Today's the day when in 1980 the green light was given for Breakfast TV in the UK. The Independent Broadcasting Authority announced that the contract for a breakfast-time show would go to TV-AM. It launched in 1983 but met with fierce competition from BBC's 'Breakfast Time' which received higher ratings. This led to a cull of employees at TV-AM including Anna Ford and Angela Rippon in favour of "people-next-door" Anne Diamond and Nick Owen. Even so, ratings continued to plummet until Greg Dyke's creation of furry puppet Roland Rat who proved popular with children and was widely acclaimed as the saviour of the show.
For millions of people breakfast time was never the same. For the first time, cornflakes were eaten in front of the TV. And New TVs were installed in kitchens across the land to ensure important stories were not missed by people waiting for the toast to pop up. Breakfast TV became the standard way many people started their day.
Mark's Gospel tells us how Jesus started his day – without any intervention from Roland Rat. Listen to this:
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
What about you? Is there a regular slot in your day you devote to spending time with God? Maybe it's morning; maybe it's some other time. But Jesus thought it was pretty important to tune in to God each day.
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