The Early Rundown

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The Early Rundown
Genre Breakfast television programme
Presented by Kamali Melbourne (Monday-Thursday)
Opening themeSky News theme
Country of originUnited Kingdom
(Broadcast internationally)
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production location Studio 21, Sky Central
Osterley, London
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time120 minutes
Original release
Network Sky News
Release14 October 2019 (2019-10-14) 
12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)

The Early Rundown is a British Breakfast programme that is broadcast on Sky News and Sky Showcase every weekday from 5-7 am. The show rounds-up the latest news that has broken overnight, and also offers an insight as to what lies ahead. [1]

Contents

Kamali Melbourne is the main presenter, hosting most Monday to Thursday programmes.

Overview

The show from launch was hosted by Niall Paterson from Monday-Thursday with Gamal Fahnbulleh hosting on Fridays. [2] Stephen Dixon later took over hosting the Friday programmes in September 2020. [3]

From December 2020 until March 2021 Stephen Dixon hosted the programme Monday to Thursday as Niall Paterson was covering the main breakfast slot from 7 am–10 am. Friday editions during this time were generally hosted by Kimberley Leonard or Nick Quraishi. From March 2021 to June 2021, Dixon also departed the programme as he began a stint covering the main breakfast slot from 7 am–10 am. There was no set presenter during this period until Niall Paterson and Stephen Dixon both returned to their respective presenting duties on the programme in June 2021.

The show aired for the first time on Monday, 14 October 2019, presented by Paterson with Kirsty McCabe presenting the first weather bulletin.

Current presenters

PresenterRole
Kamali Melbourne Monday-Thursday Presenter
Gillian JosephRelief Presenter
Kimberley Leonard
Nick Quraishi
Vanessa Baffoe

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References

  1. Mayhew, Freddy (23 September 2019). "Sky News announces new morning slate as Kay Burley moves to breakfast show". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "Sky News unveils new programme schedule". Sky Corporate. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. Dixon, Stephen [@skystephen] (2 September 2020). "Every Friday moving forward I will be presenting the Early Rundown, 0600-0700, just so you know..." (Tweet) via Twitter.
Preceded by Sky News weekday schedule
06:00–07:00
Succeeded by