GMTV: a history in pictures

Michael Wilson And Fiona Armstrong, presenters from Monday to Thursday, toast the launch of GMTV in 1993. Founding programme director Lis Howell's byword is the 'F-factor' – F for fanciability, allegedly
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Former LWT executive Greg Dyke was brought in as GMTV chairman in February 1993 after his success in turning round TV-am
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Eamonn Holmes replaced Wilson on the sofa in 1993 after bosses deemed there was a lack of sexual chemistry between Wilson and co-presenter Armstrong
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After Fiona Armstrong quit in March 1993, Lorraine Kelly became Holmes's co-host. She is pictured with the show's health and medical adviser, Dr Hilary Jones
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Sun columnist Garry Bushell wears an inflatable sumo outfit on the show in 1993
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Blue Peter's Anthea Turner (left) joined the show in 1994 to replace Kelly, but famously had a difficult working relationship with Holmes. They are pictured with entertainment correspondent Fiona Phillips, who became one of the main anchors from 1997 to 2008
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Mr Motivator, aka Derrick Evans, made his debut in June 1993. Here he is working out on the beach in Torremolinos
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Noel Edmonds has his trademark beard shaved off live on GMTV to help Devon farmers effected by the foot and mouth crisis
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GMTV holds its 10th birthday party at Madame Tussauds in January 2003. Pictured front are Fiona Phillips, Claire Nasir, Eamonn Holmes and Lorraine Kelly
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Tony Blair joins Phillips and Holmes on the sofain 2001
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Tony Blair bumps into the UK's Eurovision song contestants Scooch while at the GMTV studios for an interview
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In April 2007, a BBC Panorama investigation claimed that callers to GMTV's phone-in competitions may have been defrauded out of about £10m, as some callers and texters in contests stood no chance of winning because shortlists of potential winners were drawn up 'long before' phone lines closed. Here Fiona Phillips and Andrew Castle attempt to reassure viewers. In September, Ofcom fined the broadcaster a record £2m for what it called 'widespread and systematic deception'
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Heather Mills McCartney famously broke down on GMTV in 2007, comparing the media’s treatment of her to that of Kate McCann and Princess Diana. 'They make up such lies,' she said. 'They’ve called me a whore, a gold-digger, a fantasist, a liar, the most unbelievably hurtful things, and I’ve stayed quiet for my daughter. But my daughter ... we’ve had death threats, I’ve been close to suicide'
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Chris Evans with Judy Finnigan and Richard Madeley Photograph: PA

The current presenting team: Andrew Castle, Emma Crosby, Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard. Castle and Shephard are leaving the show
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Emma Crosby and Andrew Castle interview deputy prime minister Nick Clegg
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The GMTV logo from 1993 to 2009. ITV will drop the GMTV brand and replace it with a new look show - likely to be called ITV Breakfast - when new signings Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley join in the autumn to reprise their double act from BBC1's The One Show
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