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ITV News at 10.30
ITV News at 10.30 opening sequence
Presented byTrevor McDonald
(2004-2005);
Mark Austin
(2005-2008)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsITN Studios,
London, England, UK
EditorDeborah Turness
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 minutes (approx.)
Production companyITN
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) –
10 January 2008 (2008-01-10)
Related
ITV Morning News,
ITV Lunchtime News,
ITV Evening News,
ITV Weekend News

The ITV News at 10.30 was the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, broadcast on Monday to Friday at 10:30 pm. It was produced by ITN. It was introduced into the ITV schedule as the ITV News at Ten-Thirty on 2 February 2004, following the demise of the ITV News At Ten.

There was a twenty-five-minute broadcast of British national and international news, with a dedicated business, sports, and a review of the following morning' newspaper front pages. It was followed by a five-minute round-up of news from the ITV regions around the United Kingdom.

On Monday 27 February 2017, News at Ten moved to 10:30 pm (as ITV News) for eight consecutive weeks to make way for new entertainment programme The Nightly Show. The Nightly Show finished on 21 April 2017 and ITV News At Ten returned to its usual time of 10 pm from 24 April 2017.

Overview

Its main rival was the BBC Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, which consistently beat it in the ratings and was broadcast half an hour before it. Its other main rival was the BBC's other flagship evening news programme, Newsnight, on BBC Two.

On Wednesday 31 October 2007, it was confirmed that ITV was planning to bring back News at Ten, with the presenter Trevor McDonald and the Sky News presenter Julie Etchingham. Unlike its predecessors (ITV Nightly News, ITV News at Ten and ITV Weekend News), the programme ran at its regular time of 10:30 pm every weeknight.

Newscasters

The programme was presented by lead newscaster Trevor McDonald under the name ITV News at Ten Thirty from 2 February 2004, until McDonald's retirement and his last bulletin on 15 December 2005. Mark Austin took over from McDonald (Austin already hosted the programme on Fridays), with James Mates, Mary Nightingale and Alastair Stewart acting as relief presenters. Regular sports presenters included Felicity Barr, Nina Hossain, Steve Scott and Jonathan Wills.

History of Main Newscasters

Years Main Newscaster Main Relief Newscaster Programme name Notes
2004-2005 Trevor McDonald Mark Austin ITV News at 10.30 Single-headed presentation: McDonald hosted Mon-Thu, with Austin hosting on Fridays.
2005-2008 Mark Austin James Mates ITV News at 10.30 Single-headed presentation: Austin took over the programme four nights a week after McDonald retired. Mates presented on Fridays and when Austin was unavailable.
Preceded by RTS: Television Journalism
News - International
(The Beslan Siege)

2005
Succeeded by