Capital Breakfast


Capital Breakfast is the name of the breakfast slot on Capital London. The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday. From 7 January 2012 an additional live networked edition is broadcast from 6am to 9am each Saturday.
A national version of the programme began on 8 April 2019 forcing the local variations across the UK to be axed. Those local versions were Dino, Pete & Tyles, Jono & Emma, Adam & JoJo, Rob & Matilda, Matt & Polly, Bodg, Matt & Hannah, The Rob Ellis Show, Des Clarke, Steven & Amy, Ben Sheppard, Adam, Gemma & Dylan and Dave and Miranda. Only Capital Cymru retained their own local shows.

Broadcast and production

As Capital London is simulcast on TV variants which are available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media, Capital Breakfast is available throughout the UK. This variant is produced at their studios in Leicester Square, London.

On air team

The longest running presenter was Chris Tarrant, who presented the show from 1987 to 2004. The show increased Capital Radio's audience share in London. Tarrant won the Sony Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show Gold in 1995 for this show. Previous Breakfast Show presenters from 1973 were David Symonds, Kenny Everett & Dave Cash, Everett on his own, Graham Dene and Mike Smith.
In April 2004, Johnny Vaughan replaced Tarrant, as the presenter of Capital Breakfast. In 2008, he was joined by Lisa Snowdon. Vaughan left the programme in November 2011 after being told that his contract was not being renewed, and was replaced with Dave Berry.
In February 2011 it was reported the show remained London's most listened to commercial breakfast show with Capital London having more than one million listeners between 6am and 10am.
In February 2016, following Lisa Snowdon's departure, It was announced that George Shelley and Lilah Parsons would join Dave Berry as co-presenters.
In February 2017, It was announced that Dave Berry to leave Capital to host his own show on Absolute Radio.
In April 2017, Dave Berry left Capital. Following that it was announced that George Shelley and Lilah Parsons would leave Capital Breakfast, a Capital spokesperson says they’ll appear elsewhere on the schedule.
On 18 April 2017, it was announced that Roman Kemp would host the show alongside Vick Hope, a new presenter. They started on 2 May 2017.A year later Sonny Jay joined the show full-time. On 24 February 2020, it was announced that Hope had left Capital Breakfast to focus on new TV opportunities. A replacement is yet to be announced.
It was announced that presenter Sian Welby would replace Hope, starting 23 March 2020.

Current presenters

Main presenters

Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa often had high-profile celebrity guests some of whom included Gordon Ramsay, Will Smith, Pierce Brosnan, George Michael and The Pussycat Dolls. Most of Capital Breakfast with Johnny and Lisa interviews were put on their weekly podcast, which was released every Friday via the Capital FM or iTunes website.