Channel 4 cult hit The Big Breakfast is to return this summer helmed by Mo Gilligan and Aj Odudu.
The show originally aired as an anarchic alternative morning offering on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002, presented by the likes of Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin.
It was resurrected as a one-off special for Channel 4’s Black to Front day of Black programing last September and has now been given a four-part order that will air in August.
Gilligan is a Channel 4 mainstay, hosting the likes of The Lateish Show and co-hosting The Big Narstie Show, while Odudu was recently seen as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and is establishing herself as one of British TV’s most in-demand presenters.
ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment is producing the four parter, which will presumably be given a longer run if it performs.
Gilligan described the show as “history making” and Odudu said there is
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The show originally aired as an anarchic alternative morning offering on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002, presented by the likes of Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin.
It was resurrected as a one-off special for Channel 4’s Black to Front day of Black programing last September and has now been given a four-part order that will air in August.
Gilligan is a Channel 4 mainstay, hosting the likes of The Lateish Show and co-hosting The Big Narstie Show, while Odudu was recently seen as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and is establishing herself as one of British TV’s most in-demand presenters.
ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment is producing the four parter, which will presumably be given a longer run if it performs.
Gilligan described the show as “history making” and Odudu said there is