London Tonight
Genre	News
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s)	ITN (from 2004) London News Network (1993-2004) For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... London News Network (or LNN) was a television news organization in London. ...
Running time	London Tonight: 30 Minutes London Today: Varies
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV1 London
Original run	January 4, 1993 – present

London Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV London region. Produced by ITN, it broadcasts at 6pm every weeknight. Like all regional news programmes on ITV1 in England and Wales and Channel Television, it uses the generic ITV plc font and idents. ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by ITV plc for the ITV1 television channel in the London region. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by ITV plc for the ITV1 television channel in the London region. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... The current Channel TV ident Channel Television (CTV) is a British television station which has served as an Independent Television (ITV), contractor to the Channel Islands since 1962. ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ...

London News Network

London Tonight began on January 4, 1993 shortly after Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from previous holder Thames. The programme was originally produced by London News Network in association with LWT and Carlton. LNN was established to provide a united, seven day, Channel 3 news service for London. Its creation established a continuity between the once different brands of weekend and weekday news, weather and sport. is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... Thames Television was a franchise holder of the British ITV television network, serving London on weekdays between 1968 and 1992. ... London News Network (or LNN) was a television news and facilities organisation in London. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ...

On Screen the only difference between the Weekday and Weekend programmes became a the endcap. Programmes featured the Carlton or LWT Logo beside the LNN Logo. This continued after the onscreen identities of Carlton London and LWT were scrapped by owners Carlton and Granada in anticipation of a merger. Instead of being referred to as LWT and Carlton, ITV London (weekend) and ITV London (weekday) became the respective names and all onscreen idents referred to ITV1 London. Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... London News Network (or LNN) was a television news organization in London. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by ITV plc for the ITV1 television channel in the London region. ...

ITV London (weekday) and ITV London (weekend) owners Carlton and Granada merged, forming ITV plc and LNN was dissolved soon after this. Production for all ITV London News Programmes remained at ITV London Studios formerly known as the LWT South Bank Centre until 2004. Production is now conducted by the national Channel 3 news franchisee ITN at their headquarters in North London, the region is unique as it holds the only franchise operation not to produce its own in-house news programmes. Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... On screen caption used by LWT showing the London Studios The London Studios is a television studio complex on Londons South Bank next to the Royal National Theatre. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

On air

London Today/Tonight airs on ITV1 London seven days a week. ITV London provides three news bulletins during GMTV. The mid-morning bulletin airs 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 London Tonight begins at 6.00pm, and ends at 6.30pm. The late news update from the region follows the News at Ten, airing between 10.30pm and 10.40pm, Mondays to Thursdays, and between 11.30pm and 11.40pm on Fridays, after The Late News. GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... ITV Lunchtime News is ITV1s hour-long daily news programme, which is broadcast weekdays 12. ... Sir Trevor McDonald presenting the original final broadcast of News at Ten, from 5 March 1999. ...

London Today/Tonight airs four bulletins at weekends: two on Saturday, at lunchtime, and late afternoon, and two on Sunday: at lunchtime and the evening edition at 6.25pm.

Online

All bulletins and extended features, as well as weather and entertainment news, are available through ITV Local. ITV Local is a broadband service provided by ITV. Established in 2005, the website provides local news, weather and features on demand, 24 hours a day. ...

Presenters

Main anchors

• Katie Derham
• Alastair Stewart

Relief presenters Katie Derham presents the ITV Lunchtime News, and the news for London on ITV. Derham has a BA (Hons) in Economics from Magdalene College, Cambridge. ... Alastair James Stewart OBE (born June 22, 1952) is a British television newsreader. ...

• Nina Hossain
• Ben Scotchbrook
• Salma Siraj

• Romilly Weeks

Late programme presenters Nina Hossain (born May 1, 1975) is a British television broadcaster, originally from Huddersfield, although she now lives in South London. ... Ben Scotchbrook is a journalist and occasional presenter on ITV Londons regional news programme, London Today. ... Romilly Weeks is currently Royal Correspondent for ITV News. ...

• Phil Gayle
• Jon Gilbert
• Siân Jones
• Sangeeta Kandola

• Chris Rogers

Weekend Presenters Phil Gayle (born April 6, 1964 in Birmingham, England) is a newsreader, currently working for ITV News. ... Chris Rogers on London Today Chris Rogers made his name presenting childrens television news programme Newsround circa 1996, and stayed there for around five years, when he joined adult news, with Sky News. ...

• Steve Gaisford
• Jasmine Lowson
• Ben Scotchbrook

Weather Steve presenting on Sky News Steve Gaisford is a British news presenter working for ITV News and Al Jazeera English. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Ben Scotchbrook is a journalist and occasional presenter on ITV Londons regional news programme, London Today. ...

• Chrissie Reidy
• Robin McCallum
• Manali Lukha

Chrissie Reidy (born in Birmingham) is a British weather forecaster. ... Robin McCallum (previously Robin Lermitte) is a British weather presenter for ITV London on London Today and London Tonight during weekends and as cover when main presenter Chrissie Reidy is away. ... Manali Lukha is a British weather forecaster for ITV London and can be seen on London Today and London Tonight. ...

Reporters

• Glen Goodman
• Simon Harris, Political Correspondent (and former news editor, 1993; also political correspondent for ITV network news)
• Ben Scotchbrook, London Life Correspondent
• Phil Bayles
• Liz Wickham
• Emma Walden
• Paul Larsmon
• Annabel Hackney
• Ronke Phillips
• Tamzin Sylvester, Entertainment Correspondent

External links

• ITV London News at itvlocal.com
• ITV London News at ITN.co.uk
• London Tonight Blog