ITV News at 5:30
| ITV News at 5:30 | |
|---|---|
 ITV News opening sequence | |
| Also known as |
'ITV Morning News (1988-2009) |
| Presented by |
Faye Barker Charlene White |
| Opening theme | "News Centre" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
ITN Studios, London, England, UK |
| Editor(s) | Deborah Turness |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ITN |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 15 February 1988 – 21 December 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | ITN World News |
| Related shows |
ITV News at 1:30, ITV News at 6:30, ITV News at Ten, ITV News (Weekend) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ITV News at 5:30 was the early morning news bulletin on the British television network ITV. It was produced by ITN.
The 30-minute programme covered British national and international news stories, a brief business update, a look at the mornings newspapers and regular NBC News segments and broadcasts at 5:30am every day. In the event of a major news story, they occasionally went live to the scene or cross to the newsroom.
On 12 January 2009, Faye Barker was appointed the main newscaster of the bulletin,[1] Charlene White alternated with Barker for a time.
History
The programme began as the ITN Morning News on 15 February 1988 with the advent of 24-hour television on ITV. It originally ran for an hour from 5:00am and was the first pre-subscription television outlet in Britain to broadcast regular segments from CNN. The first thirty minutes included a broadcast of the ITN World News, a bulletin intended for the international audience and composed solely of major world stories, and the second thirty minutes focused on national news stories. The practice of including the ITN World News as part of an "hour-long" ITN Morning News ended by March 1991, and the time slot was amended accordingly to 5:30.
Some EPGs and TV listings referred to the programme as the ITV Early Morning News. On 2 November 2009 the ITV Morning News was renamed as simply ITV News to coincide with the re-branding of ITV News output.
On 27 November 2012, it was announced that ITV is to axe the bulletin in favour of delivering content online for itv.com and extra resources to be put into creating a new foreign affairs unit. A total of 15 roles, editorial and technical, are at a risk of redundancy as a result of axing the bulletin.[2] The programme last aired on 21 December 2012.[3]
Newscasters
- Ian Axton (2007)
- Zeinab Badawi (1988–91)
- Faye Barker (2005–12)
- Andrea Catherwood
- Steve Clamp (2009)
- Guy de Faye
- Katie Derham (Summary)
- Ali Douglas (2010–12)
- Steve Gaisford (2007–09)
- Phil Gayle
- Jon Gilbert (2007–12)
- Alex Hyndman/Alexandra Hill (2009–10)
- Jackie Kabler (2008–12)
- Sangeeta Kandola (2007–12)
- Rachel McTavish (1997–2007; 2011–12)
- Joyce Ohajah (2001–08)
- Nicholas Owen (Summary)
- Chris Rogers (2003–06)
- Salma Siraj (2007–11)
- Alastair Stewart (Summary)
- John Suchet
- Matt Teale (2010, 2012)
- Owen Thomas (2001–05)
- Denis Tuohy (1993–2001)
- Mark Webster
- Charlene White (2008–12)
- Tim Willcox (1998–2000)
- Sascha Williams (2009–12)
Reporter
- Yao Chin (2008-2012)
References
- ↑ Faye Barker to front ITV's morning news bulletin, Press Gazette, 8 January 2009
- ↑ ITV axes Morning News bulletin, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 27 November 2012
- ↑ ITV lays Morning News to rest, Balihar Khalsa, Broadcast Now, 27 November 2012