North East Tonight

North East Tonight, Northern Life, Tyne tees News: is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV at its studios in Gateshead], and serving the "Tyne Tees" part of the region (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire).

Since 2009 and the merger of the Tyne Tees and Border regions, only the Monday to Friday programmes at 18.00 and 22.30 carry the North East Tonight name. All other weekday and weekend bulletins are broadcast as Tyne Tees and Border News

Weekdays

 * 06.05, 06.25 and 07.25 - Tyne Tees and Border News during Daybreak; 2 minutes
 * 13.55 - Tyne Tees and Border News after ITV News at 1.30; 5 minutes
 * 18.00 - North East Tonight before ITV News at 6.30; 30 minutes
 * 22.30 - North East Tonight after ITV News at Ten; 5 minutes

Weekends

 * Saturday - Tyne Tees and Border News during late afternoon/early evening; 10 minutes
 * Sunday - Tyne Tees and Border News late afternoon/early evening; 10 minutes

History
1996: The North East Tonight title is first used on-air for the 18.00 hour-long flagship news bulletin on Monday 2 September; the same day Mike Neville on returned to read the news at Tyne Tees - or, as it was known from that day onward for 18 months - "Channel 3 North East"

1999: With the network schedule changes to accommodate the shift of ITN's early evening news from 17.40 to 18.30, the start time of North East Tonight is moved to 17.30 on 8 March.[11] For the first month, the programme accommodates Primetime, a lifestyle strand presented mainly by Pam Royle; this is then changed to opt-out strands for viewers in the North and South of the region 2000: Marking the launch of a new station logo, new graphics and a new set are introduced to all Tyne Tees bulletins on 4 October

2001: The hour-long early evening edition of North East Tonight is halved in length to 30 minutes from 21 May onwards to accommodate schedule changes on the network. In its place, a thirty-minute lunchtime programme, North East Today, is introduced, which runs until the end of 2002. 2002: The North East Tonight set first seen in 2000 is updated on 30 September. 2003: Another graphics refresh is launched for all local news programmes on Tyne Tees on 6 January. The set introduced in September 2002 is kept intact. 2004: New titles and graphics for North East Tonight are introduced on 2 February, based on the national ITV News look launched on the same day. The 2002 set is redecorated to reflect the blue-tinged graphics package. 2005: The final news bulletin from Tyne Tees' studios on City Road, Newcastle, is broadcast on 1 July.] At the same time (and with less publicity), Tyne Tees also vacate their studio in Billingham. The next day (2 July) the first bulletin from the station's new broadcasting base in Gateshead goes to air, with a set matching those being rolled out across ITV plc owned regional stations. Two days later, on 4 July, Mike Neville presents what turns out to be his final edition of North East Tonight. 2006: Following a series of experiments the previous year, separate editions of North East Tonight are launched for viewers from the Pontop Pike (North) and Bilsdale (South) transmitter areas on 16 January. This echoes a previous split for Tyne Tees' news services between 1993 and 1996; with Tyne Tees Today for Pontop Pike viewers and Network North for Bilsdale viewers.[22] The official launch of the new North East Tonight split service coincides with new graphics and changes to the studio lighting on the day ITV1 changes its logo. 2007: In line with other local news programmes on ITV plc owned stations, North East Tonight is broadcast in widescreen for the first time on 2 December; amended opening titles and graphics are implemented. In the proposals outlined that September to reduce ITV's regional news output, plans are laid out to merge the Tyne Tees regional programmes together - along with the entire Border region.[25] These plans receive Ofcom backing in September 2008 and final confirmation in January 2009. 2009: The final separate edition of North East Tonight is aired on 24 February; this is also the final day of the individual services for the North and South areas of the region. The next day, the newly-combined North East Tonight and Lookaround programme is launched (with the first half of the programme split between the former Tyne Tees and Border regions, and the rest of the programme transmitted across the newly-merged region); daytime and weekend bulletins are now rebranded as Tyne Tees and Border News. On 10 December, all bulletins receive an updated title sequence and graphics package in line with the national ITV news template.

Former on air team
Listing notable former presenters and journalists and their subsequent employer(s).


 * Edward Baran
 * Jason Beresford
 * Jo Blythe (ITV Granada)
 * Jeff Brown (BBC North East and Cumbria)
 * Kay Burley (Sky News)
 * Clare Burton (BBC Channel Islands)
 * Penny Bustin
 * Maria Coyle
 * Tom Coyne
 * Andy Craig
 * Gregg Easteal (Daybreak)
 * Kate Fisher (ITV Central)
 * Chris Ford (Premier League Productions)
 * Andrew Friend
 * Paul Frost
 * Sarah Gatenby
 * Simon Gilbert
 * Pete Graves (Sky Sports News)
 * Ian Haslam (BBC North West)
 * Ruth Holliday (Sky Tyne and Wear)
 * Kim Inglis (freelance journalist)
 * Andy Kluz
 * Eleanor Jeffrey (deceased)
 * Bob Johnson
 * Phil Lavelle (BBC Breakfast)
 * John Lawrence
 * Judi Lines
 * Debbie Lindley (The Pulse of West Yorkshire)


 * Vicky Locklin (Radio One Mallorca)
 * Jake Lynch
 * Stuart MacNeil
 * Carol Malia (BBC North East and Cumbria)
 * Shelagh Mathieson
 * Lesley McNish
 * Heather McWilliam
 * Lucy Meacock (ITV Granada, ITV News)
 * Jon Mitchell (ITV Yorkshire)
 * Jonathan Morrell (720 ABC Perth)
 * Samantha Nanda
 * Mike Neville
 * Tiffany Royce (Daybreak)
 * Morland Sanders
 * Brian Shallcross
 * Peter Shoesmith
 * Kate Silverton (BBC Breakfast, BBC News)
 * Roger Thames
 * Dawn Thewlis (BBC North East and Cumbria)
 * Philippa Tomson (Sky News)
 * Mark Warr
 * Alex Watson
 * Huw Weekes (deceased)
 * Wincey Willis
 * Claire Wilson
 * Duncan Wood (ITV Yorkshire)
 * Jane Wyatt