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General Discussion about local news on ITV Tyne Tees & BBC (August 2006)

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A former member
That's gotta hurt, misspelling the name of one of your most recognised faces from the past. All the more surprising as there are still quite a number of old hands at Tyne Tees, and Kathy worked in the news department after leaving continuity.
CR
City Road
Was that tonight?!

I grew up with Kathy on the screen during the 80s, and can remember very well when she was part of the news department, if I remember rightly she used to do the GMTV bulletins, shocking getting her name spelled wrong.

Incidentally, how old will she be now? I'm sure she's in her late 60s...
MG
MikeGNE
She did a nice write up about Michael Grade coming to ITV, and the once mighty ITV being ruined for greed. Might still be on the Evening Chronicle website, not sure, but she clearly still takes a keen interest in ITV.
CR
City Road
MikeGNE posted:
She did a nice write up about Michael Grade coming to ITV, and the once mighty ITV being ruined for greed. Might still be on the Evening Chronicle website, not sure, but she clearly still takes a keen interest in ITV.


Here it is...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
Was that tonight?!

I grew up with Kathy on the screen during the 80s, and can remember very well when she was part of the news department, if I remember rightly she used to do the GMTV bulletins, shocking getting her name spelled wrong.

Incidentally, how old will she be now? I'm sure she's in her late 60s...


Dunno but she has a gig at Radio Newcastle http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2005/12/20/presenter_profile_kathy_secker_feature.shtml
CR
City Road
Also her daughter, Jane followed her into the business, albeit with Sky News, she did all the reporting when wacko jacko was up in court...
NE
Nelad
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
Also her daughter, Jane followed her into the business, albeit with Sky News, she did all the reporting when wacko jacko was up in court...


Stepdaughter from what she mentioned of her on NET.
CR
City Road
Nelad posted:
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
Also her daughter, Jane followed her into the business, albeit with Sky News, she did all the reporting when wacko jacko was up in court...


Stepdaughter from what she mentioned of her on NET.


I heard her say step-daughter, but wasn't sure if she meant Jane was her step-daughter...
MG
MikeGNE
She remarried a few years ago, I think her media daughter is her actual daughter because she did leave TTTV in the late 1980s to spend more time with her family.
SP
Spencer
Three Rivers Fantasy posted:
MikeGNE posted:
She did a nice write up about Michael Grade coming to ITV, and the once mighty ITV being ruined for greed. Might still be on the Evening Chronicle website, not sure, but she clearly still takes a keen interest in ITV.


Here it is...


Interesting to see they've put it in the Sport section.
PR
Primetime
Well North East Tonight had it's christmas tree's up! Laughing
Do you think they will have snow drops etc - being shown on the plasma screens.. like last year?

8 days later

CR
City Road
Nelad posted:
James Hall posted:
Philippa Thomson is at Tyne Tees thanks to me.

One hot day I was watching Tyne Tees and I thought 'I want to see Philippa Thomson on there'.

So I sent them a letter threatening to bomb their Gateshead headquarters unless they put her on air.

Two weeks later and she starts presenting with Jonathan Morell.

Also check out my wikipedia page: http://wikipedia.org/users/Superbig_twàt


Can you try it again and see if they will replace Jonathan Morrell with somebody decent and with some personality?


Think his personality shone quite a bit in that Christmas pudding article.

Wink

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