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ITV London Tonight

(December 2003)

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LL
London Lite Founding member
Personally I'd have London and Meridian SE together with the first 18 mins split.

Thames Valley South (Hannington) with the old Meridian South and Thames Valley North back with Central.

Either way viewers in Oxfordshire, Swindon and parts of Bucks would still get a sub-standard news service regardless.
LO
Londoner
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24 days later

MA
Macalolo
Jasmine Lowson has just said her goodbyes because she is off to have a baby. Nice bit when Robyn cam on and gave her some flowers. So I wonder who will do her shift. Probably Steve Gaisford or Tamsin Roberts.
FR
freddy
Jasmine Lowson has just said her goodbyes because she is off to have a baby. Nice bit when Robyn cam on and gave her some flowers. So I wonder who will do her shift. Probably Steve Gaisford or Tamsin Roberts.


Sangeeta Kandola's taking over weekend London duties.

43 days later

NE
newsatten
did anyone on virgin media in london get the screen freeze durning a report on lodnon tonight @ 6 - then for some reason it was frozen image of meridian tonight before going blank and coming up "channel unavalibale - please try again lateron the Virgin EPG. Turned over to Freeview and seemed to work fine? Strange!! Confused
LO
Londoner
Chris Rogers and Lucy Cotter are presenting tonight
MA
Macalolo
Chris Rogers and Lucy Cotter are presenting tonight


Looking forward to that. I prefer Chris to Ben as cover.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Chris and Lucy were good last night. Actually Lucy has been great this week covering for Katie and Alex.
JB
JosephB
She hasn't actually though, has she Martin?

Lucy Cotter comes across as the sweetest, nicest person you could ever meet. However, she lacks the necessary authority and experience to present the main London Tonight programme, let alone other bulletins. I don't really rate her reporting either, not a patch on Steve Hargrave, who was witty, came across as though he was a friend of the people he was interviewing, and seemed knowledegable about what he was reporting about. Lucy's reports just feel like all the information has been wikipedia'd in the hours before.

Nick Wallis has done a better job on the occasions he has done entertainment reporting.
FI
field
I don't like the way London Tonight's female presenters always look young enough to be Alistair's daughters. It would be unthinkable to have this kind of partnership the other way round...
LL
London Lite Founding member
field posted:
I don't like the way London Tonight's female presenters always look young enough to be Alistair's daughters. It would be unthinkable to have this kind of partnership the other way round...


Even Katie? Confused
FI
field
No not with Katie... I think she has enough gravitas and experience to carry it.

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