Newscaster of the.......Millennium

Very sad to hear that the forum is being closed down. I’ve been a member for the past 12 years and although not posting much in the past couple of years have always thoroughly enjoyed coming on here and my interactions with others. Many of you won’t be surprised by my choices given my username but here you go anyway...

Best presenter: Jeremy Thompson (with Mark Austin in his heady ITV days running in a close second)



Best news programme: The Live Desk with Colin Brazier



Best news Music: ITV News at Ten with Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham



Best wishes to all. It’s an end of an era but will take fond memories from my TVF posting days.

Overall Best Newscaster of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021:

SIMON MCCOY or HUW EDWARDS

Overall Best News Programme of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021:

THE NINE (BBC SCOTLAND)

Overall Best News Music of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021:

SKY NEWS (2005 - 2008)

Overall Best Newscaster of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Fionnuala Sweeney. Though honourable mentions too to Emily Maitlis & Mary Nightingale - two excellent news presenters who have been around throughout the 21st Century and are still as excellent as ever.

Overall Best News Programme of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: BBC News At 10 (2000-2003) - currently Newshour (Al Jazeera).

Overall Best News Music of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: BBC World (Early 2000s)

Overall Best Newscaster of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Simon McCoy or Mary Nightingale

Overall Best News Programme of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Channel 4 News

Overall Best News Music of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Sky News 2001 (Election, May - September)

Emma Crosby
ITV News at Ten (current)
Sky News 2019 election theme

I'm gonna be a bit controversial here but

Overall Best Newscaster of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Tim Willcox - professional, calm, serious when he needs to be, but also a good sense of humour for the more light hearted stories, and able to have some great chemistry with the sport presenters and on the papers. Not to mention some truly outstanding field reporting particularly from Chile during the miner's crisis. Really great presenter.

Overall Best News Programme of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: Newsnight - forensically covered some really big stories, and Emily Maitlis's Prince Andrew interview was truly superb.

Overall Best News Music of this new Millennium 2000 to 2021: BBC News 24 countdown music, pre-2010 relaunch.