ITV News London

ITV News London
Also known as Good Morning London
Presented by Nina Hossain
(Programme presenter)
Faye Barker
Sally Biddulph
(GMB opts newsreaders)
Martin Stew
(Weather presenter)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Editor(s) Alex Chandler
Location(s) ITN Studios,
Grays Inn Road, London, England
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30 minutes
(main 18:00 show)
Production company(s) LNN (1993–2004);
ITN (2004–present)
Release
Original network ITV London
Picture format 1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original release 1993 (1993) – present
Chronology
Preceded by Thames News
(1978–1992),
LWT News
(1982–1993)
Related shows ITV News,
BBC London News
External links
Website

ITV News London is a regional news programme for the ITV London region (previously Carlton/LWT), produced by ITN.

History

LNN

The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993[1] as London Tonight, after Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from previous holder Thames Television. London Tonight was originally produced by London News Network – a joint venture between Carlton and LWT designed to provide a sole ITV regional news service for the London area, broadcasting seven days a week. Its creation established a continuity between the once separate services and presentation of weekend and weekday news, weather and sport in the region, previously provided by Thames News and LWT News.

The flagship programme, initially an hour long and presented by Alastair Stewart and Fiona Foster, was supplemented by shorter London Today bulletins, launched on New Year's Day 1993 (LWT discontinued its own local news service over the weekend). The main evening programme was reduced to 30 minutes a year later, while from 25 November 1996 to September 2001, a half-hour lunchtime edition of London Today was broadcast on weekdays.

In addition to regional news, London News Network also produced a wide range of regional programming for both Carlton and LWT as well as providing transmission services for both stations.

ITN

In 2004, ITV London owners Carlton and Granada merged, forming ITV plc with LNN being dissolved soon after. Production for all ITV London News programming remained at The London Studios (formerly known as the LWT South Bank Centre) until 29 February 2004, when it was taken over by the national Channel 3 news provider ITN and moved to their headquarters in Central London, making the region the only operation not to produce its own news programmes in-house. Around 40 jobs were lost with the closure of LNN, although the programme retained its own editorial team.[2] London Tonight was unaffected by the ITV regional news cuts in February 2009.[3] On 4 July 2012, ITV News editor Deborah Turness informed London Tonight employees a third of staff would be made redundant, with ITV News and London Tonight both sharing newsgathering and studios from 1 October 2012.[4] On Monday 14 January 2013, the service was relaunched and renamed as ITV News London.[5]

Nina Hossain has been main anchor of the programme since June 2010.[6] Charlene White is a relief anchor as is Lucrezia Millarini.[7] Other presenters mainly weekends are Sascha Williams, Alexandra Hyndman, Faye Barker, Sally Biddulph and Sangeeta Kandola.Notable former anchors include Katie Derham,[8] Natasha Kaplinsky,[9] Donal MacIntyre,[10] rs on ITV London seven days a week. On weekdays, a four-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at 1.55pm, followed by the main half-hour programme at 6pm and an eight-minute late bulletin at 10.30pm following ITV News at Ten. At weekends, two 5-minute editions of ITV News London are broadcast – one later on Saturday afternoons and another on Sunday evenings.

On weekday mornings, Good Morning London airs short bulletins within Good Morning Britain at approximately 6.05am, 7.05am and 8.05am.

Presenters

Name Slot Role Also with
Nina Hossain Weekdays 6pm (alt) Newscaster ITV Lunchtime News
Lucrezia Millarini weekdays 6pm (alt) newscaster ITV News
Faye Barker Wed/Thur GMB/Sunday (alt) Newscaster ITV News
Charlene White Weekdays - 6pm (alt)

Late bulletin - 10.30pm (alt)

 newscaster ITV News
Sally Biddulph Mon/Tue GMB /Sunday (alt) newscaster ITV News
Sangeeta Kandola Friday (late bulletin) newscaster 5 News
Sascha Williams Sunday (alt) newscaster ITV News
Alex Hyndman Sunday (alt) newscaster ITV News
Martin Stew Monday- Friday Main Weather Presenter

(Mon- Fri)

Newscaster
Manali Lukha Weekend (alt) weather presenter
Amanda Houston Weekend (alt) weather presenter
Helen Plint Weekend (alt) weather presenter
James Wright Weekend (alt) weather presenter

Former presenters

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tv-live.org.uk/itv/regions/carlton/news/
  2. ↑ Tryhorn, Chris (17 October 2003). "Jobs go in ITV London news shake-up". The Guardian (London).
  3. ↑ Seventeen regions into nine: How the updated ITV local news services will run The Guardian, 16 February 2009
  4. ↑ ITN to axe 15 jobs on ITV London news Jake Kanter, Broadcast Now, 4 July 2012
  5. ↑ ITV launches rebrand on air and online, itv.com, 14 January 2013
  6. ↑ "Nina Hossain to host London Tonight". Mail Online. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  7. ↑ Charlene White Forward Ladies
  8. ↑ Robinson, James (21 April 2010). "Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Sweney, Mark (2011-08-03). "Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  10. ↑ "Donal Macintyre to be Katie Derham's partner on London Tonight". This is London. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

External links

Preceded by
BBC Midlands Today		 RTS: Television Journalism
Regional Daily News Magazine
1999 		Succeeded by
BBC Look North
Preceded by
Frontline Scotland: The Ghost of Piper Alpha		 RTS: Television Journalism
Regional Current Affairs
(Soho Bombing)
2000 		Succeeded by
Spotlight: Life and Death of an IRA Quartermaster
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