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newsatten
Emma Murphey inside the exclusion zone ( for the Raoul Moat story) on todays LN - seems like it was recordered on something like a camcorder ( poor quality) - but i suppose to be fair they might not be able to get a proper camera crew in.
TV
TV Matters
Nina on tonights evening news.
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Pete19
Nina on tonights evening news.


Something must be up. Steve Scott said today on the LN that it would be Julie and James. Sky guide also says that.

So why the sudden swap to Nina?

Julie is also down for NAT with Mark, I wonder if Nina will pop up on that too?

On another note I suppose that's one of the reasons why Nina got London Tonight, so that if something happens they have a national newscaster in the building to use if caught short.
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newsatten
Nina on tonights evening news.


Something must be up. Steve Scott said today on the LN that it would be Julie and James. Sky guide also says that.

So why the sudden swap to Nina?

Julie is also down for NAT with Mark, I wonder if Nina will pop up on that too?

On another note I suppose that's one of the reasons why Nina got London Tonight, so that if something happens they have a national newscaster in the building to use if caught short.


well I think I read on Julie's twitter that she was shadowing Danny Alexander (Treasury person i think) and the report/interview was also plugged on the NAT promo on the EN. So mabye it's to do with that?

On London Tonight we ended up getting Charlene White as Nina's replacement which is quite unusual, so the others weren't avaliable as mabye it was last minute.
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Pete19
Julie and James on NAT.

Not normal for James to be on location for NAT. Its normally Mark or Julie.
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newsatten
Julie and James on NAT.

Not normal for James to be on location for NAT. Its normally Mark or Julie.


Mark probably on his numerous holiday this year! Very Happy
Or might be doing something for "Tonight"?

And as I said Julie was with Danny Alexandar today - so that's why she's not!

And Alastair's on Holiday ( I think he put on his blog he was).

Edit: and his back now according to his blog - been in Niger for a charity appeal plus he says " I will make a short report for ITN" and his has another stint as a guest in dictionary corner on Countdown!
Last edited by newsatten on 6 July 2010 10:25pm
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Pete19
Julie and James on NAT.

Not normal for James to be on location for NAT. Its normally Mark or Julie.


Mark probably on his numerous holiday this year! Very Happy
Or might be doing something for "Tonight"?

And as I said Julie was with Danny Alexandar today - so that's why she's not!

And Alastair's on Holiday ( I think he put on his blog he was).


ITV News seems to be rather short on the ground this week.

the 64,000 dollar question is where is Mary!
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nwtv2003
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And Alastair's on Holiday ( I think he put on his blog he was).


Alastair was technically in Manchester today in dictionary corner on Countdown, I know as I was in the audience, even got to meet him afterwards, came across as a throughly decent person, you'll see his stint in dictionary corner from September 13th.
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newsatten
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And Alastair's on Holiday ( I think he put on his blog he was).


Alastair was technically in Manchester today in dictionary corner on Countdown, I know as I was in the audience, even got to meet him afterwards, came across as a throughly decent person, you'll see his stint in dictionary corner from September 13th.


As you posted this I edited my above post - just red his blog which he says about it!
It's nice to hear that he seems a decent person - out of all of the presenters I get the impression he is the most decent.
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nwtv2003
As you posted this I edited my above post - just red his blog which he says about it!
It's nice to hear that he seems a decent person - out of all of the presenters I get the impression he is the most decent.


You honestly wouldn't believe how nice he is, he was speaking to the contestants when recording was paused (ie breaks and other bits), speaking to members of the studio audience, writing out autographs at the end, even though you could tell he was dying to get out the building for a cigarette. On Countdown he did mention he did a lot of work for a charity in Africa, but I guess you'll have to wait until September to see what I'm ranting on about. Cool
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newsatten
As you posted this I edited my above post - just red his blog which he says about it!
It's nice to hear that he seems a decent person - out of all of the presenters I get the impression he is the most decent.


You honestly wouldn't believe how nice he is, he was speaking to the contestants when recording was paused (ie breaks and other bits), speaking to members of the studio audience, writing out autographs at the end, even though you could tell he was dying to get out the building for a cigarette. On Countdown he did mention he did a lot of work for a charity in Africa, but I guess you'll have to wait until September to see what I'm ranting on about. Cool


As I said he does seem very genuine!

I can understand the cigarette bit - there's a behinds the scene photo of when he was at the Beijing Olympics and during the break his having a fag ! Plus I'm sure I've heard before that there was a live from outside Grays Inn Road for some News (mabye C4) and Alastair was in the background having a fag! Laughing

Well i was wathing Countdown in the background last year(ish) and saw him on there and he was good then!
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breakingnews
Emma Murphy seems to be one of the worst on ITV for dumbing down and making stories "emotional".

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