[10], Tyne Tees went on air at 5pm on 15 January 1959, three years after the first British independent television station, and the tenth such station to launch. After Tyne Tees began broadcasting in 1959, Neville made occasional appearances, generally playing a policeman. BBC News for your part of North East and Cumbria: Cumbria. Television sets required a new aerial, the Yagi array, to receive the high frequency that the transmitter was using. ITV Tyne Tees announces Amy Lea as replacement for Pam Royle Luckily, none of those things happened - it really was the most wonderful way to see the city of Newcastle and the Gateshead Quayside and get a bit of exercise in. On 16 September 2013 both ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround were restored as two single 30-minute regional programmes on weekdays with separate shorter daytime and weekend bulletins reintroduced. Granada Reports (TV Series 1992- ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb [9] The other major river, the Wear (which runs between the Tyne and the Tees), was represented within Tyne Tees' early signature tune "Three Rivers Fantasy". As part of major ITV regional news cuts, taking place from November 2008 to February 2009, around 50 staff were made redundant or accepted voluntary redundancy at ITV Tyne Tees. [77], The station's founding executives George and Alfred Black used their theatrical background to produce a lot of light entertainment programming on Tyne Tees in the early years. [4] After a short time as an insurance agent, he joined the repertory company of Newcastle Playhouse full-time in 1957 and changed his name to Michael Neville. In September 2007, ITV plc announced that Tyne Tees' newsroom would be merged with ITV Border, subject to Ofcom approval.[5]. [17] The station launched a marketing campaign in the 1960s to sell advertising time named 'Through Plan'. Westgate Road epitomises the hustle and bustle of Newcastle, but just how clean are the restaurants and takeaways on the city centre staple? On 28 March 2021, ITV Tyne Tees announced that Amy Lea would be the new co-presenter of the main weekday news programme alongside Ian Payne as of 29 March 2021, taking over from Pam Royle who left ITV on 26 March 2021. Notable current on air staff [ edit] See also: List of ITV News on air staff See also: List of ITV Weather on air staff They were also responsible for a series of recordings and theatre shows, beginning with Larn Yersel' Geordie, which attempted, not always seriously, to bring the Geordie dialect to the rest of the UK. ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchisee for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire.. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted warehouse in City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, remaining in the city until July 2005 when Tyne Tees moved to smaller studios in Gateshead. Despite intending to return, Neville announced his retirement from regional television news on 5 June 2006. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. [11] Daytime and weekend bulletins for the Tyne Tees region were reintroduced on Monday 16 September 2013. [15], The first advertisement screened on Tyne Tees was for Welch's Toffee. That's it. The dark blue was popular amongst ITV contractors because it closely approximated to black on a black and white television set. ITV lost 3percent of advertising between 1993 and 1994. August 17th 1992: a nervous young lad started his dream job at Tyne Tees TV and, somehow, with the support & camaraderie of terrific colleagues & wonderful viewers past & present, he's been getting away with it for 30 years! [42], On 26 June 1997, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc was acquired by the Granada Media Group plc (now ITV plc). Meet Amy Lea - your new ITV News Border presenter Pam will present ITV News Tyne Tees and Border for . [5] Several offers were submitted, including from the existing four companies, to the ITA. One of the best known was The One O'Clock Show, a 40-minute variety show broadcast on weekdays. [10] By this point, he was Britain's longest serving TV presenter, having received a Unique Achievement award from the Royal Television Society in 2001. Ian Payne (@IanPayneITV) / Twitter An ITV spokesman advised that the total cost of the five bullying investigations was 1million. [18], A committee was established in 1960 under the leadership of British industrialist Sir Harry Pilkington to consider the future of broadcasting. However, despite the new logo, the new logo wasn't applied to the generic idents. [90] In 1979, Tyne Tees launched two national series, Alright Now and Check it Out, the latter a mix of rock music and segments on youth-oriented social issues; among performances by established acts, the two shows offered early exposure to bands linked to the North East, notably Dire Straits and The Police. Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company, opened in the 1900s. For Tyne Tees, Croft also directed and produced the Ned's Shed and Mary Goes to Market admags, as well as producing his first sitcom, Under New Management, set in a derelict pub in the North of England.[80]. [71][74], The generic ident were replaced with ones produced by Tyne Tees, featuring a large reflective block which the viewpoint rotated around, before panning up to reveal it is the Tyne Tees logo. Despite a reduction of the levy, Tyne Tees was one of the contractors facing collapse. On 16 December 2008, Press Gazette leaked that journalists were told that leaving collections were banned, along with leaving presentations and on-screen goodbyes. You can join Alex for Songs from the Shows from 5pm to 7pm Sundays. [33] From 1 January 1993, Yorkshire and Tyne Tees broadcast all regional programmes simultaneously, affecting programming that had been shown at different paces in different regions (such as Blockbusters and the Australian soap operas The Young Doctors and Prisoner: Cell Block H). She'll join Ian Payne on-screen from 29th March to present the evening news programme at 6pm. [49] Licences awarded in 1991 were due to expire in January 2001. [64], Tyne Tees moved to Television House at The Watermark, a new business park adjacent to the MetroCentre in Gateshead, in 2005. She is one of the best presenters I know and, had she chosen to take her career nationwide, would be a national treasure as well as a local legend.. It is the opportunity of a lifetime and I just feel incredibly privileged to have the chance to share the news - good and bad, funny, happy or sad, with all those watching where we live. As a reporter you get to experience so much - the good and the bad and there is rarely a dull moment! Tyne Tees Tigers, Australian football club. [12] However, this local content was followed by an episode of the American police series Highway Patrol and an evening of entertainment programmes including I Love Lucy and Double Your Money. Tyne-Tees derby, a football term. Tributes have flooded in for the Pam - who has become one of the most familiar faces on North East TV screens - since it was announced she was leaving her role. The new 10-year contract began in January 1999. BBC One - Look North (North East and Cumbria) - Jeff Brown [37], The annual cost of the franchise began to take its toll on the company. The location was deliberately chosen because of its proximity to the telephone exchange in Carliol Square. Some of the consortium's suggestions were rejected: "Three Rivers Television" for being obscure, and "Tyne, Wear, and Tees" for being too long. ", Actress Denise Welch said: Pam and I have been friends for probably 25 years. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. The licence is currently held by ITV Broadcasting Ltd and the original Tyne Tees Television Ltd was dissolved on 28 March 2017. You can hear John on-air between 5am and 10am weekdays, and on Saturdays 6pm - 9pm. Michael Neville, MBE (born James Armstrong Briggs, 17 October 1936 6 September 2017) was a British broadcaster, best known as a presenter on regional TV news in North East England. "[45] (Scottish, which doesn't trail any of the network shows under any ITV1 branding, Grampian, Ulster and Channel, each kept their own names but used their own versions of the new look. Aug 17, 2022. [87] However, not all of the station's output has been successful. Neville made the switch back to Tyne Tees, which coincided with a short-lived station rebrand from Tyne Tees to Channel 3 North East. In 2003, Neville received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Tom Cordner North East Press Awards ceremony and two years later, Northumbria University conferred an honorary degree upon him. The bulk of Tyne Tees' output has been its regional programming, consisting of news, current affairs and local interest. BBC Tees Presenters. [24][28] The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the successor to the ITA, recognised the criticism, reported The Economist, "that Trident was London-dominated, overly diversified, and out of touch with the grass roots. [11][12][13], Neville went on to make occasional guest appearances on TV and radio, including a BBC Four documentary celebrating regional television in July 2011. . In 1996, Neville was approached by Tyne Tees Television and offered a chance to return to the commercial station. 2 September - Tyne Tees is renamed Channel 3 North East. Pam Royle will take part in her final programme alongside co-presenter Ian Payne on Friday. The 1962 Pilkington Report criticised ITV, and Tyne Tees in particular. On 26 September 2008, Ofcom (the Office of Communications, the UK's broadcasting regulator) authorised ITV's plans to save 40 million a year by making regional programming cutbacks. [42][71] This logo was more stylised than the 1992 equivalent and kept the music used throughout the '3' era. With independent production company Festival Films and Television, Tyne Tees produced several adaptations of books by local novelist Catherine Cookson. [14] Part of the medley was based upon "The Sailor's Hornpipe". Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. The "Tyne Tees" news service transmits to County Durham, North Yorkshire, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. In a 43-year career with the BBC and ITV franchisee Tyne Tees Television. "She is a fantastic person but also a fantastic journalist and presenter - a total professional who takes great pride in her work. It was in the middle of heatwave and my cameraman had to change into his shorts to start the filming. I have been a journalistfor over 15 yearsnow - working across theNorth East and North Yorkshire, as well as short spells in London and the Channel Islands too.At ITV Tyne Tees and Border, I think I have almost done every shift in the office - from producing our morning and late bulletins, to presenting them too! ITV News Tyne Tees is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the "Tyne Tees" region. 15 March 1995. p27, Queen The DVD Collection: Live At Wembley Stadium (Two Disc Set) [1986], dir. Monday 29 March 2021, 12:53pm ITV News Border has unveiled its new presenter - Amy Lea! [27] However, the two companies were required to demerge from January 1982 as a condition of the renewal of their ITV franchises. 4 episodes, 2017-2020 Manali Lukha . Of his myriad interviews, perhaps the most memorable was the one Neville conducted with Catherine Cookson to mark her 90th birthday. Away from the nightly regional news, Neville featured on a host of regional and networked programmes for the BBC one such series, The Mike Neville Show (1975), was based on his experiences whilst completing National Service, in repertory theatre and on television. Some companies, historian Simon Cherry notes, were scrambling "very readily for the lowest common denominator Tyne Tees was notorious for avoiding minority programmes and putting out cop shows or westerns instead."[19]. New contracts issued by the ITA in 1968 stipulated that all ITV companies publish their listings in the TV Times, which became a national magazine with regional variations for the listings. 2023 Getty Images. Tyne Tees was the penultimate region to cease broadcasting in analogue, which occurred during September 2012. It was incredible. Popular ITV News presenter Pam Royle will bid farewell to viewers later this week in her final broadcast of a career spanning nearly 40 years. A few summers ago Donald Campbell's Bluebird was ready to take to the water once more. On 30 March 1964, it begun airing nightly with the modified name North East Newsview. Here's @PamRoyleITV explaining the safety measures we've put in place to reunite Pam & Ian on your screens again t.co/Jn8CUlqCMl", ITV Tyne Tees announces Amy Lea as replacement for Pam Royle, Tyne Tees news presenters axed in cost cuts, A Royle salute as popular North-East TV news presenter bows out after nearly 40 years, ITV Tyne Tees presenter Pam Royle to bid farewell to viewers in final broadcast, End of an era as Pam Royle presents final programme at ITV Tyne Tees, Pam Royle presents final programme at ITV Border after more than a decade, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ITV_News_Tyne_Tees&oldid=1149185662, Full late night bulletins on weeknights, following, This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 17:26. You can join James and the sports team from 2pm Saturdays. [71], From 28 October 2002, all network programmes were introduced with a generic ITV1 ident. "[33] Local MP Peter Mandelson wrote to the Secretary of State for National Heritage, David Mellor, in June 1992, saying "Yorkshire and Tyne Tees are motivated by the interests of their shareholders, not their viewers, and need to make urgent savings it is quite clear that this is not so much a merger but a gobbling up of a smaller franchise held by a larger company. To halting "a slide in viewing figures and reflecting confidence in the region",[42] in September that year, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc rebranded its stations as Channel 3. [63] A documentary about the move to new premises, The Big Move, reflected that over the years the staff numbers had dropped by about 800, and around 170 people would be moving to the new site. [79] Some editions of The One O'Clock Show were produced by David Croft, who would go on to co-write many BBC situation comedies. At Look North, Neville and co-presenter George House (one of the BBC's first North East TV newsreaders) regularly incorporated Geordie into the programme, usually in comedy pieces pointing out the gulf between ordinary Geordies and officials speaking Standard English. ITV News Tyne Tees - Wikipedia Nevilles renown could overwhelm people he met. [15], He lived in Whickham with his wife Pamela Edwards, whom he married in 1962 after they met in repertory theatre in Blyth. He had been with Tyne Tees TV for the previous six-and-a-half years, sitting alongside one of. Career highlights include being part of a BAFTA-winning team behind coverage of the Cumbrian shootings in 2010, winning three Royal Television Society presenter of the year awards, and a Variety Club silver heart for outstanding contribution to TV and charity. To ensure Tyne Tees' survival, the ITA allowed it to affiliate with Yorkshire Television under a joint management company named 'Trident Television'. 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It was announced at the start of the year that Pam would be leaving her role as the award-winning main news presenter for ITV News Tyne Tees and Border after a television career spanning nearly 40 . Local historian, Martin F. Peagam (left) and former Tyne Tees News presenter, Paul Frost, at Middlesbrough Town Hall. Having asked Neville to be his best man, Nick Owen arrived at Gateshead register office with his bride to find the registrar tongue-tied. The ownership and management structure of Tyne Tees has altered across its history, particularly in various mergers with Yorkshire Television. You can hear John on-air between 5am and 10am weekdays, and on Saturdays 6pm - 9pm. You can hear Diane with Neil Green, 10am - 1pm weekdays. "[33] The industry newspaper also reported that the company "attempted to bolster its flagging 199293 revenues by giving advertisers deep discounts for advance airtime bookings made for the following year. She then went to work with BBC Radio Newcastle, ITV News Tyne Tees on ITV Tyne Tees, and London Plus on BBC South East. These companies bid so high that the Independent Television Commission seriously considered rejecting the business plans of each in turn and disqualifying them. These new studios formed the basis of Tyne Tees operations and featured the company offices. [39] In October 1993, Yorkshire TV's founder Ward Thomas was brought in to stabilise the situation at the company and quickly returned the company to profitability. Up here, it is like working with family.. The name 'Tyne Tees' then flew in below and the background colour faded to blue. Select from premium Tyne Tees Tv of the highest quality. Something went wrong, please try again later. Places: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The 15-minute programmes each endorsed about 12 products. Also, unlike The Tube, which had gained a loyal fanbase and respect from artists, mainstream acts were reluctant to travel to Newcastle for a three-minute performance when they could appear on the BBC's more established Top of the Pops in the more accessible London. Colin Briggs retires after decades presenting Look North - BBC News The logo used computer animation for the first time. At the end of 1993, the company revealed that it was heading for a pre-tax loss in the 199293 fiscal year instead of the expected profit. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. On 28 March 2021, ITV Tyne Tees announced that Amy Lea would be the new co-presenter of the main weekday news programme alongside Ian Payne as of 29 March 2021, taking over from Pam Royle who left ITV on 26 March 2021. x. Ian Payne. Most of the regional programming was produced by Yorkshire and broadcast across the two stations, an area that the ITC considered too broad to be of local interest. She will join co-presenter Ian Payne on-screen from 29th March to present the evening news. [71] This ident was accompanied by a shortened version of the station's signature tune "Three Rivers Fantasy", a specially commissioned work by composer and arranger Arthur Wilkinson. However, poor ratings and an unenthusiastic cast led to the show's cancellation after barely a year. In 1990, Neville was awarded the MBE for services to broadcasting.[2]. [93] Cameras bearing the Tyne Tees logo can be seen throughout the concert. BBC News. Born as James Armstrong Briggs in Willington Quay, North Tyneside on 17 October 1936[1][2] to James Briggs, a labourer, and Mary[3] he attended the Addison Potter Infant and Junior School in Willington Quay and Stephenson Memorial Secondary School in Howdon.
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