A typical weekday on the ITV News Channel in 2004/2005 would be as follows: 5.30am - ITV Early Morning News, simulcast live with ITV1 6.00am - ITV Early Morning News, repeated from 5.30am 6.30am - ITV Early Morning News, repeated from 5.30am 7.00am - ITV News Live with Lucy Alexander and Andrew Harvey 10.00am - ITV News Live with Alistair Stewart 11.45am - ITV News Live with Andrew Harvey (would include PMQs at 12.00pm on Wednesdays) 12.30pm - ITV Lunchtime News with Nicholas Owen, simulcast live with ITV1 1.00pm - ITV News Live with Nicholas Owen 2.00pm - ITV News Live with Joyce Ohajah 3.00pm - ITV News Live with Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale 4.00pm - ITV News Live with Steve Scott and Felicity Barr 5.30pm - ITV News Live with Chris Rogers 6.30pm - ITV Evening News with Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale, simulcast with ITV1 7.00pm - ITV Evening News Extra with Mark Austin 8.00pm - ITV News Live with Owen Thomas 9.30pm - ITV News Network with Chris Rogers, broadcast from the London Tonight studio 10.00pm - ITV News Live with Chris Rogers, broadcast from the London Tonight studio 10.30pm - ITV News at 10.30 with Trevor McDonald, simulcast live with ITV1 11.00pm - ITV News Live with Owen Thomas 1.00am until 5.30am - Repeats of the ITV News at 10.30 with live news summaries on the hour On some weeknight they would simply rerun the 12.00am-1.00am news hour through the night with live summaries on the hour On some weeknights they would have a live 30 minute news with in view sign language, which would then be repeated through the night with live summaries on the hour. Of course presenters would alter, but this in general was the weekday layout from February 2004 until December 2005. Most of the time they were in the main ITV News studio nicknamed "Theatre of News". For 11.45am-12.30pm, 5.30pm-6.30pm they would use the second green screen virtual studio at ITN, with the 9.30pm-10.30pm usually based in the London Tonight studio at ITN.
R.I.P. ITV News Channel (2000-2005)
One of the last trusted newsreaders. Shame to see it go.The day ITV dumbed down and went soap orientated
A typical weekday on the ITV News Channel in 2004/2005 would be as follows:
5.30am - ITV Early Morning News, simulcast live with ITV1
6.00am - ITV Early Morning News, repeated from 5.30am
6.30am - ITV Early Morning News, repeated from 5.30am
7.00am - ITV News Live with Lucy Alexander and Andrew Harvey
10.00am - ITV News Live with Alistair Stewart
11.45am - ITV News Live with Andrew Harvey (would include PMQs at 12.00pm on Wednesdays)
12.30pm - ITV Lunchtime News with Nicholas Owen, simulcast live with ITV1
1.00pm - ITV News Live with Nicholas Owen
2.00pm - ITV News Live with Joyce Ohajah
3.00pm - ITV News Live with Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale
4.00pm - ITV News Live with Steve Scott and Felicity Barr
5.30pm - ITV News Live with Chris Rogers
6.30pm - ITV Evening News with Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale, simulcast with ITV1
7.00pm - ITV Evening News Extra with Mark Austin
8.00pm - ITV News Live with Owen Thomas
9.30pm - ITV News Network with Chris Rogers, broadcast from the London Tonight studio
10.00pm - ITV News Live with Chris Rogers, broadcast from the London Tonight studio
10.30pm - ITV News at 10.30 with Trevor McDonald, simulcast live with ITV1
11.00pm - ITV News Live with Owen Thomas
1.00am until 5.30am - Repeats of the ITV News at 10.30 with live news summaries on the hour
On some weeknight they would simply rerun the 12.00am-1.00am news hour through the night with live summaries on the hour
On some weeknights they would have a live 30 minute news with in view sign language, which would then be repeated through the night with live summaries on the hour.
Of course presenters would alter, but this in general was the weekday layout from February 2004 until December 2005. Most of the time they were in the main ITV News studio nicknamed "Theatre of News". For 11.45am-12.30pm, 5.30pm-6.30pm they would use the second green screen virtual studio at ITN, with the 9.30pm-10.30pm usually based in the London Tonight studio at ITN.
Friday 23rd December 2005
Like Bravo, Channel One and BBC Three left with no goodbye
the show that aired prior was a final goodbye
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