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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Daybreak suffers an identity crisis

Kate Garraway and Adrian Chiles on Daybreak
In the red: Kate Garraway and Adrian Chiles on Daybreak. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features

Is it just Monkey or is ITV's Daybreak looking more and more like its predecessor GMTV? It began life last September with a purple sofa and a backdrop of the dawn breaking over the London skyline. The purple sofa disappeared – auctioned off by Ant and Dec – and has been replaced with a red one. And the main camera shots now seem less focused on the skyline than the set, making it feel more studio-based. All they need is some pot plants, fake bricks and a phone-in scandal and it will be like GMTV never went away.

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