ITV News London

ITV News London
Presented by Lead presenters, alternating –
Nina Hossain,
Lucrezia Millarini.
Newsreaders –
Faye Barker,
Sally Biddulph,
Suzanne Virdee,
Sharon Thomas.
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Production location(s) ITN Studios,
Grays Inn Road, London, England
Editor(s) Alex Chandler
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 presenter of the programme since June 2010.[6]

Broadcast times

ITV News London airs on ITV London seven days a week.

Former notable on air team

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  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. ↑ Robinson, James (21 April 2010). "Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Sweney, Mark (2011-08-03). "Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  9. ↑ "Donal Macintyre to be Katie Derham's partner on London Tonight". This is London. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  10. ↑ Plunkett, John (19 August 2009). "More Mark Austin on News at Ten". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
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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