The Big Breakfast known as 'The Cottage'. After renovation following a fire, it has also been used for a number of television shows. Mark Lamarr, Keith Chegwin, Paul Ross, Richard Orford, Richard Bacon and Mike McClean were "down your doorstep" outside broadcasters, often turning up live and unannounced at an unsuspecting viewer's house, while rooms within the Lock Keeper's Cottages featured the puppets Zig and Zag and video games guru Ben the Boffin. The show's style, with hand-held cameras moving around all of the set, meant that many of the crew members could be seen on screen. This led to them getting nicknames,
The Big Breakfast from that of "The Big Breakfast". Presenters of "The Bigger Breakfast" included Josie D'Arby, Ben Shephard, Melanie Sykes and Dermot O'Leary. Programming was primarily composed of reruns of Channel 4 shows and US imports. The line-up changed frequently. The list below is of some of series featured on The Big Breakfast and the Bigger Breakfast over the years: "The Bigger Breakfast" was discontinued after summer holidays in 2000. The block of programming provided within "The Bigger Breakfast" was retained, with Channel 4's youth strand T4 taking over the continuity role. Snap Cackle Pop, a regular and recurring feature throughout the