RI:SE facts for kids
Quick facts for kids RI:SE |
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| Presented by | Dougie Anderson Tom Binns Liz Bonnin Henry Bonsu Edith Bowman Mark Durden-Smith Kirsty Gallacher Mel Giedroyc Kate Lawler Iain Lee Colin Murray Sue Perkins Chris Rogers Zora Suleman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | BSkyB Princess Productions |
| Running time | 2hr 15 mins |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | DVB-T 16:9 |
| Original release | 29 April 2002 – 19 December 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Big Breakfast |
| Followed by | Morning Glory |
RI:SE was a breakfast television show in the United Kingdom. It was made by Princess Productions and BSkyB for Channel 4. The show started on 29 April 2002. It was meant to replace The Big Breakfast because that show's audience numbers were going down. RI:SE was shown every weekday morning from 6:55 AM to 9:00 AM. The last episode aired on 19 December 2003.
About RI:SE
RI:SE aimed to bring a fresh style to morning TV. It featured news, interviews, and fun segments. The show tried different things to keep viewers interested.
How It Started
When RI:SE first began, many presenters were part of the team. These included Mark Durden-Smith, Colin Murray, Kirsty Gallacher, Edith Bowman, Tom Binns, Chris Rogers, Liz Bonnin, and Henry Bonsu.
The show's audience numbers were not as high as expected. Because of this, the show changed its style many times. It started to look more like The Big Breakfast. This meant presenters sat together, and there were games and competitions. They also had live broadcasts from outside the studio. Even with these changes, it was hard to get more viewers.
Many people felt the show had problems. Some thought it didn't have good opening titles. Others found its news ticker and short news updates too much. Some of the show's features, like "Search for a Nobody," were not very popular. Another morning show, GMTV, had many more viewers than RI:SE.
Changes and Relaunch
Over time, many presenters left the show. These included Mark Durden-Smith, Colin Murray, Liz Bonnin, Chris Rogers, and Kirsty Gallacher.
The show had a big relaunch on 20 January 2003. New main presenters were Iain Lee and Edith Bowman. Later, Kate Lawler, who won Big Brother in 2002, joined as a presenter. Zora Suleman gave news updates every half hour. Dougie Anderson also helped out as a stand-in presenter and reported from a record shop.
During the Iraq war in 2003, the show was made shorter. This allowed Channel 4 News to show more updates. In the summer of 2003, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who had been presenting the last half-hour, left the show. After that, Iain, Kate, and Dougie were the main presenters.
RI:SE often covered popular reality TV shows. These included Big Brother, Pop Idol, and The Salon. In 2003, the show held a contest for a viewer to become their "reality correspondent." A person named "Kitty" won and stayed with the show until the very last episode.
Where It Was Made
RI:SE first broadcast from Sky's campus in Isleworth. For the relaunch in January 2003, the show moved to Whiteley's Shopping Centre in Bayswater, west London. This new, more central spot was chosen to make it easier for guests to come on the show.
Why It Ended
The final episode of RI:SE was shown on 19 December 2003. It featured popular guests from previous months, like Jon Tickle and Shaun Dooley. The show ended with a big "pile on" event. This had been planned by Iain Lee and Kate Lawler in the weeks before the last show.
Even though RI:SE had a small group of loyal viewers, Channel 4 decided to cancel it. They felt it was not bringing in enough viewers to continue. During its run, the show had segments like "Textocution," where viewers could vote off a person they didn't like. The person who stayed won a holiday. There was also a paper review and text-to-win questions.
After RI:SE ended, its morning time slot was filled with reruns of sitcoms like Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond. In 2006, Channel 4 tried a new live morning show called Morning Glory. It was presented by Dermot O'Leary and aired for three weeks during Celebrity Big Brother 4. However, it also had low viewing numbers and was not continued. Later, a music show called Freshly Squeezed was shown in the mornings.
The studio in Bayswater where RI:SE was made was later used for another TV show, The Wright Stuff, on Channel 5.
