Wales Tonight
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| Genre | News |
| Created by | ITV Wales |
| Starring | Jonathon Hill Andrea Benfield |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
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| Producer(s) | HTV Wales |
| Running time | Wales Tonight: 30 Minutes Wales News: Varies |
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| Original channel | ITV1 Wales |
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| Related shows | Wales Today |
Wales Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV Wales region. Formerly known as HTV News and ITV Wales News, it broadcasts at 6pm every weeknight. Like all ITV plc regional news programmes, it uses the generic ITV font and idents.
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[edit] On Air
ITV Wales News airs on ITV1 Wales seven days a week. Three short bulletins are broadcast during GMTV. The mid-morning bulletin airs at 11:10am, immediately after an ITV News Summary, during This Morning, this update airs for around 10 minutes. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV Lunchtime News, giving a five minute round-up of the days developments between 1.55pm and 2.00pm. The main evening edition of Wales Tonight begins at 6.00pm, and ends at 6.30pm. The late edition of Wales Tonight broadcasts after News at Ten, airing between 10.25pm and 10.35pm, Mondays to Thursdays, and between 11.25pm and 11.35pm on Fridays, after The Late News.
ITV Wales News airs four bulletins at weekends: two on Saturday, at lunchtime, and late afternoon, and two on Sunday: at lunchtime and the evening edition, usually at 6:25pm.
All news bulletins are broadcast live from ITV Wales's studios at Culverhouse Cross on the Western outskirts of Cardiff. ITV Wales also has regional newsrooms in Colwyn Bay, Wrexham, Newtown and Carmarthen, along with a political unit at the National Assembly of Wales in Cardiff Bay. Weather forecasts are produced from Cardiff on most weekdays and from ITV Central in Birmingham at weekends.
[edit] On Line
Catch-up bulletins, signed bulletins and special features are available through ITV Local.
[edit] The team
Currently, the Wales Tonight/ITV Wales News on-air team includes:
[edit] Main presenters
- Jonathan Hill
- Andrea Benfield
- Andrew Jones - Daytime bulletins
- Juliet Piper - Late night bulletin/stand-in
[edit] Sports presenters
- Richard Morgan (also stand-in/bulletin presenter)
- Frances Donovan (also bulletin presenter)
[edit] Weather presenters
- Ruth Wignall (Cardiff)
- James Wright (Cardiff, occasionally Birmingham)
- Charlie Neil (Birminhgam)
- Emma Jesson (Birmingham)
[edit] Reporters
- Justina Simpson (also presenter, Cardiff)
- Kevin Ashford (also presenter, Cardiff)
- Carl Edwards
- Mariclare Carey-Jones
- Duncan Golestani
- Ian Lang (North Wales Correspondent, Colwyn Bay)
- Carole Green (North Wales Correspondent, Colwyn Bay)
- Paul Mewies (North Wales Correspondent, Wrexham)
- Rob Shelley (Mid Wales Correspondent, Newtown
- Catherine Evan Williams (West Wales Correspondent, Carmarthen)
- Nick Partridge (Business Editor)
- Chris Perry (Consumer Correspondent)
- Richard Nosworthy (Health Correspondent)
- Nick Speed (Political Correspondent)
- Matt Dicks (Political Correspondent)
- Rob King (Sports Correspondent)
[edit] British Sign Language interpreters
- Glyn Rosser
- Jonathan Bosman
- Sarah Lawrence
[edit] External links
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