ITV News: Rotas & Presenters

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Benjamin1 17 February 2013 4:39pm

Ive noticed that rather than various other presenters covering for the main 4 presenters, they tend to cover each others bulletins e.g. on Friday Mary and Alistair did News At Ten in place of Julie and Mark. Natasha and James seem to be the main replacement presenters on weekdays when one of the main 4 arent there.

On weekends on Saturdays it seems to be a rota of Andrea, Lucy, Chris and Steve and on Sundays it seems to be Natasha, James or one of the main 4 presenters.

Ive not seen Geraint present this year, is he no longer presenting the news?

The four main newscasters have tended to cover each other since September 2009 when Alastair tookover from Mark at 6:30.

Andrea and James are heavily used on the Saturday and Sunday bulletins respectively with the others presenting lesser times.

Geraint, like Romilly seem to be emergency cover.

Varying newscasters as to who presents the lunchtime news, likewise with weekend news, could this be related to viewing figures?

LO

Londoner 25 February 2013 8:47pm

A couple of correspondent changes:

- John Ray is returning to London as Diplomatic Correspondent in July
- Natalie Pirks has been promoted to Sports Correspondent (previously Sports Reporter)

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CatsFast101 25 February 2013 11:35pm

Londoner posted:

A couple of correspondent changes:

- John Ray is returning to London as Diplomatic Correspondent in July
- Natalie Pirks has been promoted to Sports Correspondent (previously Sports Reporter)

Is there a difference between 'Sports Reporter' & 'Sports Correspondent'?

BR

Brekkie 26 February 2013 12:46am

Probably a few grand. Isn't there a Sports Editor (Steve Scott?) as well?

BP

Bob Paisley 26 February 2013 7:28pm

Sierra Oscar posted:

Londoner posted:

A couple of correspondent changes:

- John Ray is returning to London as Diplomatic Correspondent in July
- Natalie Pirks has been promoted to Sports Correspondent (previously Sports Reporter)

Is there a difference between 'Sports Reporter' & 'Sports Correspondent'?

Not really, it's just an ego thing. Reporters prefer to be correspondents - it sounds more grand.

RB

RobB 26 February 2013 10:43pm

Sierra Oscar posted:

Londoner posted:

A couple of correspondent changes:

- John Ray is returning to London as Diplomatic Correspondent in July
- Natalie Pirks has been promoted to Sports Correspondent (previously Sports Reporter)

Is there a difference between 'Sports Reporter' & 'Sports Correspondent'?

Do we know who is replacing John Ray in China?

LO

Londoner 27 February 2013 12:26am

John Ray is Middle East correspondent - Angus Walker replaced him at the Beijing bureau some time ago.

LU

Luke 27 February 2013 9:38am

and if we're talking about reporters on the move, Jon Clements (crime correspondent) appears to have left

RB

RobB 27 February 2013 7:39pm

Londoner posted:

John Ray is Middle East correspondent - Angus Walker replaced him at the Beijing bureau some time ago.

you're quire right. Any idea who is going to the Middle East?

TV

TV Matters 28 February 2013 10:25am

Who was crime correspondent before Kier Simmons?

EJ

EJNutz 28 February 2013 10:43am

Was it Adrian Britten?

In between Keir and Jon it was Rohit Kachroo

CF

CatsFast101 1 March 2013 11:29am

Is it now common place for the presenter of the London daybreak to host the 11:30am summary? Faye Barker just done it then, or has it gone unnoticed that she presents the 1:30 news sometimes too? As I'm at work weekdays I never see this bulletin.

(July 2010)