ITV News at 10.30

ITV News at 10.30

ITV News at 10.30 opening sequence
Also known as ITV News at Ten-Thirty
Presented by Trevor McDonald
(2004-2005);
Mark Austin
(2005-2008)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Editor(s) Deborah Turness
Location(s) ITN Studios,
London, England, UK
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 25 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s) ITN
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
Original run 2 February 2004 – 12 January 2008
Chronology
Preceded by ITV Nightly News
(1999-2004)
Followed by The Late News
(2008-2009)
Related shows ITV Morning News,
ITV Lunchtime News,
ITV Evening News,
ITV Weekend News
External links
Website

The ITV News at 10.30 was the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, abroadcast on Monday to Friday at 10:30pm. It was produced by ITN. It was introduced into the ITV schedule as the ITV News at Ten-Thirty on 2 February 2004, following the demise of the ITV Nightly News.

There was a twenty-five minute broadcast of British national and international news, with a dedicated business, sports, and a review of the following morning' newspaper front pages. It was followed by a five minute round-up of news from the ITV regions around the United Kingdom.

Overview

Its main rival was the BBC Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, which consistently beat it in the ratings and was broadcast half an hour before it. Its other main rival was the BBC's other flagship evening news programme Newsnight on BBC Two.

On Wednesday 31 October 2007, it was confirmed that ITV was planning to bring back News at Ten, with the presenter Trevor McDonald and the Sky News presenter Julie Etchingham. Unlike its predecessors (ITV Nightly News, ITV News at Ten and ITV Weekend News), the programme ran at its regular time of 10:30pm every weeknight.

Presenters

The programme was presented by ITV News' chief presenter Trevor McDonald under the name ITV News at Ten Thirty from 2 February 2004, until McDonald's retirement and his last bulletin on 15 December 2005. Mark Austin took over from McDonald (Austin already hosted the programme on Fridays), with Mary Nightingale, James Mates and Alastair Stewart acting as relief presenters. Regular sports presenters included Felicity Barr, Nina Hossain, Lisa Knights, Steve Scott and Jonathan Wills.

Main newscasters history

Years Main newscaster Main relief newscaster Programme name Notes
2004-2005 Sir Trevor McDonald Mark Austin ITV News at 10.30 Single headed presentation, McDonald hosted Mon-Thu, with Austin doing the Friday edition.
2005-2008 Mark Austin James Mates ITV News at 10.30 Single headed presentation, Austin took over the programme four nights a week after McDonald retired. Mates presented on Fridays, and when Austin was unavailable.
Preceded by
BBC Ten O'Clock News: March into Kabul
RTS: Television Journalism
News - International
(The Beslan Siege)

2005
Succeeded by
ITV News: Welcome To Baghdad