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(February 2003)

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Barney Rubble
ITV Lover posted:
Andrew posted:
Tim195 posted:
Yes, Mark Webster just doesn't leave a good impression as an anchor. He doesn't have a particular style or way to add life into the stories, he sometimes seems a bit lost, like between stories when he just looks up for a few seconds blankly.
Though I was never a fan of Sharon, prefer Owen! At least when Sharon was there it was a more fixed schedule: you knew that overnights would always be with Owen or Sharon. Now it always Owen & either Joyce Ohajah, Mark Webster, Lloyd Bracey, Sian Jones, Jemma Woodman etc...


Yes he does that, after the opening titles, he seems to think for a second or two before saying "Good Morning" and then reads the autocue, putting full stops at the end of each line. Lloyd Bracey is much better!

Re, McDonald, maybe he could move to 6.30, has he ever had a co-presenter before? Trevor McDonald and Mary Nightingale perhaps?


Nah, he needs someone older, like Carol Barnes or Julia Somerville. Or even Angela Rippon.

We can dream.


I saw Mark Webster on the other night. He was reading the recorded headlines at the top of an hour and he froze several times as though he could not see the autocue. He made several blunders and at one point stopped and blinked a few times as though he was trying to focus - he maybe need glasses - anyone else notice this? You would also think they would have re-recorded it but no no it was played out again 30 mins later - very shabby!!
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Barney Rubble
ITV Lover posted:
Andrew posted:
Tim195 posted:
Yes, Mark Webster just doesn't leave a good impression as an anchor. He doesn't have a particular style or way to add life into the stories, he sometimes seems a bit lost, like between stories when he just looks up for a few seconds blankly.
Though I was never a fan of Sharon, prefer Owen! At least when Sharon was there it was a more fixed schedule: you knew that overnights would always be with Owen or Sharon. Now it always Owen & either Joyce Ohajah, Mark Webster, Lloyd Bracey, Sian Jones, Jemma Woodman etc...


Yes he does that, after the opening titles, he seems to think for a second or two before saying "Good Morning" and then reads the autocue, putting full stops at the end of each line. Lloyd Bracey is much better!

Re, McDonald, maybe he could move to 6.30, has he ever had a co-presenter before? Trevor McDonald and Mary Nightingale perhaps?


Nah, he needs someone older, like Carol Barnes or Julia Somerville. Or even Angela Rippon.

We can dream.


I saw Mark Webster on the other night. He was reading the recorded headlines at the top of an hour and he froze several times as though he could not see the autocue. He made several blunders and at one point stopped and blinked a few times as though he was trying to focus - he maybe need glasses - anyone else notice this? You would also think they would have re-recorded it but no no it was played out again 30 mins later - very shabby!!
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ohwhatanight Founding member
Just thought I would record it here that HTV's Zoe Tape and Rhodri Davies have both just filed reports on the ITV News Channel.

Annoyingly Zoe was called "HTV's Zoe Tate" and also the graphics read Zoe Tate!

Emmerdale lives on - on the ITV News Channel
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TELEVISION
I don't know if the rumours of a virtual studio being introduced next year are true, but if they are, I hope that there is a decent backdrop. I would like to see the real newsroom, with real people moving about, not the fakery they have just now. When I say fakery, I know the current backdrop is based on the real newsroom.
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A former member
Andrew posted:
Re Owen Thomas's website, has everyone looked in the www.owenthomas.tv/images/ directory, there's more photos in there including shots of Owen in the ITV News Gallery, preparing for the Morning News


What's that last image in the list, 'Owen Fab'?!

The ITV News Channel rugby highlights look good, will it be a daily hour long programme at 9pm, or is 30 minutes?
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richard h
did anyone just see owen thomas singing on Denis Nortons 9th laughter file has anyone got any more info on the revamp of itv news next year
Laughing
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TELEVISION
I saw Owen singing. I've not heard any more on the revamp.
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dvboy
What's the picture behind him on the wall in this shot?

http://www.owenthomas.tv/images/102-0206_IMG.JPG
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Andrew Founding member
And doesn't the studio look tatty from those other pictures, with tape stuck all over the desk and floor, and what are those war boards, did they actually use them?
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A former member
Oh my God!

That bottom pic on the images directory was created by me!!
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DAS Founding member
LOL, Owen is soooo close!
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TELEVISION
Considering that this is the second, and probably the last time that News At Ten is axed, what if ITV News rebrands with a completely new theme tune? The BBC did the same thing when it rebranded in 1999. That would be terrible, and I don't think that it would go down very well. What do you think?

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