[AaronLancs]

That was smoother than some previous attempts but baffles me why interviews straddle that slot considering they usually hit the TOTH/BOTH the rest of the show.  Why is the regional news at around 9.05 rather than 8.55 for example, which would create a cleaner opt out point.

That said surprised Breakfast hasn't been pushed back to a 9am finish since Morning Live began.

It's particularly odd considering that they don't even have the excuse of failing to adjust their daily routine to BBC News taking Breakfast until 09:00 as that change coincided with Breakfast being cut to just three hours and regional news being suspended. You would've thought they'd have modified the format slightly when the end time reverted to 09:15 but BBC News didn't revert to ending the simulcast at 08:30.

Would one say the main problem is that there is no longer that 08:30 'natural' cut off point for the NC that it had for a long time since BBC Breakfast came into inception in 2000? Thus, 08:30-09-15 has always been the exclusive domain of BBC One whereas now it seems with the NC running to 09:00 it still is in the old BBC One version.