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 ITV1 and UTV in a 13-month sponsorship deal. On STV in Scotland, the sponsor is health information website STV Health Centre.

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

Years	Presenter/Forecaster	Notes	Reference
2006–2008	Jo Blythe	Now with ITV Granada
1992	Richard Edgar
mid 1990s	Laura Greene
1996–2003	John Hammond	Now with BBC Weather
1989–1995	Alex Hill	Now working for the Met Office
2005–2005	Robin McCallum	Now with ITV London
2006–2008	Jon Mitchell	Continues with ITV Yorkshire)
1993–1995	Angie Phillips	BBC Newsline
2001–2005	Chrissie Reidy	Now with BBC South East Today
1989–1990	Trish Williamson	Later became current affairs producer for BBC English Regions (died in 2007)

Regional Weather

Presenter/Forecaster	Notes	Reference
Amanda Houston	Anglia (weekday/weekend presenter)
Claire McGlasson	Anglia (weekend presenter)
Kerrie Gosney	Border, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire (weekend presenter)
Philippa Tomson	Border, Tyne Tees (weekday presenter)
Lucy Kite	Central (weekday presenter)
Emma Jesson	Central, Granada (alternate weekend presenter)
Jo Blythe	Central (alternate weekend presenter) Granada (alternate weekend presenter/weekday presenter)
Fred Talbot	Granada (weekday presenter)
Manali Lukha	London (occasional weekend presenter)
Robin McCallum	London (weekday presenter)
Clare Nasir	London (weekend presenter)
Martyn Davies	Meridian (weekend presenter)
Simon Parkin	Meridian (weekday presenter)
Ruth Wignall	Wales (weekday presenter)
James Wright	Wales (weekend presenter)
Alex Beresford	West, Westcountry (weekday presenter)
Bob Crampton	West, Westcountry (weekday presenter)
Jon Mitchell	Yorkshire (weekday presenter)
Seán Batty	STV (weekday presenter)
Jo Farrow	STV (freelance presenter)
Pamela Ballantine	UTV (presenter)
David McGeagh	UTV (presenter)
Frank Mitchell	UTV (weekday presenter)
Sophia Bird	Channel Television (weekday presenter)
Charlotte Smith	Channel Television (presenter)

External links

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

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