North East Tonight
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| North East Tonight | |
|---|---|
 Titles introduced in December 2007 |
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| Format | News |
| Presented by | North: Jonathan Morrell, Philippa Tomson
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| Production | |
| Running time | Main bulletin: 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV1 Tyne Tees |
| Original airing | 1959 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Lookaround |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
North East Tonight is the evening regional news programme broadcast at 6pm each weekday on Tyne Tees Television. Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales and Channel Television, it uses the generic ITV plc font and idents. It is produced at Tyne Tees' Television House headquarters in Gateshead. The programme covers news stories from across the North East and North Yorkshire in the UK. Newsrooms are also based in Sunderland, York, Billingham and London.
The show was first broadcast in 1996 following the defection of the popular Mike Neville to Tyne Tees from the BBC's Look North programme after 30 years. Tyne Tees's regional news programme had previously gone under names including Roundabout, Northern Life and Tyne Tees Today.
There are currently two separate editions of North East Tonight. The first is the North version, presented by Jonathan Morrell and Philippa Tomson, for those who receive their broadcasts from the Pontop Pike and Chatton transmitters. The second is the South version, presented by Pam Royle and Ian Payne, for those who receive their broadcasts from the Bilsdale transmitter.
Mike Neville, the previous anchor of North East Tonight, announced his retirement from the programme on June 5, 2006[1]. However he stated that he intended to remain involved with various projects for ITV.
The programme relaunched with new presenters for both the Pontop Pike and Bilsdale transmissions on Monday 25 September 2006.
On 2 December 2007, ITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms (except ITV Westcountry) switched from the traditional 4:3 format to 16:9 widescreen.
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[edit] Branding
The regional news programme has undergone many name changes under the years.
| Programme | Duration |
|---|---|
| North East Roundabout | 1959 |
| North East Newsview | 1964 |
| Today at Six | 1969 |
| Northern Life | 1976 |
| Tyne Tees Today (North) Network North (South) |
1992 |
| Tyne Tees News/Tonight | 1995 |
| North East Tonight with Mike Neville | 1996 |
| North East News/Tonight | 2004- |
[edit] On Air
- 06:35, 07:05 & 08:05 during GMTV
- 11:10 during This Morning
- 13:55 following the ITV Lunchtime News
- 18:00 before the ITV Evening News
- 22:25 following the News at Ten
- Various times at weekends
[edit] Newsreaders
| Presenter | Programme | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Morrell | North East Tonight: North | Late presenter |
| Philippa Tomson | North East Tonight: North | Late presenter |
| Ian Payne | North East Tonight: South | Lunch presenter |
| Pam Royle | North East Tonight: South | Lunch presenter |
| Mark Warr | GMTV | Morning presenter |
| Vicky Locklin | (Occasional) Weekend | ITV Yorkshire newsreader |
[edit] Reporters
Various reporters can also be seen newsreading or reporting for other ITV regions.
- Alexander Phillips
- Alastair Martindale
- Adam Powell (Also ITV Border newsreader)
- Olivia Richwald
- Claire Montgomery
- Rachel Bullock (GMTV & morning relief newsreader)
- Helen Ford
- Lesley McNish
- Ben Chapman (Occasional weekend newsreader)
- Natalie Crook
- Danni Crawshaw
- Claire Wilson
- Julie Harrison
- Kenny Toal (North East Tonight relief newsreader)
- Kim Inglis (North East Tonight relief newsreader)
Specialist reporters
- Andy Kluz - And finally items
- Jon Hill - North Yorkshire (Also ITV Yorkshire newsreader)
- Gary Fawcett - Financial expert
- Gerry Foley - Political editor
[edit] Sport
- Simon O'Rourke
- Dawn Thewlis
- Ian Haslam
- Pete Graves
[edit] Weather
Monday to Friday
Weekends and cover
[edit] Past Staff
In order of depatures:
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Neville | North East Tonight | Quit due to illness |
| Roger Thames | Sports reporter | Host of ITV Tyne Tees' now axed Soccer Night |
| Andy Kerr | Sports reporter | Moved to Setanta Sports News as a presenter |
| Chris Ford | Sports reporter | Moved to Setanta Sports News as a presenter |
| Siobhan Casey | Reporter | Moved to London with sports reporter Andy Kerr |
| Edward Baran | Reporter | Moved to GMTV as a correspondent |
| Alex Watson | Reporter | Occasional newsreader, on maternity leave |
| Julia Bathram | Reporter | Occasional newsreader, on maternity leave |
| Karen Thomas | Reporter | |
| Gregg Easteal | Reporter | Moved to ITV News as a correspondent |
[edit] External links
- ITV Tyne Tees at itvlocal.com
- SignPost on ITV Tyne Tees
- City Road - Unofficial site
- ITV News goes 16:9
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