Lookaround
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Lookaround is a regional television news
and current affairs
programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border
at its studios in Gateshead
, and serving the "Border" part of the region (Cumbria
, Dumfries and Galloway
, the Scottish Borders
, and previously the Isle of Man
). The Isle of Man was transferred to the ITV Granada
region (covered by Granada Reports
) on 16 July 2009.
The programme is broadcast on ITV Border each weeknight at 6pm with a shorter bulletin airing at 10:30pm. The remainder of the ITV Tyne Tees & Border region (i.e. the former "Tyne Tees
" area) consists of North East England
and North Yorkshire
, and receives North East Tonight
in these time slots.
Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales and Channel Television
, it uses the generic ITV font and idents.
.
There had always been wholly separate ITV Tyne Tees
and ITV Border
regions. Border Television were based at studios in Carlisle
, Cumbria. The main evening programme was known as Lookaround with all other bulletins branded as Border News. Meanwhile, the Tyne Tees region had retained its own wholly separate news services
.
Lookaround is one of the most popular regional news magazines in the UK, and has been on-air since 1961, when what was then Border Television
launched.
announced that ITV Border news operations would be merged with ITV Tyne Tees
, subject to Ofcom
approval.
On 26 September 2008, OFCOM (the Office of Communications, the UK's broadcasting regulator) authorised ITV's plans to save £40m a year by making regional programming cutbacks. These include axing mid-morning bulletins on weekdays and lunchtime bulletins at weekends, plus merging a number of regions and halving the number of non-news regional programmes.
Following a survey of Isle of Man
viewers in autumn 2008, coverage of the Isle of Man was transferred from Border to ITV Granada News
in July 2009.
ITV Border
won the RTS awards for Best News Programme: Nations and Regions for Lookaround in 2011.
Weekdays
Weekends
and Fiona Armstrong
plus recent additions Helen Pearson
and John Bevir would be retained. Backshall and Armstrong were redeployed as a news correspondent and features correspondent respectively, Bevir remaining as a news correspondent, with Pearson moving to the ITV Tyne Tees
newsroom as the presenter of pan-regional bulletins during GMTV
, (however she now works as a news correspondent, relief presenter and weather presenter).
As part of the merger, six district reporters were appointed - woking from home unless based in Edinburgh or Carlisle. The district reporters announced were Hannah Lomas in Carlisle
, Lee Madan in Selkirk, Stuart Pollitt in Whitehaven
, Victoria Hoe in Kendal
, Olivia Richwald in Dumfries
and Kathryn Samson in Edinburgh
.
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, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border
ITV Tyne Tees & Border
ITV Tyne Tees & Border is a non-franchise ITV regional news service covering the North of England/Southern Scotland and incorporating the former ITV Tyne Tees and ITV Border regions...
at its studios in Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
, and serving the "Border" part of the region (Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
, the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
, and previously the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
). The Isle of Man was transferred to the ITV Granada
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
region (covered by Granada Reports
Granada Reports
Granada Reports is the flagship regional news programme of ITV franchisee Granada, presented by Tony Morris and Lucy Meacock, and serving the North West of England and the Isle of Man....
) on 16 July 2009.
The programme is broadcast on ITV Border each weeknight at 6pm with a shorter bulletin airing at 10:30pm. The remainder of the ITV Tyne Tees & Border region (i.e. the former "Tyne Tees
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...
" area) consists of North East England
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
and North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, and receives North East Tonight
North East Tonight
North East Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border at its studios in Gateshead, and serving the "Tyne Tees" part of the region .The remainder of the ITV Tyne Tees & Border...
in these time slots.
Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales 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.
Overview
Up until the station's non-franchise merger with Tyne Tees, (from 1 September 1961 to Tuesday 24 February 2009), Border Television produced a wholly separate news service for its broadcast area from studios at Harraby, CarlisleCity of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
.
There had always been wholly separate ITV Tyne Tees
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...
and ITV Border
Border Television
Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland and the majority of Cumbria...
regions. Border Television were based at studios in Carlisle
City of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
, Cumbria. The main evening programme was known as Lookaround with all other bulletins branded as Border News. Meanwhile, the Tyne Tees region had retained its own wholly separate news services
North East Tonight
North East Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border at its studios in Gateshead, and serving the "Tyne Tees" part of the region .The remainder of the ITV Tyne Tees & Border...
.
Lookaround is one of the most popular regional news magazines in the UK, and has been on-air since 1961, when what was then Border Television
Border Television
Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland and the majority of Cumbria...
launched.
ITV Tyne Tees & Border
In September 2007, ITV plcITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that operates 12 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom...
announced that ITV Border news operations would be merged with ITV Tyne Tees
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...
, subject to Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
approval.
On 26 September 2008, OFCOM (the Office of Communications, the UK's broadcasting regulator) authorised ITV's plans to save £40m a year by making regional programming cutbacks. These include axing mid-morning bulletins on weekdays and lunchtime bulletins at weekends, plus merging a number of regions and halving the number of non-news regional programmes.
Following a survey of Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
viewers in autumn 2008, coverage of the Isle of Man was transferred from Border to ITV Granada News
Granada Reports
Granada Reports is the flagship regional news programme of ITV franchisee Granada, presented by Tony Morris and Lucy Meacock, and serving the North West of England and the Isle of Man....
in July 2009.
ITV Border
Border Television
Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland and the majority of Cumbria...
won the RTS awards for Best News Programme: Nations and Regions for Lookaround in 2011.
Broadcast times
Lookaround and Tyne Tees & Border News airs on ITV1 Border seven days a week.Weekdays
| Programme | Scheduled Slot | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tyne Tees & Border News (broadcast during Daybreak Daybreak (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... ) |
06:15, 07:15 and 08:15 | Sarah Kelly |
| Tyne Tees & Border News (broadcast after the ITV News at 1:30) | 13:55-14:00 | Ian Payne Ian Payne (journalist) -Early life:Payne was from Ipswich originally but studied sport at Newcastle University and did a placement with TV Sport and Leisure . He then joined ITV Tyne Tees in 1992 - for work experience whilst working on a degree in journalism... , 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:... or Sarah Kelly |
| Lookaround | 18:00-18:30 | Ian Payne Ian Payne (journalist) -Early life:Payne was from Ipswich originally but studied sport at Newcastle University and did a placement with TV Sport and Leisure . He then joined ITV Tyne Tees in 1992 - for work experience whilst working on a degree in journalism... and 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:... |
| Lookaround (broadcast after ITV News at Ten) | 22:30-22:35 | Ian Payne Ian Payne (journalist) -Early life:Payne was from Ipswich originally but studied sport at Newcastle University and did a placement with TV Sport and Leisure . He then joined ITV Tyne Tees in 1992 - for work experience whilst working on a degree in journalism... or 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:... (Monday-Thursday). Various (Friday). |
Weekends
| Programme | Scheduled Slot | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tyne Tees & Border News | Saturdays - Late Afternoon | Various |
| Tyne Tees & Border News | Sundays - Early Evening | Various |
Sub-regional service
From 25 February 2009 - news for the Border region incorporates a 15/18 minute opt-out within the main 6pm programme, a fully separate late night bulletin and localised weather forecasts throughout the day. Depending on the day's news, either one of the Border or Tyne Tees news opt-outs are pre-recorded. Other bulletins are pan-regional covering news stories from the Tyne Tees and Border regions, titled Tyne Tees & Border News.Current on air team
On 13 January 2009 it was announced long serving presenters Tim BackshallTim Backshall
Timothy "Tim" Backshall is a British television presenter and journalist.He is currently employed by ITV Tyne Tees & Border.-Biography:Backshall was originally from Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He currently lives near Penrith, Cumbria with his wife and daughter.-Television:He joined ITV Border in...
and Fiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor of MacGregor is a freelance Scottish television journalist.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Preston, Lancashire. As a child she lived for ten years in Nigeria, where her father was in the colonial service. She became Lady MacGregor of MacGregor when she...
plus recent additions Helen Pearson
Helen Pearson (journalist)
Helen Pearson was born on 8 February 1981 and is a British television presenter who is currently employed by ITV Tyne Tees & Border.In 2003, she began her career with ITV Westcountry based in Plymouth where she presented the now defunct opt-out for the South of the region...
and John Bevir would be retained. Backshall and Armstrong were redeployed as a news correspondent and features correspondent respectively, Bevir remaining as a news correspondent, with Pearson moving to the ITV Tyne Tees
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...
newsroom as the presenter of pan-regional 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...
, (however she now works as a news correspondent, relief presenter and weather presenter).
As part of the merger, six district reporters were appointed - woking from home unless based in Edinburgh or Carlisle. The district reporters announced were Hannah Lomas in Carlisle
City of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
, Lee Madan in Selkirk, Stuart Pollitt in Whitehaven
Whitehaven
Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road...
, Victoria Hoe in Kendal
Kendal
Kendal, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England...
, Olivia Richwald in Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
and Kathryn Samson in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
.