Country of origin United Kingdom Editor(s) Deborah Turness First episode date 2 February 2004 Genre News | Original language(s) English Camera setup Multi-camera Final episode date 10 January 2008 Language English | |
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Also known as 'ITV News at Ten-Thirty' Location(s) ITN Studios,
London, England, UK Presented by Trevor McDonald, Mark Austin Similar ITV Weekend News, ITV Evening News, ITV Nightly News, The Late News, ITV Lunchtime News | ||
Not to be confused with ITV News at Ten which is moved to 10:30 during the running of The Nightly Show
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The ITV News at 10.30 was the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, broadcast on Monday to Friday at 10:30pm. It was produced by ITN. It was introduced into the ITV schedule as the ITV News at Ten-Thirty on 2 February 2004, following the demise of the ITV News At Ten.
There was a twenty-five-minute broadcast of British national and international news, with a dedicated business, sports, and a review of the following morning' newspaper front pages. It was followed by a five-minute round-up of news from the ITV regions around the United Kingdom.
Overview
Its main rival was the BBC Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, which consistently beat it in the ratings and was broadcast half an hour before it. Its other main rival was the BBC's other flagship evening news programme Newsnight on BBC Two.
On Wednesday 31 October 2007, it was confirmed that ITV was planning to bring back News at Ten, with the presenter Trevor McDonald and the Sky News presenter Julie Etchingham. Unlike its predecessors (ITV Nightly News, ITV News at Ten and ITV Weekend News), the programme ran at its regular time of 10:30pm every weeknight.
Presenters
The programme was presented by ITV News' chief presenter Trevor McDonald under the name ITV News at Ten Thirty from 2 February 2004, until McDonald's retirement and his last bulletin on 15 December 2005. Mark Austin took over from McDonald (Austin already hosted the programme on Fridays), with Mary Nightingale, James Mates and Alastair Stewart acting as relief presenters. Regular sports presenters included Felicity Barr, Nina Hossain, Lisa Knights, Steve Scott and Jonathan Wills.