Struggling Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE has a new crisis on its hands after the producer appointed to rescue the show has quit less than six months after she took the post. Deborah Turness, the former deputy editor of Channel 5 News, will return to ITN as deputy editor of ITV News. The departure of Turness, who took over the series producer job at RI:SE just days after the programme launched, is the latest crisis to hit the show which has failed to impress viewers or critics with its clumsy mix of news and entertainment. Last Monday, 'Make Way for Noddy' had 400,000 viewers on Channel 5 at 7.30am while RI:SE drew just 200,000.
Oct 1, 2002
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RI:SE continues to fa:ll
Deborah Turness has quit as series producer of struggling Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE after less than six months, returning to ITN as deputy editor of ITV News.