching. It was great fun putting This one together

[@tom_123]

Richard Bacon getting hired on the back of being fired from the BBC for drugs offences was absolutely hilarious at the time 😂

[@Ah-ed6ie]

Yea but the ribs he'd get from crew while corresponding until he was part of the furniture 😅

[@DarkS1m]

Bacon-san! 2 teas, milky

[@simontunnicliffe2107]

Everything from The Big Breakfast to SM:TV Live to CD:UK to The Word to Noel's House Party to Shooting Stars to The White Room to TFI Friday, the 90's was a great decade for tele. 👍

[@TheCameraNever]

Noel’s House Party? FFS

[@daviddowsett1658]

@@TheCameraNever hahaha Mr F-in Blobby

[@torhockers1482]

We just started secondary school & this was on every tv in the house, m&d’s room, downstairs & ours. Mum was up before it started & used to sing the theme tune every morning. We loved waking up to this, mum loved it & we all sang long to the programme, we hated leaving for school. Then we had TFI Friday when we were old enough to go out as teens. So we & our mum & little sister basically grew up with this motley crew. So much fun, loved our young years & having mum into it too was just the best. Very, very happy days. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Scott-uo9jz]

Hi. Thanks for this it brought back some memories, I worked on the show in 1999 for about a year, before I transferred out for the first series of Big Brother to Endemol and never returned. That house was such a strange place to make television with everyone packed into what was a very confined space, horrible place in the heat of summer. Fond memories though especially of the wall around the pool, which myself and another crew member got the task of painting one Saturday and we ended up with the security guards getting pis**ed in their little shed! Happy days ☺️

[@immakingamovie1379]

Thanks for watching. It brought back a lot of happy memories for me too. Did you spot yourself in the video?

[@Scott-uo9jz]

No I didn't catch sight of my considerably younger and slimmer self thank goodness, but I worked mainly in the production office so wasn't on camera very often anyway.

[@KC-td8um]

How long did you work on Big Brother for?

[@WarrenChandler]

Ahh nice, I worked there too as a staff writer, probably just as you left. Some great memories, but some very early mornings or late nights :D

[@HeldByTrees]

I watched 96 to 2000, my secondary school years pretty much. Great tv for a golden era in many of our lives.

[@iloveesr]

I was in my 20s working when this was on. I could only watch the first hour. There was a time when I used to set my VCR to record the second hour so I could watch it when I got home. This was was probably my all-time favourite TV show.

[@fatherofthenoo]

TV felt so experimental and fun back then. I miss that. Channel 4 especially was fantastic.

[@darwenrover8910]

Waking up to Piers Morgan years later is enough to show that breakfast television has gone downhill.

[@ZaPpaul]

The golden age of this golden age were Johnny and Denise. Their magnetism was palpable and they bounced off each other so naturally, it was awesome.

[@jimtaylor431]

Agree entirely.

[@vxrdrummer]

1990s really were a better time. Not even in just a nostalgic way through rose tinted glasses. Compared to now, it really was a wonderful time to grow up, but also as part of family where we did everything together, like watch tele on a Saturday evening/night. The Big Breakfast was amazing in the mornings before school and was part of that 90s vibe that I dont think will ever come back again.

[@lozpopo]

The 90s was not a fun time to be a young woman I can tell you that.

[@ThinWhite_Duke]

@@lozpopo You want to try being a young woman in the 2020s. They're losing their minds

[@Highland_Moo]

I was a teenager when it first aired and I was hooked. I’m from the highlands and had to leave for school at 8am and get a shitty double decker bus 10 miles across single track roads in blowing gales and rain, but watching a bit of this before leaving cheered me up!

[@tom_123]

Starting the day like you were borderline-on-drugs was a key element of British culture during this era. The energy and humour really reflected the mood of the time. We’ve had nothing like it since.

[@paulgilson2347]

The 90's was the last great decade, loved this programme.

[@eddradcliffe]

I miss it too. I miss that era, without all the keyboard warriors and the excessive negativity from people dying on hills protecting notions that drain energy from the soul. It was a better time.

[@immakingamovie1379]

i feel that

[@eddradcliffe]

@@immakingamovie1379 lovely video by the way. Got me in the feels.

[@Giz-7531]

Whatever mate, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@stephenbradford1971]

It was an amazing decade

[@leedavies3629]

Life was so much better with out the internet the 90ts were top big breakfast was a good way to start the day put a spring in ya step 🤣🇬🇧✌️

[@tegboy]

What a nostalgic video! I’m 40 now and grew up with the big breakfast. It really was the perfect way to start the school day. No 2 presenter’s will ever top Johnny and Denise! Liza was also brilliant. Man I miss the 90’s. We didn’t know how good we had it

[@millie2079]

I used to watch this in it's entirety and it would make me five minutes late for work. I hated that job anyway and could't care less if I got a bollocking when I got in. This was one of the best TV shows ever. Never a dull one.

[@shylo8590]

The best of days, getting ready for school with jonny and denise on the tellybox, the 90s were great!

[@chucky2316]

Then along came blair and brown

[@block19row13]

More Tea Vicar use to have me in bits. Also worth a mention what the show did for Richard Bacon. He was on his uppers after a bit of a drug scandal and the BBC got rid of him, but Jonnie got him involved in the BB.

[@gringotom242]

I didn't watch a huge amount of BB when it was on, but this video fascinated and cheered me immensley. Johnny vaughn interview about prison was very moving, and Denise van outen just wow!

[@IanSmith2814]

There was nothing better than seeing the last 30 minutes of The Big Breakfast, because if meant I wasn’t going to school that day.

[@Joeelkins.]

I always remembr the yellow clock on tbe screen, and dreaded 7:42 as that was the time i had to leave to catch my bus to school 😅

[@francesoxberry6816]

Yeah I think my TV had a turn on alarm function so it would come on and if I didn't wake up immediately, it was always that yellow clock which gave me the shock that I was late

[@RussBlake80]

Im the school holidays id hang on the fence and wait for the show to finish to meet all the celebs, got to meet danni and kylie minogue, chris and gabby, mark aka joe mangel, paula yates, roy walker to name a few, was obsessed with the show, it was a big part of my childhood. Shame times are so different now.

[@scottbutcher9093]

Thank you so much for this bowl of nostalgia ❤ This show made me want to skip school in the morning 😅 Johnny and Denise were the best.

[@timaustin2000]

Back when, for a couple of short decades, Britain really was the greatest nation on Earth. We had the culture, the confidence, the swagger. Now, 14 years of Tory rule, and a TOXIC Brexit debate later, look at the state of us. Tabloids have people decrying everything, social media bubbles hold people hostage in their own prejudices. We're small and scared and insular. It genuinely makes me sad remembering what this nation looked like in the mid 90s and early 00s.

[@donyiiovanni]

This show started my morning EVERY day...genius Television!

[@TheSugarDaddy1]

The amount of party's I went to in the 1990s and coming home to watch this always its brought back alot of cheerised memories

[@chrisc9421]

I'd completely forgotten about Mark Little! He wasn't bad at all 😊

[@whatevermakesyouhappy5932]

I remember him hosting in the 6 weeks holiday.

[@dimension9680]

The show captured the optimism and the excitement of the UK in the 90s. Britain is like a different country now sadly…

[@DominicClaxton]

I watched this 5 days a week for 10 years. It was brilliant.

[@roninhood1027]

The Johnny and Denise years were the best,by a long shot!

[@immakingamovie1379]

@@roninhood1027 everyone loves Johnny and Denise. I hope they are aware of how fondly they are remembered

[@markbtv11]

Correct

[@FuzzWoof]

@@immakingamovie1379 I must be in the minority then as I couldn't stand either of them, haha. Much preferred the Chris and Gabby years!

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

100% Chris makes everything like a children's show

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Agreed. Liza also.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

I can only imagine this is what having an acid flashback is like. There's sights and sounds here I haven't seen or thought about in nearly 30 years.

[@immakingamovie1379]

That feeling is called “being old”

[@KingSidJames]

One of the Zig n Zag puppeteers farted, that's my best memory of the BB.

[@Bodger_McBadger]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to make this one. Watching that was like a cheat code to unlocking the memory of my childhood mornings. Johnny and Denise 👌🏼

[@mikeymoose7253]

Johnny cracked me up so much and Denise bounced off him amazingly. Such a great era of television. Sometimes I’d record it to watch when I came home from school.

[@ReelFilm2016]

I was very fortunate, like you. When this show was on, I was aged between 11 - 21. So end of primary school, Secondary School and College. Crazy times in my life and this was the panacea I needed. Good times.

[@DMthefutureme]

Watching this made me remember the address! 2 Lock Keepers cottages. Old Ford Lock London E3 2NN

[@Talalaban]

Thanks for making this video! A very welcomed trip through memories of a much better, more innocent time.

[@fluffyp6009]

I used to come back from a night shift at Virgin Atlantic at 0645, had a shower, jumped into bed and this lulled me to a blissful sleep. Jonny Vaughan & Denise V.O then Lisa T were the dream team

[@BrucefromLondon]

I had the privilege of modelling clothes on the Big Breakfast over 7 times and still have the footage on VHS standing next to Denise Van Outen and once Lisa Tarbuck I remember after the show cast and crew would all sit around a long table and have breakfast together whilst Johnny Vaughan would tell jokes , they were incredible times !

[@immakingamovie1379]

Sounds like some fond memories

[@BrucefromLondon]

@@immakingamovie1379 Looking back I was so lucky to have been part of the experience

[@UkeofCarl]

8 times?

[@chipm0nkey]

The 90s were awesome and I was always gutted that work started at 8am so I missed most of the show.

[@ED-209UHD]

You should of signed on instead 😂

[@AbaAisha]

Sitting here in bits. Proper miss these days absolutely NUTS!! Never forget Johnny and Denise. ❤

[@fugitivepete85]

This was a fun nostalgia trip - BB was such a big part of my youth, as I got ready for school in the mornings and I don’t think there has ever been anything like it since. The Johnny and Denise era was just such a riot of chaos and fun in the mornings.

[@hughcampbell463]

Miss them days so much summer always comes to mind watching the big breakfast comedy at its very best wouldn’t show this these days

[@nickhigginsonmusic]

First 2 things that spring to mind , apart from Vaughan , Van Outen , (and tarbuck was great) , are Ben the Boffin , and ‘Sturdy Girl’ from the production team 😅 what a great time to be a teenager that was.

[@chux4w]

The apology tweet would be out before the end of the episode if they called someone a Sturdy Girl today.

[@Jimantronic]

What a lovely nostalgic trip that was, thank you 🙏 I would add that there were times when Richard Bacon was more like Alan Partridge than steve coogan and the times Zig and Zag had us all in hysterics are still a source of true joy 30 odd years later 😊 What a time!

[@mmabennyj]

How has this video got so little views? It’s fantastic. Made me feel so happy and kind of sad at the same time.

[@DrW83]

This is great. Im 41, so my shool and college years started with The Big Breakfast. Of course, my greatest memories of it are Johnny and Denise. Looking back, it fills me both with happiness and sadness. I miss those days so much. Life now seems very dull compared to then.

[@Jacob-2796]

It's up to you to find the light. BB was fun but life is out there

[@Mtthwpez]

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Ulysses 31 and then the Big Breakfast before school every day!

[@paulfern78]

Thank you so much for this video, it made me so happy to watch the big breakfast and relive all those wonderful morning memories before going off to school. the 90s ruled. Great great times. Johnny is still hilarious, hes on radio x now, & shredded. TJ 4 evs.

[@AdamDawes575]

I loved watching this video, thank you so much for making it. The Big Breakfast was an amazing part of my teenage days, I think Chris and Gabby were the best era for me. I used to videotape each episode and watch the second half when I got back from school. Assuming the old episodes still exist somewhere, it would be brilliant to have the chance to watch them again somewhere online. I guess we can dream...

[@Doooooooooooood]

Denise and Johnny were a magic combo!

[@madleonedits]

I was young (20) working nights filling shelves at asda i would finish my shift (6am) get home and watch this show, Jonny and Denise presenting was the best thing thats ever been on TV

[@1977vision]

I used to record the entire show every morning on VHS and watch it later after getting home from school, it never disappointed.

[@djmattc1978]

I'm 46 now and remember this like it was yesterday, feeling awful that I wasn't ever going to be able to watch the whole programme because I had to go to school!

[@leopoldstotch3524]

I often watch it on KZbin .. sometimes I’ll even match dates to watch them so it’s the same day as the show was first aired

[@Ben-yz4jh]

tragic

[@niiii_niiii]

That's so sweet❤️

[@techhubwiltsuk]

Man this was so good and has made me fall through a rabbit hole myself on youtube! loved this programme so much

[@entrobangtv]

What a time to be alive

[@dh1380]

Ah man. As a kid i missed all the dounle entendres but this was such a great show

[@Locke-ti8kw]

Absolutely loved this, what a fantastic, humorous, nostalgic 45 mins

[@vikinginspace4881]

Cool doc mate! Brought back so many memories. Man I miss these days. Thanks for making this and uploading it

[@natb1702]

Absolutely love this, thanks for sharing. Takes me back to my early teens in the 90's when everything was taken less seriously and and being PC and virtue signalling wasn't the dictation of telly.

[@NiamhKehoe1980]

Thank you for this! So many memories unlocked ❤ I watched this every morning before school. I loved the absolute chaos 😅

[@LucaEnzo]

The best thing about the Big Breakkie is that it wasnt forced like you see lots of shows today. It was all natural. True lightning in a bottle

[@kustardlovesyou]

I miss this so much it was the best morning show in the history of the world

[@Stardog_xyz]

Agree the Big Breakfast ended when Johnny and Denise left, what a spectacular breakfast show it was. And have to agree the recent relaunch on Sat mornings was very good also!

[@ecstaticasom]

Great video, the big breakfast was really something special. What a great trip back in time.

[@kiers2320]

I miss such freedom too. Thank you.

[@DLC-sy7pp]

That's the single most important aspect of the 90s. I think the elite globalist types realised they had given us too much, and allowed us to be too happy, so they quickly rectified it, big time.

[@sideering370]

May15th 1997 at around 7:45 sitting in the hospital while my wife was screaming as she was giving birth to my eldest daughter, i had 1 eye on her and the other on the tv as there was a zig and Zag segment on

[@wilmingtonlongman]

Thank you for this. I have never seen Johnny's interview at the end. Very moving

[@Magma2k]

Seeing 8:08 on one of the early clips brought it all back - that was the time i knew i had to get myself out of the living room to clean my teeth in time to make the school bus. The high points with Gaby/Chris and Johnny/Denise (to a certain extent Johnny/Liza) have never really been matched on breakfast/daytime telly since - great memories.

[@baz2374]

I was going to bed and started watching this. 45 minutes later. What a show that was. Was a big part of secondary school for me. We'd watch it at a mates before leaving for school.

[@andyreact]

Denise was always worth getting up for in the morning! 😁 My brother still has a Big Breakfast plate and bowl (or mug, I can't remember) from a breakfast set they sold!

[@anfieldlegend]

great video. loved TBB and this brought back the nostalgia of the show. thanks

[@ccbaxter9871]

lovely stuff, thank you so much for doing this. brought back so many memories.

[@HangOnAMinute1]

I miss the theme tune, it takes me back to when I used to wake up all energetic and young

[@XanderCrease]

Watched everyday before school yet never caught the beginning😴@22:02 Safe to say I wasn't going to school Friday if I made it to the "wakey wakey" song😁(or just very late). Miss the banter/chemistry of the hosts and vibes all around,. 'Twas the "Johnny and Denise" show for sure.

[@jonathanmcstay]

That show was just so much fun - episodes on YT still bring those memories back

[@Ytnzy250]

Watching this it's just dawned on me how many of these stars have sadly passed away.

[@ThePriestHole]

Cheggers was a lovely guy. He had some issues with his email account and posted on twitter for help. I responded and we had a properly nice chat in DMs about all sorts (and yes, his emails were fixed).

[@leejones8582]

I used to watch this as a kid used to be my programme for getting ready for school could never stay till 9 unless i was off school lol.

[@richtexas4431]

Yeah it felt strange to actually see the ending

[@leopoldstotch3524]

There was a cartoon on around 8 if I remember right that I used to hate missing as I left for school

[@jonnygti]

Exactly the same as me, I remember watching it and finding Jonny Vaughan hilarious, and of course Denise was abit of eye candy for a teenage boy back then 😂 I could never watch it till the end, as around 08:10 the school bus would pick me up from outside my house. Was always annoyed at turning it off when it was still on 😂

[@cemu1065]

I got sacked from 2 jobs for being late, because of this program. Totally wort it 😂😂

[@jonnygti]

@@cemu1065 no way, are you kidding.😂

[@dcbdiscerns7617]

The Johnny Vaughan era was THE best television I ever watched. Lighting in a bottle. ❤

[@stevie-c1471]

Really appreciated this retrospective. It brought back a lot of lovely memories that I'd completely forgotten. Thanks for all your hard work, great job! Also would just like to state that even to this day, whenever anyone mentions "Chris Evans", my brain instantly jumps to the hilarious quirky ginger bloke rather than Captain America (even though its never the former that is being referred to 😅)

[@Onestringpuppet]

46 year old here. I miss the old days. No woke bs or social media. The world has changed so much. This is heavy nostalgia and it feels sad. Then my Saturday mornings were, Motormouth, Ghostrain, or Number 74 which i loved too

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

90s were fun 🇬🇧

[@deathkebab]

If a drag queen like lily savage was presenting a slot on a breakfast show now you'd be crying it was 'woke'. Maybe you changed, not the world.

[@Dunbar0740]

Back then, "woke" was called "PC gone mad". I might add, if you're not using those terms ironically, you need to adjust your headset...

[@Onestringpuppet]

@@Dunbar0740 exactly 💯 little did we know how really mad it would get 😅

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@@Dunbar0740 they'd be 'radio rental'.🙂

[@Gav_Jam]

I think you summed up all of our experiences and thoughts well. Really enjoyed this

[@Bingpot_Cowabunga]

i would happily rewatch all the Johnny & Denise shows.

[@jonathanmcstay]

I loved that show sooooo much. 90s was cultural peak for tv, film, music and joy

[@alexandrahindley]

I loved this. Johnny Vaughn was hilarious especially when he read the papers lolol. My waters broke while watching this one morning lol I miss it x

[@chrischarlescook]

This video brought back so many joyful memories. Nice one 👊

[@jasonorriss]

God I miss the Big Breakfast. I don’t get time to watch TV in the morning now, but on the few times I have put it on, it’s just been so stale and dry compared to what we had in the 90’s. This was a really nice watch that has made me reminisce about simpler happier times.