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Discussion: Robert Peston and the BBC/ ITV

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NW 2 Oct - 27 Apr 2016nwtv2003

New Look Andrew Marr Show

I notice today that the icy white lightbox has been replaced by the orange that was there previously, maybe just the selection of a wrong template but suits the programme a lot more.

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By DTV

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DT 4 Oct - 29 NovDTV

A Calendar Question: Probably been done before

Depends on the stories of the day I believe...whichever version has the story deemed most important is normally live. I get the feeling though that much of both programmes are recorded these days...

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RI 4 OctRijowhi

How much news do you watch?

Compared to a few years ago

"I like Gordon Sideburns, you dont remember him from the Krypton Factor do you? I used to love the Krypton Factor." - SomeRandomStuff's Mum's reasons for watching North West Tonight. In my Parents'...

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SR 5 OctSomeRandomStuff

Alastair Stewart - News at Ten

9th October 2015

Yip that were you could always seem to catch Carol, at the weekends, I think she worked a Monday or Friday doing the lunchtime news to build up her shift pattens, as said above. Back then ITV had...

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By JamesWorldNews

46 replies

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:-( 9 Oct - 12 OctA former member

Gordon Honeycombe has died

Anybody who had a visible presence or cut their teeth on TV-AM usually gets mentioned on the company's website when they die. The website, as stated, is run by Ian White who bought the company a...

By rob

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NJ 9 OctNeil Jones

Hugh Scully has died

Correct. He was on Spotlight for a while, during the 70s. He was also a part owner of Radio Plymouth.

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CI 9 Oct - 12 Octcityprod

Sue Lloyd-Roberts 1952-2015

Also on iPlayer

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PI 13 Oct - 20 Decpip2

The Saturday Show

...with Matt Barbet and Gaby Roslin

I've tuned in for a bit for the first two show. I'm enjoying it. The presenters all work well together in the most part, it has a sense of fun about it and it stays away from being too twee. Nice...

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TV 17 Oct - 10 NovTVGBs

Euronews

New building debuts!

Makes me wonder if they are going to continue with the different colored buildings. It reminds me of the Pacific Design Center.

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RK 19 Oct - 20 OctRkolsen

Sunday Morning Live disrupted by on air protest

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RO 19 Octrob

Canada Votes 2015

Coverage across all the Canadian networks

Here is the dramtic re-join when the polls closed across most of the country and the big numbers were due to come in. Nicely done. They did 3 of these opens for each section of the country when the...

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MO 19 Oct - 21 OctMouseboy33

Bring back ITN

bring back authority to ITV News, with the ITN brand

That's pretty good actually. I would love to see something like that, on screen. It has echoes of the classic News At Ten look, but it is in keeping with the current style.

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By thejules

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CI 22 Oct - 7 Novcityprod

BBC News: English Regions Titles circa 2003

Now I remember those titles purely because they were so simple that someone on here did a fantastic recreation of them, just by using PowerPoint.

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VM 23 Oct - 28 OctVMPhil