Lookaround (ITV Border)
| Lookaround | |
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| Also known as | ITV News Border |
| Presented by |
Ian Payne Pam Royle |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michaela Byrne (Head of News and Programmes) |
| Producer(s) | ITV Tyne Tees & Border |
| Location(s) | The Watermark, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Editor(s) | Catherine Houlihan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 18:00 show) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Border |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 1961 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Border Life Representing Border |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Lookaround (branded on-screen as ITV News Lookaround) is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border from its studios in Gateshead, and serving central and northern Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, parts of South Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders and overlap areas of Northumberland.
ITV Border's regional news service began on 1 September 1961 from studios at Harraby, Carlisle. Initially producing short evening bulletins and a topical magazine programme called Focus, Lookaround would become the station's flagship daily programme later on in the decade. Shorter bulletins were known as Border News. Meanwhile, the ITV Tyne Tees region had its own wholly separate news services. Lookaround is also known locally in Cumbrian dialect as "Border Crack an' Deekabout"
In 1989, Border began providing a sub-regional news service for viewers served by the Selkirk transmitter, consisting of a short opt-out during Lookaround each weeknight. In April 1999, the opt-out was extended to cover Dumfries and Galloway and a dedicated Scottish news bulletin was introduced on weekday lunchtimes. Border also opened an Edinburgh bureau to provide coverage of the Scottish Parliament.
In September 2007, ITV plc announced that ITV Border news operations would be merged with ITV Tyne Tees, subject to the approval from the regulator Ofcom.
On 24 April 2008, a campaign to save the ITV Border news operation arrived in London with a petition of 9000 signed by viewers. This was ahead of MPs meeting with industry regulator Ofcom.
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