Channel profile
GB News
What GB News chose to cover, what it left out, and how its agenda compares with the rest of the roster.
How much the agenda changed
This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
66h 6m of this channel's 99h analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.
Recent broadcasts
The latest broadcasts behind this channel's analysis — open one to see its annotated timeline.
New: The Saturday Five Extra
The programme opened with a debate on whether the Notting Hill Carnival should be banned. The Metropolitan Police have banned over 330 people from attending and will deploy more than 7,000 officers, following last year's event which saw over 500 arrests, mainly for drug offences, offensive weapons, and sexual assault. Panel members argued over the carnival's economic contribution, cultural significance, and the crime and policing costs, with one side calling for it to be moved to a more easily policed location.
New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
A 41-year-old man died and at least six others were injured after a large metal support beam collapsed onto a crowd at the Big Church festival in West Sussex, prompting a full lockdown of the event. Seven more men were arrested in connection with an operation to disrupt organized crime following the A66 crash, bringing the total arrests to 24, as over 200 police officers were deployed to Middlesbrough amid fears of escalating gang violence after a series of suspected gang-related incidents. The UK is deploying a rapid deployment team to Nepal to support British nationals affected by devastating flash floods, where the death toll has exceeded 560 and 33 UK nationals remain missing.
New: Lee Anderson's Real World
The broadcast began with news that seven more men have been arrested in connection with the A66 crash, bringing the total to 24, as over 200 police officers were drafted into Middlesbrough amid fears of gang violence. A series of suspected gang-related incidents followed the crash, including a house fire that killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt, a home ramming, and a stabbing, though police have not confirmed a link. New independent research was reported to have uncovered connections between grooming gang offenders and more than 100 convicted organised criminals, revealing 99 gangs involving 68 families and 87 instances of trafficking. A Christian festival in West Sussex was cancelled after a sign fell, injuring at least six people. The death toll from floods in Nepal rose to over 560, with 33 UK nationals still missing, including a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, while officials warned of a risk of further flooding from a newly formed lake.
New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Hundreds of police officers from across Britain have been deployed to Middlesbrough amid fears of escalating gang violence, following a series of suspected gang-related incidents since Saturday. A wrong-way crash on the A66 killed two officers and five young men, and since then a seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in a house fire, a house was rammed, and a 39-year-old man was stabbed. Residents fear further carnage if the feuds escalate, though police have not confirmed a link between the crash and the later incidents.
On screen
Stills are sampled automatically at 60-second intervals. Where shown, the still is the nearest available frame from the relevant broadcast segment and is included to show what was on screen during that part of the broadcast. A still may not correspond to the exact second of a quoted phrase.
Repeatedly missed categories
Categories where this broadcaster often missed stories that other channels covered.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
Category trend (last 30 days)
How this channel's coverage changed by category over the past month.
Flagged quotes over time
Contested and charged quotes per hour of analysed airtime. Flagged quotes reflect the language this broadcaster aired, not a judgement of its accuracy.
Distinctive vocabulary
Words and phrases this channel used far more often than the rest of UK TV news over the last 30 days. Distinctive vocabulary describes word choice relative to other channels, not accuracy or bias — terms reflect the stories a channel covered as much as how it framed them.
- warm spells 20×+ more often · 51 uses
“warm spells” New: The Saturday Five Extra · Saturday 29 August 2026
- newspaper front 20×+ more often · 48 uses
“Well all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages tonight, and this is breaking right now” New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late... · Friday 28 August 2026
- wandering 20×+ more often · 20 uses
“I find more and more as I'm wandering around,” New: Lee Anderson's Real World · Friday 28 August 2026
- rude 20×+ more often · 60 uses
“With the odd rude interruption” New: The Saturday Five Extra · Saturday 29 August 2026
- voices heard 20×+ more often · 23 uses
“They're people who need to have their voices heard. They're passionate about the channel” New: The Saturday Five Extra · Saturday 29 August 2026
- nonsense 20×+ more often · 66 uses
“Yes, exactly, all right, I take it away look this is total nonsense” New: The Saturday Five Extra · Saturday 29 August 2026
- genius 20×+ more often · 20 uses
“Whoever designed this is a genius” New: The Saturday Five Extra · Saturday 29 August 2026
News agenda by category
How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.
Timeline
This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.
Sunday 30 August 2026
Topics covered
No topics recorded for this channel on this date.
Stories missed
No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.