at the goodwill and the good wishes we ve received. that s where the breakfast time studio was as i recall, the first floor. i can t remember. you had to go upstairs. it was such a warren, i can t even remember. then you suddenly went into this magical space. when you were sitting there on the sofa, did you get a sense of who was watching, how many people were watching? we didn t know if anyone was watching, jon. i mean, you know. and of course, it was a fantastic hit right from the very start. how confident are you that you are going to be prime minister? well, i think we ve got every chance of doing it. of course, we ve got a lot of work to do. and you weren t wearing a tie. nobody mentioned it. it didn t matter because the the news itself was good enough, or the stories were so powerful. it doesn t matter whether you re wearing a tie or not, that s absolutely irrelevant. so you reckon i should be taking my tie off? charlie should be taking his tie off? absolutely. oh, interesting.
i set my alarm and i got into, not my pyjamas as per usual, but i dressed head to toe in my school uniform, so that i could save precious moments in the morning. and i remember getting into bed with my skirt, my shirt and my school tie done right up, feeling really uncomfortable, hoping that my mum would in and find me like that, because she would not have allowed me to get up that early. and sure enough, the alarm went off and i shot out onto the sofa and i was there for the opening credits, and i set mesmerised. i there for the opening credits, and i set mesmerised. there for the opening credits, and i set mesmerised. i was 24 years old and expecting set mesmerised. i was 24 years old and expecting my set mesmerised. i was 24 years old and expecting my first set mesmerised. i was 24 years old and expecting my first child. - set mesmerised. i was 24 years old and expecting my first child. i - and expecting my first child. i particularly remember diana moran, the green particu
i can t imagine. it was, but it focused you. and when you brought the programme out on time at the end yes! and when you didn t? it was oh, no! francis, you haven t mentioned northern ireland. sorry. very cross and rightly so. i am sorry. - i do apologise. do you have any idea what happened to that original red leather sofa? i m trying to find it. you know, i think some of it was thrown away, but i think some of it may have been auctioned for children in need. as for the rest, i don t know. it must be somewhere. must be somewhere. you haven t got it? no, i don t. so i did what would have seemed unthinkable back in 1983. i put an appeal on social media. i think it s a cracker. one of our early presenters, fern britton, replied, saying she remembered the sofa, that the leather was embarrassingly squeaky, but she didn t know where it was. jeremy bowen also reminisced about the sofa he sat on 20 years ago, but he didn t know where to find the original. one viewer could tell me
who was the show s first newsreader. she ll be here on the sofa alongside russell grant the breakfast time astrologer. we can look back on what made the programme so special. we want to hear from you and what you remember. get in touch. details on the screen, along with the clock that is causing consternation across the nation. i like the clock. and special coverage this morning on the website. and there is used. is this real? did you really have that diary? ifaked a diary? i faked a diary? i am just a diary? ifaked a diary? i am just a little bit worried about you. i did not have much going on in my life. you are going to have a special friend, carol?
the make and model, but then the trail went cold. dun, dun, dun! somebody could precisely identify the type of sofa. you have had it remade? i do not need to have it remade. to be continued at 8:30am. you would not believe where we found it. ok. ifound it. ok. i found it. all of it? ok. ifound it. all of it? i spent 150 hours on it, but we found it. it has been made into leather jackets? we will not have to wear it. fantastic stuff there. the mix in the programme and it was not all news as i complained at the time. it wasn t. we had a resident fitness guru. the green goddess.