ITV London Tonight

@brownie16 I'm making a big career change, writing scripts for TV&film. I'll still do the odd bit of reporting for London Tonight though :)

— Glen Goodman (@glengoodman) September 15, 2012

Interesting to note that ITV News correspondents are already covering local London stories. Richard Pallot reported from Mo Farah's old school in Feltham yesterday.

Lucrezia not only presented two bulletins, she also did her normal job as ents correspondent with a package interviewing Britt Ekland and the bloke who played Jaws in the Bond films and I think she also presented FYI on ITV2 last night as well.

Ben returned today reporting from Dulwich.

He's reported a couple of times but that's what surprised me as Lucrezia was presenting on the days that Ben was reporting.

she's a lot easier on the eye, to be honest

Lucrezia on the late again.

not sure if anyone mentioned it here, but I'm told Ben is definitely leaving

I hope not! He is a credible journalist and a relatable face on London Tonight. This is a genuine shame!

How do you know this?

Confirmed that Ben is leaving.

I wouldn't be surprised if part of the revamp was the return of Alastair Stewart to presenting the 6pm programme (in addition to his national duties).

That way they can mask the extent of the cuts by dressing up the revamp as the return of the presenter most closely associated with the programme over the years.

I have to disagree with you there, I doubt making Alistair return to the program is part of this shake up, the reason why they got rid of double headed presenting was because it caused so much hassle in trying to find cover. Having Robin and Lucy Cotter presenting for example doesn't really work and adds no credibility to the show. Imagine how much hassle it would be to find replacements for Alistair and the crossover between both programs wouldn't work either.

I wouldn't be surprised if the new virtual studio consists of one chair like BBC London.

As regards to Lucrezia, it is nice to see her presenting but if the whole master plan is to make her the second cover when all the changes come into place then I think it is too big a role too soon. I feel that if you are going to adopt a much greater role on the program you have to have time to develop, there is no question that Lucrezia presents well but to be given a bigger presenting role so quickly to me doesn't really work.

There also needs to be a lot more of an identity for London Tonight, in the Meridian region for example you can expect to see Fred and Sangeeta every week night at 6. As for London Tonight Nina's days are all over the place, previously you would expect a main presenter Monday - Thursday and then cover on Friday but having this mishmash creates a lot of unfamiliarity.

I just hope that any more losses at London Tonight come from people other than those who have been on the program for a long time. Like the CurrentBuns website caught on to the fact when Andrea Byrne was presenting along with a freelance report and Meridian weather presenters that viewers would question if they were watching the right program, if this shakeup at LT gets rid of familiarity then I feel that what's left of the programmes identity will diminish.

I don't think LT has had any form of a presenter identity when it comes to presenters since Alistair moved to ITV News, we've had the awful Donal and Nina era, Nina solo, Ben, Natasha Kaplinsky, Charlene White, Faye Barker and now Lucrezia presenting the main show.

Have to agree with Londoner that having Alistair presenting LT and the ITV Evening News is the way to go, it'd enable them to use the same presenter for the full newshour which allows for continuity between the two bulletins, this would also save money on hiring another presenter just to present LT.

Although what is interesting is the lates been presented by Lucrezia instead of the overnight ITV News shift presenter, which may lead to a London presenter on the lates permantely and not just on Thurs/Fri when Ben presented. One of the frustrating things has been watching late LT, then wake up to the same presenter at the end of their night shift presenting Daybreak bulletins.

Ironically, since the 2010 editorial changes, I think London Tonight has been at it's strongest since the LNN era with regards to news instead of fluff. I just hope the new LT doesn't revert to the 2004-10 era with more showbiz and banal padding with no relevance to the capital.