It really hit it's stride with Johnny Vaughn and Denise Van Outen in 1997 and then in 2002 it ceased to be and left a huge void in many peoples Breakfast-time viewing, mine included because i loved that show.
This morning, almost 20 years later, Channel 4 bought it back for a one off special as part of it's Black to Front campaign which saw black presenters host some of Channels 4 most successful programs and with AJ Odudu and Mo Gilligan in the Big Breakfast seats, it was as brilliant and mad as i remember.
With the TV on offer while you eat your cornflakes limited to Good Morning Britain or the BBC Breakfast, i did wonder if the bosses at Channel 4 would use today's one off show as a pilot to judge reaction to possibly bring it back to our screens and my initial reaction is i hope so but the more i think about it, maybe not.
As much i miss the fried egg wallpaper and the whole madness at 7am, they tried it without Johnny Vaughn and Denise van Outen when they left in 2001 and after trying many different presenters, it sang its last wakey, wakey, wakey rise and shine song a year later and despite the same format, it was never the same.
I was never much of a fan of Johnny Vaughn in anything he has ever done since, i find his whole laddish thing a bit much but him and Denise was perfect together and so with a heavy heart i say don't bring it back, the odd special is fine such as today which was for a very worthwhile cause but those 4 years from 1997 to 2001 was as good as it was ever going to be, anything else, as funny, mad or brilliantly bizarre as it may be, it would be a pale imitation so let it go Channel 4 and don't ruin the fond legacy it has amongst us fans.
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