{"id":20443,"date":"2022-08-18T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T11:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1695538"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:06:09","slug":"who-is-paul-brand-meet-good-morning-britain-presenter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-paul-brand-meet-good-morning-britain-presenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Paul Brand? Meet Good Morning Britain presenter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 18 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Paul Brand made his Good Morning Britain presenting debut during the latest instalment of the breakfast show today (Thursday 18th August) alongside Kate Garraway, after previously appearing on the show in a guest role.<\/p>\n<p>Kate\u00a0introduced the new presenter to viewers, praising his journalistic achievements.<\/p>\n<p>When Paul said he was \u201cpunching\u201d in his new role,\u00a0Kate replied: \u201cYou\u2019re really not,\u201d before continuing: \u201cWe\u2019re normally talking to you here in the studio about all the amazing things that you\u2019ve done and brought to everyone\u2019s attention with your brilliant journalism, but now you\u2019re back presenting GMB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul helped Kate serve the nation with the latest breaking news and other headlines, including A-Level results, before locking horns with National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers\u2019 boss Mick Lynch later in the programme, who appeared on the show as 40,000 Network Rail workers walk out in another planned strike for better pay.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Kate generously keeping me on track this morning &#8211; what a woman! ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/cXRCN4o2tB&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/cXRCN4o2tB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulBrandITV\/status\/1560148374216736774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>So, who is Paul Brand? Read on for everything you need to know about the new presenter.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is GMB host Paul Brand?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Paul is a Welsh journalist\u00a0and currently the UK Editor of ITV News, having\u00a0previously served as a Political Correspondent for ITV News from 2016 to 2020.\u00a0He was the reporter behind a number of Partygate scoops.<\/p>\n<p>He also currently hosts the current affairs show Tonight, a role he took over from Julie Etchingham in March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Paul began his career at ITV Wales as a production journalist, before going on to become\u00a0a political journalist for ITV Yorkshire and ITV Tyne Tees.<\/p>\n<p>He then covered politics for Good Morning Britain and joined the network ITV News team in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2019 PinkNews awards, Brand was named Broadcaster of the Year for his investigation into the practice of LGBT conversion therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Paul then took on the role of UK Editor of ITV News in 2021, saying at the time: \u201cI am delighted to be taking up this role at a crucial time for the country. For many of our viewers, 2021 will continue to bring great change, from the impact of the pandemic to our new relationship with the EU. I look forward to getting out across the country to do what ITV News does best and\u00a0report first hand on the defining stories altering the lives of our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Corp, Editor of ITV News said: \u201cPaul is an exceptional journalist and has been key to our political coverage during a tumultuous period of instability, general elections and Brexit.\u00a0There was strong competition internally and externally to become UK Editor, but Paul had a clear vision and strategy for the role that we are convinced will continue to enable us to set the agenda in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__margin-bottom\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Good Morning Britain airs every weekday from 6am on ITV \u2013 find out what else is on with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/section><\/div>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013 <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Molly Moss Published: Thursday, 18 August 2022 at 12:00 am Paul Brand made his Good Morning Britain presenting debut during the latest instalment of the breakfast show today (Thursday 18th August) alongside Kate Garraway, after previously appearing on the show in a guest role. Kate\u00a0introduced the new presenter to viewers, praising his journalistic achievements. 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