Westcountry Live

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Westcountry Live

Genre	News
Created by	ITV Westcountry
Starring	Richard Bath Alexis Bowater
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	Westcountry Live: 30 Minutes Westcountry News: Varies
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV1 Westcountry
Original run	January 4, 1993 – present

Westcountry Live is the flagship regional news programme for ITV Westcountry. It broadcasts weeknights at 6pm.

The programme has been broadcasting since January 4, 1993, when Westcountry took over from TSW. Like most ITV local news programmes, it uses the generic ITV logo and font.

In June 2006, former CBBC and GMTV presenter Simon Parkin joined Westcountry Live as its temporary main weather presenter whilst Kate Reeves was on maternity leave. Simon has since left to join Thames Valley Tonight, following Kate's return to the programme.

1 On Air
2 Presenters
3 Weather Forecasters
4 External links

[edit] On Air

Westcountry News airs on ITV1 Westcountry seven days a week. ITV Westcountry provides three news bulletins during GMTV. The mid-morning bulletin airs immediately after an ITV News Summary, during This Morning, this update airs for around 10 minutes. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV Lunchtime News, giving a five minute round-up of the days developments between 1.55pm and 2.00pm. The main evening edition of Westcountry Live begins at 6.00pm, and ends at 6.30pm. The late news update from the region follows the News at Ten, airing between 10.25pm and 10.35pm, Mondays to Thursdays, and between 11.25pm and 11.35pm on Fridays, after The Late News.

Westcountry News airs four bulletins at weekends: two on Saturday, at lunchtime, and late afternoon, and two on Sunday: at lunchtime and the evening edition at 6.25pm.