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The BBC Breakfast team, past and present, look back at iconic moments from the very first episode on 17 January 1983.

Russell Grant, Debbie Rix and Francis Wilson are among the familiar faces returning to the red sofa.

Since records began. official figures show the memoir sold more than 467 thousand copies in its first week. it had already broken the record for the fastest selling non fiction book on the first day of publication. 40 years ago today the first breakfast time programme was broadcast on the bbc. it was the dawning of a new era, bringing breakfast telly to uk screens for the first time. 0ur arts corrrespondent david sillito looks back. good morning! dont worry, you havent missed 40 years and someth...

I was getting ready for school and put the television on and could not believe the news was on the television. television started at lunchtime in those days. you remember it particularly well. i have an aide memoir. should i call you adrian mole? i recently found my diary from that time. in among the stories about having a cold sore and trying to get out of pe, let me show you. i actually wrote on the 17th of january, 1983, about watching the very first edition of bbc breakfast time. my writing ...

Its not like the six 0clock news. its not the ten 0clock news. and thats notjust true of us. but i look across the media landscape at breakfast time, and whether youre talking about us or any of our rivals, you see that same sort of mix at breakfast. i can onlyjudge it based on the reaction we get from our audience, and thats why programmes like newswatch are of value. the emails we get in, the tweets that i see, the audiences contacting viewer complaints. we take all those things on board. i th...

And is it too obsessed with charity campaigns and health issues? its hard to imagine there was ever a time without breakfast television, but there was. and that was the case in this country up until 17 january 1983. that morning, two weeks before the launch of its itv competitor, tvam, breakfast time arrived on bbc one. its 6.30. with frank boff and selina scott presenting, the original aim was to be homely and upbeat from the chesterfield sofa they sat on to the presence of the colourfully atti...

Days because he wanted to raise awareness about macmillan cancer. and they were saying to us, why arent you giving him more attention? we think he should be celebrated because you know what? these are people doing extraordinary things to raise awareness and help millions, literally, of other people. do you see breakfast as a news or as an entertainment show? its a topical news programme that has a mix of everything for viewers in different ways. its not like the 6:00 news. its not the 10:00 news...

BBC Breakfast has been slammed as a 'sexist' place to work by a former presenter.The daily news show - which was formerly known as Breakfast Time - wi

Faces from the past including The Green Goddess and Francis Wilson will grace our screens once more for birthday bash.

Since it first aired in 1983, there have been dozens of famous moments. Including Bushells pool and the Green Goddess Diana Moran (above) putting viewers through their paces in the 1980s.