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Northern Life (TV series)
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Northern Life was a daily news programme on Tyne Tees Television
, which aired from 6 September 1976 to 2 October 1992. The programme was aired at 6pm on weekday evenings, for some years at 6.25pm, and ran for 30, 35 or 60 minutes at various points in its run.
The programme was the successor to Today at Six, and was replaced by Tyne Tees Today in 1992 following the takeover by Yorkshire Television
. The programme had a light-hearted approach and was notable for Paul Frost's monologues towards the end of many of the shows.
For much of its run Northern Life had a split-regional news service integrated into the second part of the programme, with the south of the Tyne Tees region served by the Middlesbrough
studio anchored by Teesside
-based news reporters such as Andy Kluz.
Presenters of the show included Bill Steel
(the original anchor), Tom Coyne, Paul Frost, Jane Wyatt
, Pam Royle
, Eileen McCabe, Stuart McNeil and Sheila Matheson.
Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. As of 2009, it forms part of a non-franchise ITV Tyne Tees & Border region, shared with the ITV Border region...
, which aired from 6 September 1976 to 2 October 1992. The programme was aired at 6pm on weekday evenings, for some years at 6.25pm, and ran for 30, 35 or 60 minutes at various points in its run.
The programme was the successor to Today at Six, and was replaced by Tyne Tees Today in 1992 following the takeover by Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
. The programme had a light-hearted approach and was notable for Paul Frost's monologues towards the end of many of the shows.
For much of its run Northern Life had a split-regional news service integrated into the second part of the programme, with the south of the Tyne Tees region served by the Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
studio anchored by Teesside
Teesside
Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in the north east of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham and surrounding settlements near the River Tees. It was also the name of a local government district between 1968 and 1974—the County Borough of...
-based news reporters such as Andy Kluz.
Presenters of the show included Bill Steel
Bill Steel
Bill Steel is a television and radio broadcaster from North East England. He has also acted, briefly appearing in Coronation Street.He began his working life at the General Electric as a trainee accountant, and moved into television in the 1960s, first working in the Tyne Tees Television...
(the original anchor), Tom Coyne, Paul Frost, Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt
Jane Waddington Wyatt was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the television comedy Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek...
, Pam Royle
Pam Royle
Pamela "Pam" Royle is a British television presenter, journalist and voice coach.She is currently employed by ITV Tyne Tees & Border.-Biography:...
, Eileen McCabe, Stuart McNeil and Sheila Matheson.
External links
- ITV Tyne Tees News at itvlocal.comITV LocalITV Local was a broadband service provided by ITV plc, the contractor and provider of ITV in 11 of the 15 Television Regions. First established in 2005, the website provided local news, weather and features on demand 24 hours a day....