News at 5:45
| ITV Evening News | |
|---|---|
ITV News opening sequence
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| Presented by | Mary Nightingale |
| Theme music composer | Dave Hewson |
| 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); Richard Frediani (Programme Editor, ITV Evening News) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) |
ITN ITV News |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 22 September 1955 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
ITV Lunchtime News ITV News at Ten ITV Weekend News |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The ITV Evening News is the evening news bulletin on the British television network ITV. It is produced by ITN.
The Monday to Friday 30-minute programme, presented by Mary Nightingale, covers British national and international news stories.
On 22 September 1955 when the ITV television service was launched, ITN provided an early evening news service at 5:50pm. It was known as ITN News, and presented by Gordon Honeycombe. This simple bulletin made use of a single camera, and was intended as a round-up of the day's headlines and looking at stories to be covered in more length by that evening's edition of News at Ten.
On 6 September 1976, ITN News moved to 5:45pm and was renamed News at 545. The 545 marked a major departure in presentational style from the ITN News that had preceded it. Initially, the bulletins were broadcast from the Police Five studio, which enabled the producers to make extensive use of chromakey to display images behind the newscaster, several studio cameras, interviews with correspondents in the studio and on a TV monitor, and wide screen shots of the studio set at the beginning and end of the programme, and when handing over to correspondents.
Alastair Burnet was the original presenter of the News at 545. Michael Nicholson fronted the bulletin on Fridays, and was also a relief presenter. Immediately after the visual 'roll' and electronic audio at the beginning, the announcer intoned in a hushed tone: "The news at 5:45, with Alastair Burnett/Michael Nicholson". Other relief presenters in the late 1970s included Leonard Parkin, who at the time also regularly hosted the News at One, and Martyn Lewis. In March 1980, when Burnet departed the 545 to present News at Ten, Nicholson replaced him as lead presenter, with Carol Barnes taking over as relief presenter. In September 1986, Nicholson left the 545 to return to war reporting, and was replaced by Alastair Stewart.
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