January / February 1983, and ITV started their 'breakfast television' programmes
A lot of the youngsters on the forum possibly cannot understand or accept the fact that 41 years ago, television used to start around 9:30am (with programmes for schools), and would then play through to around midnight, when it would close down for the night (after the National Anthem had been played of course!)
This is what was available for those who got up early and couldn't live without their daily fix of the idiot box