The (old) ITV News Thread

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Asa Admin 29 March 2003 1:29am

Liked Angela earlier on ITVNC - she was talking about what a spokesperson said about the plane hijacking. "They don't believe it has anything to do with terrorism, he's just said to be 'a bit depressed'" Cue the reply "I think that's a bit of an understatement!"

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Londoner 29 March 2003 8:49am

Angela was in at LBC radio on Friday afternoon to record her Sunday evening arts programme

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Andrew Founding member 29 March 2003 9:52pm

I wonder when the last time was that Trevor McDonald presented a 'Weekend News' branded bulletin, Didn't the announcement sound a bit funny!

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Nicky 30 March 2003 6:18pm

[quote="Andrew"]I wonder when the last time was that Trevor McDonald presented a 'Weekend News' branded bulletin, didn't the announcement sound funny![quote]

Hmm, I suppose about 16 years ago...

Yes and the annoucement did sound funny! Nice to see the "voice-over bloke's" voice hasn't changed much...

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Andrew Founding member 30 March 2003 6:43pm

Annoyingly itv.com/news seem to be forgetting to update the ITV News Channel listings at the moment

Most of today has been Felicity Barr or Steve Scott though, which are hardly big names

I wonder if Sharon Grey will present an hour at 4am this week, just like Owen Thomas did this week

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Londoner 30 March 2003 11:34pm

It's been updated at last:

Quote:

0000 - 0200 Andrew Harvey
0200 - 0400 Angela Rippon
0400 - 0500 Owen Thomas
0500 - 0530 Angela Rippon
0530 ITV Morning News Angela Rippon
0600 - 0925 as GMTV
0929 - 1130 Felicity Barr
1130 - 1230 Heather McCarthy
1230 ITV Lunchtime News Nick Owen
1330 - 1400 Nick Owen
1400 - 1600 Heather McCarthy
1600 - 1700 Katie Derham
1600 - 1700 John Suchet
1700 - 1830 Carol Barnes
1830 ITV Evening News Katie Derham and Mark Austin
1900 - 2000 John Suchet
2000 - 2045 Carol Barnes
2045 - 2100 Alastair Stewart
2100 ITV News at Nine Trevor McDonald
2130 - 0000 Alastair Stewart

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Andrew Founding member 31 March 2003 12:04am

And as usual is wrong, as Angela Rippon is on at 00:00!

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Whataday Founding member 31 March 2003 12:14am

Andrew posted:

And as usual is wrong, as Angela Rippon is on at 00:00!

Do you really think it matters? Hardly anyone watches the channel, never mind look at the listings!

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tvmercia Founding member 31 March 2003 1:27am

oh dear.

itn are cropping their output tonight on digital itv, whilst analogue itv and the itn nc seem unaffected.

central dtt
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/itvnc01.jpg

itn nc dtt
http://www.tvmercia.co.uk/upload/itvnc02.jpg

how very foolish. i hope this is not a sign of things to come.

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fanoftv 31 March 2003 2:07am

I wonder what itv are playing at. Tonight unlike b4 where they were having full news covereage through til GMTV, tonight its itv new(started at 1 - well it was more like 10 past) it finishes at 2:50 for a repeat of trisha! EH? Whats this all about - Thats why interupted news on iraq because its signed! And then they go back to the itv news channel coverage from 3:45 until GMTV!

Why is trisha on, why wasnt it on b4 they put the itv news channel coverage on?

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Andrew Founding member 31 March 2003 10:42am

Presumably the deaf viewers are complaining, or the ITC won't let them drop the signed quota

Notice BBC1 still tends to show the Sign Zone

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Brekkie 31 March 2003 11:04am

Andrew posted:

I wonder when the last time was that Trevor McDonald presented a 'Weekend News' branded bulletin, Didn't the announcement sound a bit funny!

I remember him hosting one in the last couple of years, after September 11th I think.

(February 2003)