Granada Reports

Granada Reports
Presented by	Lucy Meacock Tony Morris
Country of origin	England, United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lucy West (Head of News)
Production location(s)	MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, England
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes (main 6pm show)
Production company(s)	ITV Granada
Release
Original network	ITV Granada
Picture format	1080i (HDTV 16:9)
Original release	1956 (1956) – present
External links
Website

Granada Reports (branded on-screen as ITV News Granada Reports) is a regional news programme for North West England and the Isle of Man, produced by ITV Granada.

Overview

Granada Reports previous title card

Granada Reports is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays - the first bulletin from Salford aired on Sunday 24 March 2013.^[1] Before this, the news service was based at Granada's studios in Quay Street, Manchester. Reporters are also based at newsrooms in the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, Lancaster and on the Isle of Man. News staff were also based at offices in Blackburn and Chester until they were closed in 2005.

Prior to its launch in 1973, the nightly news programme had been known under several titles such as Northern Newscast, Scene at Six Thirty, Newsview and People and Places. In April 1986, most of Granada's regional news operation was relocated from Manchester to a computerised news centre at the former Traffic Office building in Liverpool's Albert Dock. The flagship evening programme returned to Manchester in 1992 with bulletins broadcast from the Albert Dock newsroom until 1998 - the studios were closed in July 2006.

Between 2 January 1990 and 28 September 2001, the main evening programme was known as Granada Tonight. Shorter bulletins aired as Granada News. Most bulletins now air under the joint branding of ITV News and Granada Reports with breakfast bulletins entitled Good Morning Granada.

The programme was unaffected by cutbacks to ITV regional news in early 2009.^[2] The only major change saw ITV Granada take over coverage of the Isle of Man from ITV Tyne Tees & Border on 16 July 2009.

On 27 September 2012, it was announced technical staff had been invited to volunteer for redundancy as part of national job losses affecting ITV News services. The timing coincided with production moving from Granada Studios to MediaCityUK.^[3]

Lucy Meacock and Tony Morris are main presenters of the programme since 1988 and 2003 respectively.^[4]

Broadcast times

Granada Reports airs on ITV Granada seven days a week.

• Three short opts air as part of Good Morning Britain at approximately 6:10am, 7:10am and 8:10am.
• A four minute lunchtime bulletin, following the ITV Lunchtime News.
• The main half-hour 6pm programme, before the ITV Evening News.
• A fifteen minute late-night bulletin, following ITV News at Ten.
• At weekends, a short five minute bulletin before the early evening ITV Weekend News.

Current notable on air team

Granada Reports lead presenters

Good Morning Granada opts newsreader

• Líse McNally

ITV Weather presenters

News correspondents

Sports correspondents

Political correspondent

• Daniel Hewitt

Former notable on air team

Awards

• BAFTA Television Awards
  • Best News Coverage: 2007, 2013
• Royal Television Society
  • Best News Coverage in the Nations and Regions: 2007, 2008
  • Best Regional News Programme - North West: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Best Regional Story - North West: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Best Regional On Screen Talent - North West: 2011 (Rob Smith), 2012 (Clare Fallon)
  • Best Innovation in Multimedia - North West: 2012

References

External links

• Granada Reports at itv.com
• ITV News at itv.com