I recall Wesley Smith's claim that he and Anne Dawson were at the time the longest serving duo on ITV Regional News with Central News South upon her departure in 2002 where they lasted 13 years together.
And I've been thinking if this record has since been broken. For ITV, Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood for Calendar are now on 14 years together. Pam and Ian for Tyne Tees could be coming close but I don't know when they were made permanent main anchors together after Mike Neville's departure.
For the BBC, Harry and Christa lasted 12 years. I think Stuart and Susie on Look East must be the longest overall as I believe they may be coming up to 20 years.
When looking at it, it turns out that both the BBC and ITV have long-running duos here in the East. Whilst Stuart and Susie have been on BBC for a very long time, on ITV Jonathan and Becky must be coming up to a decade together. Looking online I can find caps of the two presenting the programme together at the start of 2009 (when it went pan regional), but Jonathan in caps before that, so they may have been paired up earlier than I see! They've got a fair few long time correspondents as well, including their sports reporter Donovan Blake, who I think used to be based out of the Ipswich newsroom (when they had one!).
Lucy Meacock and Tony Morris have been co-presenting Granada Reports since September 2003, I think Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood have been presenting Calendar a few months beforehand.
Lucy Meacock and Tony Morris have been co-presenting Granada Reports since September 2003, I think Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood have been presenting Calendar a few months beforehand.
According to Wikipedia, they started on the Tuesday after the Late May Bank Holiday in 2003
Yep - Stuart White and Susie Fowler-Watt must have been presenting Look East for 20 years give-or-take now? ISTR that Penny Bustin left Look East in 1997 (a bit after the Cambridge sub-opt launched?), and Susie took over the main co-presenter role a little while later?
Yep - Stuart White and Susie Fowler-Watt must have been presenting Look East for 20 years give-or-take now? ISTR that Penny Bustin left Look East in 1997 (a bit after the Cambridge sub-opt launched?), and Susie took over the main co-presenter role a little while later?
1997 Susie moved from politics to alongside Stewart. They are a superb duo and both extremely down to earth. It would be marvellous to have a 21 year celebration to go with the 60 year anniversary next year but they both seem too modest.
Dominic Heale and Anne Davies have presented BBC East Midlands Today for quite some time, since September 2002 I believe? So that's over 15 years now. And weren't they at ITV Central before that?
Dominic Heale and Anne Davies have presented BBC East Midlands Today for quite some time, since September 2002 I believe? So that's over 15 years now. And weren't they at ITV Central before that?
They were, but not at the same time. Anne was at ITV in the 80's, and Dom was at TSW until 1992, when he moved to Nottingham
Yep - Stuart White and Susie Fowler-Watt must have been presenting Look East for 20 years give-or-take now? ISTR that Penny Bustin left Look East in 1997 (a bit after the Cambridge sub-opt launched?), and Susie took over the main co-presenter role a little while later?
1997 Susie moved from politics to alongside Stewart. They are a superb duo and both extremely down to earth. It would be marvellous to have a 21 year celebration to go with the 60 year anniversary next year but they both seem too modest.
When did Stewart start presenting regularly? I'm 30
something
and I can't remember him not doing it.
Yep - Stuart White and Susie Fowler-Watt must have been presenting Look East for 20 years give-or-take now? ISTR that Penny Bustin left Look East in 1997 (a bit after the Cambridge sub-opt launched?), and Susie took over the main co-presenter role a little while later?
1997 Susie moved from politics to alongside Stewart. They are a superb duo and both extremely down to earth. It would be marvellous to have a 21 year celebration to go with the 60 year anniversary next year but they both seem too modest.
When did Stuart start presenting regularly? I'm 30
something
and I can't remember him not doing it.
Think Stewart has been presenting Look East since the early-to-mid 80s? 1984 rings a bell. He was at Central before that.
1997 Susie moved from politics to alongside Stewart. They are a superb duo and both extremely down to earth. It would be marvellous to have a 21 year celebration to go with the 60 year anniversary next year but they both seem too modest.
When did Stuart start presenting regularly? I'm 30
something
and I can't remember him not doing it.
Think Stewart has been presenting Look East since the early-to-mid 80s? 1984 rings a bell. He was at Central before that.
Was indeed 1984...
Quote:
In 1984, Stewart became presenter of BBC Look East and has worked with a number of co-presenters.
Of his on-air partnership with Susie Fowler-Watt, he says: "She is a joy to present with. There is absolute trust between us, she can challenge people when it is needed, be light hearted when it is needed and, most importantly, we never try to upstage each other".
Dominic Heale and Anne Davies have presented BBC East Midlands Today for quite some time, since September 2002 I believe? So that's over 15 years now. And weren't they at ITV Central before that?
They were, but not at the same time. Anne was at ITV in the 80's, and Dom was at TSW until 1992, when he moved to Nottingham
Anne Davies not start at Central east? then jumped to GMTV, reading the and doing the newshour etc before leaving in 99?