Anglia Tonight
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Anglia Tonight is a regional television news
and current affairs
programme, produced by ITV Anglia
(formerly Anglia Television), serving the East of England
and parts of the East Midlands
and South East England
. The programme is usually broadcast at 18:00 every weeknight, also including local sports news and local features of interest. Other bulletins are branded as just plain Anglia News.
Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales
and Channel Television
, it uses the generic ITV font and idents.
Former reporter and weather presenter Becky Jago
and former relief presenter Jonathan Wills currently present the programme.
, Suffolk
and North Essex
), and West (Cambridgeshire
, Northamptonshire
, Bedfordshire
, Hertfordshire
and Buckinghamshire
) of the region. Both editions were broadcast from Norwich
. By 2008, Anglia News bulletins during GMTV
and at weekends had become pan-regional.
As of 12 February 2009, other Anglia News output also reverted to being pan-regional. The remaining sub-regional elements are:
Anglia News replaced Anglia Television’s pan-regional About Anglia
in 1990. The 18:00 programme changed title to Anglia Tonight on 2 February 2004, although it was called Anglia News Tonight for a short period beforehand.
. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV News at 13:30, providing a seven-minute round-up of the day's developments at 13:55.
The main evening edition of Anglia Tonight begins at 18:00 and ends at 18:30. The late news update from the Anglia sub-regions follows the ITV News at Ten, airing between 22:30 and 22:35 every weeknight.
Anglia News airs two bulletins at the weekend - one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
Note: Reporters marked with an * next to their name also act as newsreaders.
News program
A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors...
and current affairs
Current affairs (news format)
Current Affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
programme, produced by ITV Anglia
Anglia Television
Anglia Television is the ITV franchise holder for the East Anglia franchise region. Although Anglia Television takes its name from East Anglia, its transmission coverage extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional...
(formerly Anglia Television), serving the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
and parts of the East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...
and South East England
South East England
South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...
. The programme is usually broadcast at 18:00 every weeknight, also including local sports news and local features of interest. Other bulletins are branded as just plain Anglia News.
Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales
England and Wales
England and Wales is a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom...
and Channel Television
Channel Television
Channel Television is a British television station which has served as an Independent Television contractor to the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey...
, it uses the generic ITV font and idents.
Former reporter and weather presenter Becky Jago
Becky Jago
Becky Jago is a British television news presenter, currently employed by ITV Anglia....
and former relief presenter Jonathan Wills currently present the programme.
Overview
Re-launched in June 1990 as Anglia News, there were originally two sub-regional editions for the East (NorfolkNorfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
and North Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
), and West (Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
and Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
) of the region. Both editions were broadcast from Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
. By 2008, Anglia News bulletins during GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
and at weekends had become pan-regional.
As of 12 February 2009, other Anglia News output also reverted to being pan-regional. The remaining sub-regional elements are:
- An 8-minute opt-out during the main 18:00 programme, similar to BBC Look East's Close Up opt-out.
- Localised weather forecast during the 18:00 programme.
- The full late weeknight bulletins. Both sub-regional editions utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two opt-outs - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast.
Anglia News replaced Anglia Television’s pan-regional About Anglia
About Anglia
About Anglia, first broadcast in 1960, is the flagship television news magazine for Anglia Television. Its original presenter was Dick Joice....
in 1990. The 18:00 programme changed title to Anglia Tonight on 2 February 2004, although it was called Anglia News Tonight for a short period beforehand.
Broadcast times
Anglia News airs on ITV1 Anglia seven days a week. ITV Anglia provides three news bulletins during DaybreakDaybreak (ITV)
Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme on the British commercial ITV network that broadcasts on weekday mornings from 06:00 to 08:30 and is currently presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from Monday to Thursday with Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway on Fridays...
. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV News at 13:30, providing a seven-minute round-up of the day's developments at 13:55.
The main evening edition of Anglia Tonight begins at 18:00 and ends at 18:30. The late news update from the Anglia sub-regions follows the ITV News at Ten, airing between 22:30 and 22:35 every weeknight.
Anglia News airs two bulletins at the weekend - one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
Main newsreaders
- Becky JagoBecky JagoBecky Jago is a British television news presenter, currently employed by ITV Anglia....
(Anglia Tonight and alternate lunch/late bulletin)
- Jonathan Wills (Anglia Tonight and alternate lunch/late bulletin)
Other newsreaders
- David Hughes (freelance)
- Luke Farrington (Daybreak bulletins)
Weather presenters
- Amanda Houston
- Ross Hutchinson *
- Claire McGlasson (also news correspondent for Anglia Tonight)
District Correspondents
- Emma BakerEmma BakerEmma Baker is a journalist who works as a reporter for ITV Anglia, and who regularly presents the weekend news bulletins for the Anglia region, as well as occasionally stepping in as a presenter for the main Anglia Tonight programme.-Incident:...
(Cambridge) * - Stuart Leithes (Peterborough)
- Kate Prout (Luton)
- Lorna Ramsey (Essex) *
- Serena Sandhu (Essex)
- Martin Stew (Cambridge)
News Correspondents
- Neil Bradford *
- Laura Burns
- Lauren Carter
- Natalie Gray *
- Elodie Harper *
- Russell HookeyRussell HookeyRussell Hookey is a radio and television journalist and broadcaster working in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands.He is currently reading news on the National UK radio station Classic FM & the London talk station LBC 97.3....
- Matthew Hudson
- Andrea Johnston
- Victoria Lampard *
- Hannah Pettifer *
- Malcolm Robertson
Specialist Correspondents
- Donovan Blake (Sport)
- David Golley (Voiceover)
- Emma Hutchinson (Westminster)
- Jim Rice (Sport)
Note: Reporters marked with an * next to their name also act as newsreaders.
Former presenters and correspondents
- Patrick Anthony
- Jim Bacon
- John Bacon (no relation)
- Louise Beale (now with 5 News)
- Sarah Beecroft
- Graham Bell (deceased)
- Simon Brant
- David Brooks
- Stephen Chambers
- Tim Curtis
- Andy Cutcher
- Karen Dallas
- Timothy Evans
- Charlotte Fisher
- John Francis
- Katie Glass
- Jerry Harmer
- Philippa Heap
- Karl Heidel
- Wendy HurrellWendy HurrellWendy Louise Hurrell is an English television presenter currently working as a weather presenter for BBC London.-Early life:Hurrell was born in Norfolk and grew up in Filby near Great Yarmouth...
(now with BBC LondonBBC LondonBBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily BBC London News and the weekly Politics Show on television, the BBC London 94.9 radio station and local coverage of the...
) - Stuart Jarrold (now freelance)
- Rebecca Jones (now with Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
)
- Stephen LeeStephen Lee (TV presenter)Stephen Lee is a television presenter and television newsreader.-Education:Stephen Lee was awarded a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the National Council for the Training of Broadcast Journalists in 1992...
- Verity Lines
- Rachel Mackley (now with BBC South EastBBC South EastBBC South East is the BBC English Region serving East Sussex, Kent, and parts of Surrey and West Sussex.The BBC region was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter , with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters to form a new regional TV service...
) - Becky MantinBecky MantinRebecca "Becky" Mantin is an English television presenter who presents the ITV Weather for British television network ITV.-Early life:Born in 1980 to Wendy and Richard Mantin in Norwich, Mantin attended Norwich High School for Girls and the Sixth Form at Norwich School.-Career:Mantin started her...
(now with ITV WeatherITV WeatherITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office...
) - Helen McDermottHelen McDermottHelen McDermott is a British radio and television presenter, best known for her work at Anglia Television.A graduate of the University of East Anglia, McDermott begun her broadcasting career in the 1970s as a continuity announcer and newsreader for Westward Television in Plymouth...
(now with BBC Radio NorfolkBBC Radio NorfolkBBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Norfolk, broadcasting since 11 September 1980. It broadcasts from the studios of BBC East in The Forum, Norwich on 95.1 FM , 104.4 FM , 95.6 FM , 855 kHz AM/MW , 873 kHz AM/MW BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local...
) - Cathy McNair
- Greg Milam (now with Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
) - Rhiannon Mills (now with Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
) - Clare NasirClare NasirClare Nasir is a British weather forecaster for ITV London and can be seen on London Today and London Tonight.-Early life:...
(now with ITV LondonITV LondonITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
) - Simon Newton
- Caroline Oldrey
- Alpa Patel (now with The BBC News channel)
- Gordon Radley (now with Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
) - Steve RiderSteve RiderStephen Rider is an English sports presenter, and was the anchorman of ITV's football coverage, which included the Champions League, England Internationals, the FA Cup and the 2006 World Cup. He anchored ITV's Formula One coverage from 2006 to 2008, and football coverage from 2006 to April 2010...
- Sally Rourke (now with ITV LondonITV LondonITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
) - Richard Swallow
- Emma Thomas
- Sara ThorntonSara Thornton (weather forecaster)Sara Thornton is an English broadcast journalist and weather presenter.Born in Yorkshire, she was raised in the United States, returning to England to study for her A Levels. After a university education, she studied for a post-graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism, and then joined the BBC as a...
(now with BBC WeatherBBC WeatherBBC Weather is the BBC's department in charge of preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts and is now part of BBC News. The broadcast meteorologists are employed by the Met Office...
) - Bhavani Vadde (now with ITV LondonITV LondonITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
) - Clare Weller
- Sascha Williams (now a freelanceFreelancerA freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
journalist) - Alastair Yates (now with The BBC News channel)