ITV Weather

ITV Weather

Type	TV Weather Forecasts
Genre	UK Weather
Founded	13 February 1989 (1989-02-13)
Founder(s)	ITV Network
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	United Kingdom
Parent	ITN, Met Office
Divisions	ITV Regional Weather
Website	itv.com/weather

ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office (except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually broadcast after every ITV News and ITV regional bulletin.

ITV National Weather

Overview

The national bulletin launched on 13 February 1989, and previously featured the longest sponsorship deal on UK terrestrial TV to date, Powergen (later renamed E.ON) being the sponsor from shortly after the launch until the end of 2007, when it was revealed that insurance firm esure/Sheilas' Wheels was to replace E.ON as the sponsor of ITV's national weather bulletins (except in Northern Ireland, where it was sponsored by Gocompare.com from January 2008 until December 2009). Most recently (Jan-July 2010) Confused.com have been the weather sponsor (except in central and northern Scotland, where it was sponsored by Specsavers). During August 2010 the weather was shown without a sponsor for the first time since mid-1989. The weather forecast was later sponsored by Topps Tiles from autumn 2010 until December 2011, when The Co-operative Food took over. The ITV National Weather was without a sponsor between 1 January 2012 and 29 February. The following day, UK vitamin and health supplement supplier Seven Seas began sponsoring the forecasts on ITV and UTV in a 13-month sponsorship deal. On STV in Scotland, the sponsor is currently "National Tyres and Autocare".

ITV National Weather bulletins have a duration of about one minute. They are shorter compared to the BBC weather bulletins, due to the fact ITV has to make room for advertisements.

WeatherGens

From 10 November 1996 to 26 October 2001 when Powergen sponsored the weather, they used idents featuring the "WeatherGens" - human portrayals of the weather to show what it would be:

• Norwin: (Actor unknown) Strong winds(+ Storm version).
• Frice: (Played by Anton Blake) Frost.
• Shivera: (Played by Jason Wong) Cold.
• Aurora: (Played by Viva Seifert) Sun.
• Brellina: (Played by Kate McGurgan) Rain (+ Storm version).
• Crystella: (Played by Abigail Canton) Snow.
• Mirka: (Actress unknown) Fog.
• Cyan: (Played by Ivana Horvat) Cold sunshine.
• Nimbella: (Played by Angela Radcliffe,) hail/thunderstorms (+ Storm version).
• Helios: (Played by Rodney Charles) Morning mist.
• Florta: (Actress unknown) Light breezes.
• Gilda: (Played by Selina Giles) Sunshine and Clouds (+ Showers version).

The WeatherGens were commissioned from London design company Tutssels by Powergen, and they were produced by Lambie-Nairn. Their flamboyant costumes and make-up were put together by Carolyn Corben and Harvey Bertram-Brown of the New Renaissance company.

Despite controversy regarding reports from parents whose children had been frightened by some of the WeatherGens (especially Norwin), the WeatherGens were hugely popular.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Notes	Reference
2008–present	Alex Beresford
1990–present	Siân Lloyd
2004–present	Becky Mantin
2012–present	Lucy Verasamy

Former presenters

Years	Presenter	Notes	Reference
2006–2008	Jo Blythe	Now with ITV Central and ITV Granada
1989–2012	Martyn Davies	Emigrated to Australia
1992	Richard Edgar	Moved to BBC Weather
mid 1990s	Laura Greene	Now head of production for Sky Arts
1997–2003	John Hammond	Now with BBC Weather
1989–1995	Alex Hill	Now working for the Met Office
2005–2005	Robin McCallum
2006–2008	Jon Mitchell	Continues with ITV Yorkshire
1993–1995	Angie Phillips	Now with BBC Newsline
2001–2005	Chrissie Reidy	Now with BBC South East
1989–1990	Trish Williamson	Later became current affairs producer for BBC English Regions (died in 2007)

Regional Weather

^ indicates a presenter appears on multiple regions.

ITV plc regions

Anglia	Central	Channel TV	Cymru Wales	Granada	London	Meridian	Tyne Tees / Border	West Country	Yorkshire
Amanda Houston	Jo Blythe^	Sophia Bird	Carl Edwards	Jo Blythe^	Manali Lukha	Luke Castiglione	Kerrie Gosney^	Alex Beresford	Kerrie Gosney^
David Hughes	Kerrie Gosney^	N/A	James Wright	Kerrie Gosney^	Clare Nasir	Philippa Drew	Ross Hutchinson	Bob Crampton	Jon Mitchell
Alice Piper	Emma Jesson^		N/A	Emma Jesson^	Martin Stew	Simon Parkin	N/A	Gillian Davies	N/A
N/A	Lucy Kite			N/A	N/A	N/A		Peter Griffin
	N/A							Kate Reeves

Non ITV plc regions

STV	UTV
Seán Batty	Lindsey Armstrong
Jo Farrow	David McGeagh
Gail McGrane	Frank Mitchell

External links

• ITV Weather at itv.com
• STV Weather at stv.tv

• UTV Weather at u.tv
• Channel Weather at channelonline.tv