Technical problems for Granada Reports

It appears to be the sound desk at fault.

It's a great idea - I wish we could have done that. Sadly we couldn't record it because we had issues with our sound desk. That meant we had no sound in the gallery or studio. Thank you

— Lucy Meacock (@lucymitv) September 28, 2020

Calendar greeted central viewers once in March I think

Given the chance. Duncan would have been all over greeting Granada viewers. Alas one of the repercussions of pre-recorded news. It didn’t get mentioned once.

Unless I'm missing something, Calendar has been available in HD (on Sky at least) for a couple of years.

Yes, ITV Yorkshire W HD has been on satellite for quite a few years now. Yorkshire E HD is testing. But it will have been probably the first time Freeview HD viewers in Yorkshire will have seen their regional news in HD!

Quick question,


Is Calendar back double headed? Or is Christine doing the live programme while Duncan did the pre recorded programme?

Back double headed and back with the two way split regions, started last Tuesday

Was Granada on at 22:30

Thank you for clarifying. Calendar does have two separate programmes.

At ten thirty Granada Reports was back with Lucy who at the end referenced by saying we got there in the end.

You do have to question why the playout centre couldn't have dropped in an occasion caption apologising for (or even just acknowledging) the lack of Granada Reports. I guess the Granada region would have got the Yorkshire continuity announcement into Calendar?

Yes it was the Yorkshire announcement referring to tonight’s Calendar

I believe the continuity going into the regional news is played in by the regions, so Yorkshire probably didn’t have the facilities to play any sort of separate announcement for Granada. Not to mention they’d need London to record such an announcement.