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To think “The Big Breakfast” was the best morning TV show the UK had ever seen?

39 replies

Tillow4ever · 21/02/2026 13:43

So feeling a bit nostalgic today, and I remembered watching The Big Breakfast as a teenager before school every morning without fail. I remember EVERYONE at school watched it, and it was always the talk of morning break (longer when they actually visited our tiny town lol).

I no longer watch morning tv because I find it all a load of bollocks, and it just doesn’t feel natural putting the tv on in the morning before work - whereas no-one wanted to miss it back in the day.

So was that it? Was that the pinnacle of morning tv? Or was it actually just as bad as what we have today and my rose-tinted glasses are mid-remembering?

What other shows do people remember with find nostalgia?

YABU - It was just as bad as what we have now/there’s another show you thought was better (please tell me it!)

YANBU - I remember it exactly as you do and it was the best morning tv show we have ever had.

(hopefully the poll works)

OP posts:
Clarinet1 · 21/02/2026 23:06

Don’t phone it’s just for fun!

Ohfudgeoff · 21/02/2026 23:04

SchnizelVonKrumm · 21/02/2026 13:51

🎵🎵
Singing wakey wakey wakey, rise and shine
The Big Breakfast is the only way to dine
It's your number one Big Brekkie
So get it down your necky
And stick with us from seven until nine
🎵🎵

(To the tune of "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain")

Apparently that lives rent-free in my head so they must have been doing something right! 😅

Edited

Me too! 😍👌

Sarah2891 · 21/02/2026 23:03

It was fab! Those were the days...

Jamesblonde2 · 21/02/2026 23:01

It was far too full on for me, that time of the morning. It was like they all had ADHD or something.

Tillow4ever · 21/02/2026 22:40

HarryVanderspeigle · 21/02/2026 15:05

I still get "one lump or two it's up to you" stuck in my head.

Me too… and again now lol!

id love to hear from those that said I was u reasonable to know what is it was better - maybe im missing a gem!

OP posts:
HarryVanderspeigle · 21/02/2026 15:05

SchnizelVonKrumm · 21/02/2026 13:51

🎵🎵
Singing wakey wakey wakey, rise and shine
The Big Breakfast is the only way to dine
It's your number one Big Brekkie
So get it down your necky
And stick with us from seven until nine
🎵🎵

(To the tune of "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain")

Apparently that lives rent-free in my head so they must have been doing something right! 😅

Edited

I still get "one lump or two it's up to you" stuck in my head.

Davros · 21/02/2026 14:11

It was like breakfast Tiswas

AgnesX · 21/02/2026 14:09

GellerYeller · 21/02/2026 13:50

I loved it but we were younger and I don’t know how it would hold up now. Unless they could update it. Did I imagine it or did they bring it back recently for a one off special?
Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence though. So sad.

I remember that morning. Paula was all over Michael like a bad rash. Not that he wasn't enjoying it ...The flirting was incredible!

HamBap · 21/02/2026 13:56

Have a look on Instagram, there are so many great clips on there. Proper funny, anarchic adult style TV and all before 9am, mad!

Isittimeformynapyet · 21/02/2026 13:52

It's the only breakfast TV show I've ever liked.

It taught me how to uncork a wine bottle with a bootlace.

SchnizelVonKrumm · 21/02/2026 13:51

🎵🎵
Singing wakey wakey wakey, rise and shine
The Big Breakfast is the only way to dine
It's your number one Big Brekkie
So get it down your necky
And stick with us from seven until nine
🎵🎵

(To the tune of "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain")

Apparently that lives rent-free in my head so they must have been doing something right! 😅

OonaStubbs · 21/02/2026 13:51

I did not like Chris Evans at all. But I liked it when Johnny Vaughn and Denise Van Outen presented it.

GellerYeller · 21/02/2026 13:50

I loved it but we were younger and I don’t know how it would hold up now. Unless they could update it. Did I imagine it or did they bring it back recently for a one off special?
Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence though. So sad.

FaceBothered · 21/02/2026 13:47

OMG I was only talking about this the other day!

I loved it and it made waking up early with my first baby more bearable 😁

Loved Zig and Zag too.