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 2010, when The Co-operative Food took over. As of 1 January 2012, the ITV National Weather is without a sponsor.

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 11 November 1996 to 25 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.
• Frice: (Played by Anton Blake) Frost.
• Shivera: (Played by Jason Wong) Cold.
• Aurora: (Played by Viva Seifert) Sun.
• Brellina: (Played by Kate McGurgan) Rain.
• Crystella: (Played by Abigail Canton) Snow.
• Mirka: (Actress unknown) Fog.
• Cyan: (Played by Ivana Horvat).
• Nimbella: (Played by Angela Radcliffe,) Rain/thunderstorms.
• Helios: (Played by Rodney Charles) Morning mist.
• Florta: (Actress unknown) Light breezes.
• Gilda: (Played by Selina Giles) Sunny intervals.

There were five variations for the Norwin, Gilda, Brellina and Nimbella idents. 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 the talented Carolyn Corben and Harvey Bertram-Brown of the New Renaissance company, veteran designers of clothes, sets and pop videos. The WeatherGens were massively popular with viewers and gained a cult following online. As of 2011, two children's books have been published about the WeatherGens and a website exists detailing each character, the actors, the books and the making of the idents.

Current forecasters

Years	Presenter/Forecaster	Notes	Reference
2008–present	Alex Beresford	Utilised with ITV West and ITV Westcountry.
1989–present	Martyn Davies	Utilised with ITV Meridian.
1990–present	Siân Lloyd
2004–present	Becky Mantin

Former forecasters

• Jo Blythe (2006-2008 on a relief basis, now with ITV Granada)
• Richard Edgar (1992)
• Laura Greene (mid 1990s)
• John Hammond (1996–2003, now with BBC Weather)
• Alex Hill (1989–1995, now working for the Met Office)
• Robin McCallum (2002–2005, now with ITV London)
• Jon Mitchell (2006-2008 on a relief basis, continues with ITV Yorkshire)
• Angie Phillips (1993–1995, now with BBC Newsline)
• Chrissie Reidy (2001–2005, now with BBC South East Today)
• Trish Williamson (1989–1990, later became current affairs producer for BBC English Regions - Died in 2007)

Regional Weather

Person	Franchise(s)	Related notes
Amanda Houston	ITV Anglia
Claire McGlasson
Kerrie Gosney	ITV Border, ITV Tyne Tees, ITV Yorkshire	Stand-in for ITV Granada; freelancer
Philippa Tomson	ITV Border, ITV Tyne Tees	Freelancer
Lucy Kite	ITV Central
Emma Jesson		Utilised with ITV Granada; freelancer
Jo Blythe	ITV Granada
Fred Talbot
Manali Lukha	ITV London	Manager of the Met Office Media Team
Robin McCallum
Clare Nasir		Freelancer
Martyn Davies	ITV Meridian	ITV National Weather presenter
Simon Parkin
Ruth Wignall	ITV Wales
James Wright		Freelancer
Alex Beresford	ITV West, Westcountry	ITV National Weather presenter
Bob Crampton
Jon Mitchell	ITV Yorkshire
Seán Batty	STV
Jo Farrow		Freelancer
Pamela Ballantine	UTV	Stand-in
David McGeagh
Frank Mitchell
Sophia Bird	Channel Television
Andrew Davey
Victoria Hudson

External links

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

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