First Report
| ITV Lunchtime News | |
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ITV News opening sequence
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| Presented by |
Nina Hossain (Monday/Tuesday) Alastair Stewart (Wednesday-Friday, when not presenting the News at Ten) |
| Opening theme | "Global Broadcast" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
ITN headquarters, London, England, UK |
| Editor(s) | Geoff Hill (Editor, ITV Network News) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) |
ITN ITV News |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 16 October 1972 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
ITV Evening News ITV News at Ten ITV Weekend News |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ITV Lunchtime News is the afternoon news bulletin on the British television network ITV. It is produced by ITN.
The 25-minute programme, currently presented by Nina Hossain (Monday-Tuesday) or Alastair Stewart (Wednesday-Friday), covers British national and international news stories and broadcasts at 1:30pm from Monday to Friday. Ranvir Singh and Charlene White act as relief presenters.
The programme is followed by a 6 minute regional news update. The presenter of the programme always presents the ITV London Lunchtime News after the programme.
The programme was first broadcast on 16 October 1972 as First Report, a twenty-minute bulletin presented by newscaster Robert Kee at 12:40 pm. The bulletin was moved to 1:00 pm on 7 September 1974 and retitled as News at One on 6 September 1976. Leonard Parkin and Peter Sissons alternated as the programme's main newscasters in the same year after Kee's departure.
On 20 July 1987, the bulletin was relaunched as News at 12:30. Jon Snow and former BBC newsreader Julia Somerville presented alternate editions of the programme. On 7 March 1988, ITV's daytime programming was rejigged and the bulletin was moved back to its 1:00 pm timeslot. News at One later relaunched on 16 October 1989 with John Suchet as its main presenter. On 7 January 1991, the programme moved this time to 12:30 pm.
On 2 March 1992, News at 12:30 was relaunched as the Lunchtime News with a two-newscaster team comprising Nicholas Owen and Carol Barnes. On 6 March 1995, ITN's news bulletins were relaunched with a cohesive identity. The Lunchtime News newscasting team was revamped, this time with a returning Julia Somerville alongside Dermot Murnaghan. Owen and Barnes remained as relief newscasters.
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