Good Morning Britain viewers spoke out in Ed Ball's defence as he returned to hosting duties on the show. The former Labour MP joined Susanna Reid back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Wednesday (September 28).
12.09.2022 - 13:25 / ok.co.uk
ITV's Good Morning Britain has aired this morning with a special programme dedicated to The Queen, who passed away last week aged 96. During this morning's programme (September 12), TV presenter Ben Shephard talked about the moment news teams across the world had to break the sad story of Her Majesty's death and revealed that, at Good Morning Britain, he and his co-stars had been preparing to announce the news for years.The ITV broadcaster made the admission as he appeared alongside his co-host Susanna Reid, both dressed in black as they presented a special edition of the ITV breakfast show.
Ben admitted that he and his co-stars had been planning for several years what the protocol would be following the monarch's eventual passing. During an interview with TV journalist Andrew Marr, who was presenting live on the radio when the news broke last week, Ben explained the protocol behind the show for the Queen's passing - in case it happened whilst they were live on air.
He said of Andrew's Marr's programme: "It's gripping to listen to because of course you're doing what great broadcasters do and you're talking about something that you can feel is coming but you don't know when it's going to happen." He added: "And obviously, the news comes through whilst you're live, whilst you're talking. And then you have to interrupt yourself." He then went on to reveal a similar protocol was followed at ITV saying: "All of us here at various times over the last 10/15 years have prepared for this, have rehearsed for this.
We'll plan what's going to happen; there's a protocol about it all. But the reality of that moment for all of us has struck really hard." Andrew agreed: "We all knew it was going to happen.
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