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What do you watch first thing in a morning?

131 replies

OneUmberJoker · 06/09/2025 18:23

Bbc breakfast

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evtheria · 06/09/2025 21:55

I don’t think I actually watch anything before midday, unless it’s a clip a family member sends me!
I’ll stream music or R4 (as long as it’s not the bloody Archers) though, don’t have any particular habit or preference which.

whatasillygoose · 06/09/2025 21:56

I catch up on a series I’m watching usually. Sometimes I listen to music instead but never just silence. I watch on my tablet whilst I’m getting ready.

Barleycat · 06/09/2025 21:56

Nothing

Buxusmortus · 06/09/2025 22:00

EchoedSilence · 06/09/2025 20:31

Oh look at all you superior beings who don't watch the telly.

Chip on your shoulder?

Selflessness · 06/09/2025 22:01

EchoedSilence · 06/09/2025 20:31

Oh look at all you superior beings who don't watch the telly.

It’s not snob value. TV used to be all there was.
Now people will check their phones for MN / Facebook/ Insta or Tik Tok whilst getting up.

Morning TV is very dependent on a few regular presenters - seems very limiting these days.

CatAsstrophe · 06/09/2025 22:10

EchoedSilence · 06/09/2025 20:31

Oh look at all you superior beings who don't watch the telly.

Bizarre comment. Touched a nerve?

Not one person has suggested that watching TV in the morning is 'common' or 'low class'. We're all different and we have the right to choose what we watch and when.

BCBird · 06/09/2025 22:11

My step😂 am groggy in the morning

chilliheeler123 · 06/09/2025 22:15

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 06/09/2025 19:55

The birds

To each their own. I prefer Psycho, personally.

billycat321 · 06/09/2025 22:22

Radio 5live if the subject of the phone-in is interesting i.e not sport. or Radio 4 Extra.

Loveduppenguin · 06/09/2025 22:30

EchoedSilence · 06/09/2025 20:31

Oh look at all you superior beings who don't watch the telly.

It’s not that I don’t watch tv…I love tv. But in the morning I’m going to work so there’s no time for tv.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 06/09/2025 22:33

The kettle.

But it never seems to boil. 😒

Shinyandnew1 · 06/09/2025 23:14

Nothing! The TV/radio stays off in the morning and I breakfast in peace.

Davros · 06/09/2025 23:53

BBC R4

mamaduckbone · 07/09/2025 00:11

Nothing. I have 45 mins from waking up to getting out of the house and it's a well oiled machine - no time for TV.
Radio 2 in the car on the way to work.

justasking111 · 07/09/2025 00:21

I read the news do crosswords. I'll watch/listen to whatever I'm streaming during the morning while dressing, doing housework etc. TV doesn't go on till lunchtime for DH to watch.

TenaciousDeeds · 07/09/2025 00:49

Erm…the coffee pot brewing, dogs weeing in the park opposite; our cats playing. I may stick air pods in while peeling a kiwi and emptying the dishwasher, but I don’t usually watch anything.

derxa · 07/09/2025 03:42

GMB. Then Jeremy Vine. Is that OK?

JurgenKloppsTeeth · 07/09/2025 05:50

Say Yes to the Dress or similar. I need something mindless at 7am and I don’t watch/listen to the news. Not a morning person.

HangingOver · 07/09/2025 05:52

Nothing, TV is a night time activity for me. I have five live on all day though

Cuppaand2biscuits · 07/09/2025 06:37

Ooh, I'm fascinated by this. I would never turn the TV on in the morning, or the radio, I like quiet. And I don't start work until 11am so I would have time.
When the kids were little we did watch Cbeebies first thing and I did grow up in a house where the TV was on constantly in the background even when no one was watching.

REDB99 · 07/09/2025 06:44

BBC breakfast is on between 6:30 - 7:30 ish in our house but tend to only catch snippets while getting ready.

JamNittyGritty · 07/09/2025 06:50

Nothing in the week, I like quiet when getting ready for work. But at the weekend, if one of the kids hasn’t got there first, I love to eat my breakfast and drink my tea to escape to the country / location location / grand designs / love it or list it. It’s my comfort viewing.

Words · 07/09/2025 07:01

Never watch tv during the day. R4 for news.

LovelySunnyDayToday · 07/09/2025 07:03

Nothing

DiscoBeat · 07/09/2025 07:06

I watch the news then usually find some sort of programme like Grand Designs or Locationx3