Format
Between 6-8.30 the programme is simulcast on the BBC News Channel. Sports updates are presented from the studio at 06:10, 06:35, 07:35 and 08:35. On occasions live sports updates are broadcast from sporting locations, such as Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, with the presenter interviewing key sporting figures. From 26 May 2009, Business updates are presented from the BBC Breakfast Studio at 06:10, when the main business stories from the newspapers are discussed, and at 06:50, 07:20 and 07:50 - with the latest business stories and FTSE figures. The national weather is broadcast at --:15 and --:45 minutes throughout the programme. From March 2010, the weather has been presented from the Breakfast studio, at TC7 in Television Centre having previously come from the Blue Peter Garden. Weather forecasts are also broadcast live from certain events such as the Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Ascot, and Wimbledon. Regional news headlines are added just before the hour and the half hour as well throughout the programme.
From 08:30 the tone of the programme becomes lighter. There is the final sports bulletin followed by items that are mainly arts, entertainment or cultural in nature and in 2006, included interviews with Halle Berry, Sir Michael Caine and Reese Witherspoon. This provides a link to the daytime schedule, via the daytime controller and also the BBC One Controller.
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