ITV News Granada Reports
| Granada Reports | |
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| Also known as | 'Good Morning Granada during ITV Breakfast |
| Presented by | Lucy Meacock Tony Morris Kerrie Gosney |
| Country of origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lucy West (Head of News) |
| Production location(s) | MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, England |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 6pm show) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Granada |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Granada |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 1956 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | ITV News, BBC North West Tonight |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Granada Reports is a regional news programme for North West England and the Isle of Man, produced by ITV Granada.
Contents
Overview
Granada Reports is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, with the first bulletin being broadcast from the new facilities on 24 March 2013.[1] Before this, the news service was based at Granada's studios in Quay Street, Manchester. Reporters are also based at newsrooms in the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, Lancaster and on the Isle of Man. News staff were also based at offices in Blackburn and Chester until they were closed in 2005.
Prior to its launch in 1973, the nightly news programme had been known under several titles such as Northern Newscast, Scene at Six Thirty and People and Places. Between 2 January 1990 and 28 September 2001, the main evening programme was known as Granada Tonight (which utilised a variation of American company Hearst Television's standardised graphics from October 1998 up until September 2001). Shorter bulletins aired as Granada News. Most bulletins now air under the joint branding of ITV News and Granada Reports with breakfast bulletins entitled Good Morning Granada.
The programme was unaffected with cutbacks to ITV regional news in early 2009.[2] The only major change saw ITV Granada take over coverage of the Isle of Man from ITV Tyne Tees & Border on 16 July 2009.
On 27 September 2012, it was announced technical staff had been invited to volunteer for redundancy as part of national job losses affecting ITV News services. The timing coincided with production moving from Granada Studios to MediaCityUK.[3] In January 2013, a second announcement regarding further redundancies of editorial staff was made.
Lucy Meacock and Tony Morris are main anchors of the programme since 1988 and 2003 respectively.[4]
Broadcast times
Granada Reports airs on ITV Granada seven days a week. On weekdays, a four-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at 1.55pm, followed by the main half-hour programme at 6pm and an eight-minute late bulletin at 10.30pm following ITV News at Ten. At weekends, two 5 or 10-minute editions of Granada Reports are broadcast – one later on Saturday afternoons and another on Sunday evenings.
On weekday mornings, Good Morning Granada airs short bulletins within Good Morning Britain at approximately 6.05am, 7.05am and 8.05am.
Notable on-air team
- Lucy Meacock, Main presenter[4]
- Tony Morris, main presenter[4]
- Jo Blythe, weather presenter[5]
- Kerrie Gosney
- Andy Crane, newsreader; freelancer
- Amy Welch, Newsreader
- Adam McClean, newsreader; relief sport correspondent
- Rachel Townsend, Relief main presenter/newsreader
- Elaine Willcox, relief main presenter/newsreader
- Chris Hall, freelancer
- Mike Hall, main sports presenter/relief main presenter
Past presenters/reporters
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- Gordon Burns
- Alan Towers (deceased)
- Martin Dougan
- Nelufar Hedayat
- Stephen Douglas (Sky News)
- Gamal Fahnbulleh (Sky News)
- Judy Finnigan
- Bob Greaves (deceased)
- Stuart Hall (convicted)
- Catherine Jacob
- Debbie Lindley (The Pulse)
- Andrew Lindsay (BBC Sport)
- Richard Madeley
- Debbie Thrower (Meridian Tonight)
- Jon Mitchell (Calendar)
- Mark Owen (France 24)
- Fred Talbot (convicted)
- Mark Tattersall
- Dan Walker (BBC Sport)
- Anthony Wilson (deceased)
Awards
- BAFTA Television Awards
- Best News Coverage: 2007, 2013
- Royal Television Society
- Best News Coverage in the Nations and Regions: 2007, 2008
- Best Regional News Programme - North West: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Best Regional Story - North West: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Best Regional On Screen Talent - North West: 2011 (Rob Smith), 2012 (Clare Fallon)
- Best Innovation in Multimedia - North West: 2012
References
- ↑ ITV News Granada Reports to start broadcasting from MediaCityUK Prolific North, 18 March 2013
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- ↑ Redundancies at Granada Reports Manchester Evening News, 27 September 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Granada Reports moves to new home at MediaCityUK ITV News, 25 March 2013
- ↑ Fred the Weatherman returns alongside Jo Blythe How Do, 28 January 2009
External links
| Preceded by | BAFTA: Television Award News Coverage (The Morecambe Bay Cockling Tragedy) 2007 |
Succeeded by Sky News: Glasgow Airport Attack |
| Preceded by | RTS: Television Journalism Nations and Regions News Coverage (The Morecambe Bay Cockling Tragedy); (The Lesley Molseed Trial) 2007, 2008 |
Succeeded by The West Tonight: Weston Pier Fire |
| Preceded by | BAFTA: Television Award News Coverage (Hillsborough – The Truth at Last) 2013 |
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