27-06-2022, 11:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-06-2022, 11:04 PM by London Lite.)
It reminds me of when Look North brought back the late Harry Gration to co-present with Clare Frisby, they did billboard ads etc and it gave the bulletin a much needed heritage boost of character, then with Christa they found two presenters with strong characters.
ITV regional news is becoming more generic now Fred retired from Meridian and Bob soon to retire from Central, it's going to be a lot more B team line-ups who do a perfectly adequate job with the bulletin, but viewers like the regional characters which the likes of Fred, Harry and Bob excelled at.
(I have to say the hiring of David Whiteley at Anglia goes against the grain of hiring B teamers).
ITV regional news is becoming more generic now Fred retired from Meridian and Bob soon to retire from Central, it's going to be a lot more B team line-ups who do a perfectly adequate job with the bulletin, but viewers like the regional characters which the likes of Fred, Harry and Bob excelled at.
(I have to say the hiring of David Whiteley at Anglia goes against the grain of hiring B teamers).