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| BBC's Working Lunch show to end | BBC's Working Lunch show to end |
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| BBC business programme Working Lunch will no longer be broadcast from the end of July, it has been announced. | BBC business programme Working Lunch will no longer be broadcast from the end of July, it has been announced. |
| Current affairs digest GMT with George Alagiah will replace the show in its early afternoon slot on BBC Two. | Current affairs digest GMT with George Alagiah will replace the show in its early afternoon slot on BBC Two. |
| There are also plans for new business programmes to go out at the weekend on the BBC News Channel and BBC 5 live. | There are also plans for new business programmes to go out at the weekend on the BBC News Channel and BBC 5 live. |
| Head of Newsgathering Fran Unsworth said closing the show was a "difficult decision" because the team worked so "so creatively and passionately". | Head of Newsgathering Fran Unsworth said closing the show was a "difficult decision" because the team worked so "so creatively and passionately". |
| "We hope to do everything we can to continue serving the audience reached by Working Lunch." | "We hope to do everything we can to continue serving the audience reached by Working Lunch." |
| 'Always sad' | 'Always sad' |
| A BBC statement added: "The size of the Working Lunch audience has suffered a slow but steady decline since 2001. | A BBC statement added: "The size of the Working Lunch audience has suffered a slow but steady decline since 2001. |
| "A re-launch of Working Lunch in October 2008 has failed to reverse the audience decline which now appears to be stable. | "A re-launch of Working Lunch in October 2008 has failed to reverse the audience decline which now appears to be stable. |
| "It's always sad when a programme reaches the end of its life cycle, but our business coverage has never been about one programme." | "It's always sad when a programme reaches the end of its life cycle, but our business coverage has never been about one programme." |
| Working Lunch began in 1994 and has been presented by a selection of well-known names including Adrian Chiles, Paddy O'Connell and Adam Shaw. | Working Lunch began in 1994 and has been presented by a selection of well-known names including Adrian Chiles, Paddy O'Connell and Adam Shaw. |
| Chiles, who recently announced he was quitting The One Show, left Working Lunch in 2007 to work on the BBC One teatime programme on a full-time basis. | |