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Fiona’s GMTV replacement announced
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Kate Garraway is thought to be fuming after being overlooked by GMTV bosses in their hunt to fill the space left by her departing colleague Fiona Phillips.
Insiders on the show had previously described the Kate as the “natural successor” to take over Fiona’s role on the flagship breakfast show. Instead, the job has gone to relatively unknown Sky News business presenter Emma Crosby.
Emma has been offered a lucrative six-figure salary to present the show alongside Andrew Castle, and will be “on a par” with co-presenters Garraway and Ben Shepherd. Whatever that means.
Head honcho at GMTV Martin Frizell, who had previously been expected to recruit a big hitter like Ulrika Jonsson or Kate Silverton, broke the news yesterday. “Emma will be joining us in the new year to share front-line presenting duties with Kate Garraway,” he said. “Together they will make up the best live presenting team in morning television.”
“I am very excited to be joining Britain's leading breakfast programme and working alongside Kate Garraway, who is a great talent,” gushed Emma diplomatically last night.
by Stewart Turner, Thursday 20 November 2008
Source: Daily Mail
