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ITV Lunchtime News

ITV Lunchtime News
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ITV News opening sequence
Presented by Nina Hossain
Alastair Stewart
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 or Alastair Stewart, covers British national and international news stories and broadcasts at 1:30pm from Monday to Friday.

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.

On 8 March 1999, coinciding with a further relaunch of ITN's news bulletins, John Suchet returned to the newly named ITV Lunchtime News to replace Murnaghan, now main newscaster of the new ITV Nightly News. On 22 January 2001, the ITV Lunchtime News reverted to single presentation with Nicholas Owen.


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