Hmm. It reminds me very much of the late 90's look with the bright colors. I'm not sure if those panels are clever glass or frosted glass.
The 95 titles/music had a real regional news feel about them - more apt than the two different set of titles that followed. The studio set was strange though - a strange shape with too much pink.
Speaking of which - when did Martin Henfield leave NWT? I haven't seen him for years now.
Hmm. It reminds me very much of the late 90's look with the bright colors. I'm not sure if those panels are clever glass or frosted glass.
The 95 titles/music had a real regional news feel about them - more apt than the two different set of titles that followed. The studio set was strange though - a strange shape with too much pink.
Speaking of which - when did Martin Henfield leave NWT? I haven't seen him for years now.
The pink is what reminded me, and the frosted glass to me just reminds me of the 90's for some reason.
Hmm. It reminds me very much of the late 90's look with the bright colors. I'm not sure if those panels are clever glass or frosted glass.
The 95 titles/music had a real regional news feel about them - more apt than the two different set of titles that followed. The studio set was strange though - a strange shape with too much pink.
Speaking of which - when did Martin Henfield leave NWT? I haven't seen him for years now.
Martin Henfield left quite a few years ago now. At the time of the 2000 relaunch, the line-up was:
Breakfast: Nigel Jay
Lunch: Gordon Burns
3.20pm: Gordon Burns
Evening: Gordon Burns
Late: Martin Henfield
Weekend: Julia Sharpe
Sadly, Julia Sharpe passed away and that was then that Tina Bangs became part of the team. That would have been around 2001, and Henfield was still there then. However, he was the next to leave. I think he was replaced by Annabel Tiffin and/or Carol Lowe. I can't remember exactly in which order they first appeared, but that would give some indication as to Henfield's departure. I'm guessing at late 2002/early 2003, though I'm not 100% sure.
I always like Martin Henfield; he was a good broadcaster. He was especially great when he did the main programme before Gordon arrived in 1997, but they occasionally allowed him to step in for Gordon if both he and Stuart Flinders were unavailable.
I also liked Nigel Jay: nothing will replace the "clunk" sound he made with the self-op button during the Breakfast bulletins. Those bulletins seem a lot duller now without him!
Hmm. It reminds me very much of the late 90's look with the bright colors. I'm not sure if those panels are clever glass or frosted glass.
The 95 titles/music had a real regional news feel about them - more apt than the two different set of titles that followed. The studio set was strange though - a strange shape with too much pink.
Speaking of which - when did Martin Henfield leave NWT? I haven't seen him for years now.
Martin Henfield left quite a few years ago now. At the time of the 2000 relaunch, the line-up was:
Breakfast: Nigel Jay
Lunch: Gordon Burns
3.20pm: Gordon Burns
Evening: Gordon Burns
Late: Martin Henfield
Weekend: Julia Sharpe
Sadly, Julia Sharpe passed away and that was then that Tina Bangs became part of the team. That would have been around 2001, and Henfield was still there then. However, he was the next to leave. I think he was replaced by Annabel Tiffin and/or Carol Lowe. I can't remember exactly in which order they first appeared, but that would give some indication as to Henfield's departure. I'm guessing at late 2002/early 2003, though I'm not 100% sure.
I always like Martin Henfield; he was a good broadcaster. He was especially great when he did the main programme before Gordon arrived in 1997, but they occasionally allowed him to step in for Gordon if both he and Stuart Flinders were unavailable.
I also liked Nigel Jay: nothing will replace the "clunk" sound he made with the self-op button during the Breakfast bulletins. Those bulletins seem a lot duller now without him!
That's pretty much correct.
However, Martin was replaced on the 10:30 bulletins by Peter Marshall at first (although I think that this was because Annabel chose to exercise maternity leave for the first 6 months of her contract). At this time Tony and Eleanor were the main second presenters for the late edition. After this, Annabel came back and split the shifts with Peter Marshall. Carol Lowe was appointed later, as Annabel was originally down to do 5 days per week, and Peter went back to being a reporter. Martin moved to weekends for a while, when Nigel Jay cut his hours down, before leaving permanently in (I think) early 2004, when Tina took over weekends.
Next to depart was Nigel (he has presented the late progoramme 2/3 times since leaving though) and he was replaced by Peter Marshall who shared the mornings with Tina. Other reporters also filled in from time to time, until Tina left, when Fiona Trott then went on to produce/present the breakfast editions.
Ranvir Singh arrived to take over the weekend bulletins from Tina/Peter.
Mark Edwardson originally was only intended to cover Carol Lowe's maternity leave last year, but with the upcoming changes in store, was kept on to do the weekend bulletins as Ranvir was then the main cover presenter for all other bulletins.
Naomi Cornwell was last to arrive, when Fiona Trott (who I hear is expected to move to News 24 soon) went over to Look North and the nationals.
I think the only other person to have presented NWT in this time has been Leo Devine, a producer who covered the bulletins on 'strike day'.
