The Sunday Programme was GMTV's political programme. Together with The Sunday Review (a 60-minute signed review of the week's news), it was launched in 1994 as a replacement for Sunday Best, which was GMTV's original Sunday morning magazine. The programme was on for one hour, including news updates. It aired at various times on GMTV and GMTV2 during its run, but was usually broadcast at either 6:00am or 7:00am on Sundays. Originally presented by Alastair Stewart, in 2001, when he left Steve Richards took over. From 1995–2001, the programme was called Alastair Stewart's Sunday Programme, however this was changed when Alastair left in 2001. In 2008, the programme was quietly axed and replaced with children's programming.
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