ITV Local News

I have a question and that question is that why does ITV Regional news programmes at 6:00pm on weekdays have to have two presenters? Is their really any need for a regional news magazine programme? Won't it cost more, and with some regions having seperate editions.

Its better with 2 presenters. HTV Wales had just one presenter for a period of time during about 1992-1994 and IMO its better with 2.

What really annoys me about ITV regional news (and the beeb do this a lot too) is that they insist on having both presenters introduce an item, taking a paragraph each. If it's not that then they show both presenters even when the only one is talking.

It's very distracting as the one who's not talking has to sit there like a lemon. What's wrong with a traditional shot of a single presenter? Indeed why have 2 presenters at all?

Well my Look North NE & Cumbria they only have one presenter, which I think is better but Tyne Tees, on both editions have two presenters on each programme. They used to always have single presenter shots, but now they don't, it's always just the shot of both presenters.

I believe my local BBC news programme Wales Today has one presenter? Not that I ever watch it. Its Wales Tonight all the way for me!

if theres two presenters it creates a better flow. More interesting for the viewer as well.

IMO, Scotland Today is quite good with just one anchor, but with two, they can have a bit of banter at the end of the programme.

It all depends on the programme I guess - I can't imagine North West Tonight or Wales Today being co-host, while similarly Lucy and Jonathan have built up a good on screen rappor on ITV Wales.


The most interesting example though is Granada Tonight - don't think they do this now, but a couple of years ago often if one presenter was off, the other presenter hosted alone - and considering the cringeworthy lack of chemistry between Lucy and Tony, there was an instant improvement!

Well Westcountry Live effectively has 6 presenters! Beat that!

Because they will end up like BBC Look North Hull otherwise

I quite like Wales Today - it strikes a nice balance. It maintains an element of banter with the Sports and Weather presenters.

I have to agree with some of the comments made about two presenters though. I hate seeing my regional news - Midlands Today - adopt the one paragraph each format. It's so inane. I much prefer, if there are two presenters, for them to each take a story without the often overlapping or delayed injection of the other.

Only because we're busy looking at he presenter who's sitting there like a lemon while their co-presenter is talking