Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy have confirmed a huge shake up to their hit show Sunday Brunch after 13 years. The presenting duo have been entertaining Channel 4 viewers for over a decade after launching the Sunday show in March 2012. They began hosting the programme when their BBC series Something for the Weekend was axed. Simon and Tim wrapped up their final episode of Sunday Brunch for 2024 today and made an annoucement.
The pair confirmed the show would be returning in the new year, yet with a different timeslot. Sunday Brunch will now air 30 minutes later and run from 10am till 1pm. Currently, the show kicks off at 9:30am until 12:30pm. Fans will still get their full three-hour fix of the cooking show with the change in place.
Simon and Tim said the new schedule will officially start on their next programme on January 5. Sunday Brunch initially ran for two hours from 9:30am and 11:30am. However, bosses were impressed and soon added an extra hour to the show. Spin-off programme Daily Brunch aired in 2014 as well as a Saturday edition, which aired on weekends when major horse racing events took place.
The show would be renamed as Weekend Brunch and saw Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh step into hosting duties. She would host the show alongside Simon and Tim on-location at various racing events. Tim had to take some time out of the show when he had a back operation, meaning Johnny Vegas filled in.
Earlier this year, Simon revealed to the Mirror how Sunday Brunch isn't just about celebrating fine food, but also there to help platform up and coming music artists. "I think the older I get, then the more varied my musical tastes go, and we're very lucky on Sunday brunch that we have such a diverse range of acts [performing on the show] - we really do," Simon told us.
