After a few undistinguished months of Reading Aloud on the Six O'Clock News, he became a presenter in the mid-80s, working first on the regional news programme London Plus (known within the building as "Sod Off Kent") and then on the BBC's Breakfast Time.

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Then, in March I was sent down the road to Lime Grove to work on the night shift writing news bulletins for Breakfast Time.

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So, with haunting uncertainty, at the end of September, the three of us launched Lancashire Sings Christmas on our Sunday morning faith based breakfast programme and to our great pleasure, slowly but surely, it caught on big time.

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Ron Paul missed his morning breakfast on Monday as dozens of television cameras basically barred the Texas congressman from spending time with New Hampshire locals.

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However good the "He-Man breakfast" is, this will be the last time they can rely solely on the votes from Ma and Pa's diner.

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