Country of origin Australia Location(s) Sydney
Canberra | Original language(s) English Running time 3 hours (inc. adverts) | |
Genre News, breakfast television, Current affairs Presented by Brooke Corte (2016-present)
Kieran Gilbert (2014-present) | ||
First Edition is an Australian breakfast television news program broadcast on Sky News Australia. The program is currently co-hosted by Brooke Corte and Kieran Gilbert. The program is one of four breakfast news programs in Australia, competing with Sunrise, Today and ABC News Breakfast. The program airs seven days a week.
Contents
The program is unusual for the fact that since 2014 it is broadcast from two locations, with Corte co-hosting from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, and Gilbert hosting from studios in Parliament House, Canberra. Additionally, the program also transitions into political commentary program AM Agenda at 8:30am AEST, which Gilbert hosts solo.
Weekend editions of the program were trimmed with the launch of Saturday Edition and Sunday Edition from 9 July 2016. Amy Greenbank and Tom Connell serve as substitute anchors of the program.
History
The program is one of the longest running formats still broadcast on Sky News, having been on-air since at least 2004. Previous presenters of the program have included John Gatfield, Michael Willesee, Jr., Vanessa Grimm (née Trezise), Amber Sherlock, Leigh Hatcher, Susanne Latimore, Nina Stevens (neé May) and Terry Willesee.
Special editions
On 7 November 2014, the program was broadcast from a Sydney Airport aircraft hangar, following a recent partnership deal between Sky News and Qantas. As part of the arrangement, Corte presents in-flight news bulletins on Qantas flights.