ITV Weather

ITV Weather

Type	TV weather forecasts
Genre	UK weather
Founded	13 February 1989
Founder	ITV Network
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Manali Lukha (Head of Weather)
Parent	ITN, Met Office
Divisions	ITV Regional Weather
Website	itv.com/weather

ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office (except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually broadcast after every ITV News and ITV regional bulletin. Siân Lloyd was the longest serving forecaster for ITV Weather, after appearing for 24 years. Jon Mitchel is now the longest serving forecaster after 27 years with ITV Weather. Jon is the main forecaster in the ITV Calendar region.

Overview

The national bulletin launched on 13 February 1989, and previously featured the longest sponsorship deal on UK terrestrial TV to date, Powergen (later renamed E.ON) being the sponsor from shortly after the launch until the end of 2007, when it was revealed that insurance firm esure/Sheilas' Wheels was to replace E.ON as the sponsor of ITV's national weather bulletins (except in Northern Ireland, where it was sponsored by Gocompare.com from January 2008 until December 2009). From January to July 2010, insurance comparison site Confused.com were the weather sponsor (except in central and northern Scotland, where it was sponsored by Specsavers. During August 2010, the weather was shown without a sponsor for the first time since mid-1989. The weather forecast was later sponsored by Topps Tiles from Autumn 2010 until December 2011, when The Co-operative Food took over. The ITV National Weather was without a sponsor between 1 January and 29 February 2012. The following day, UK vitamin and health supplement supplier Seven Seas began sponsoring the forecasts on ITV and UTV between 1 March 2012 and 30 April 2014. From 1 May until 2 November 2014, the National Weather sponsor on ITV and UTV was Vitabiotics. From 3 November 2014 to 1 February 2015, the National Weather on ITV and UTV was sponsored by Worcester Bosch Group. Glasses company Crizal UV were the sponsors from 2 February to 20 June 2015. Between 21 June 2015 and 3 July 2016, Green Flag became sponsors of the National Weather. On 4 July 2016, the National Weather on ITV and UTV is currently sponsored by SSE. On STV in Scotland, the sponsor is currently Fischer Future Heat.^[1]

Graphics

On 3 October 2016, new weather graphics were introduced. These new weather graphics are more easier to understand and better in-depth. These graphics are also used on Good Morning Britain in their weather updates as well as regional news.

Weather presenters

National

Current on-air team Tenure(s) Presenter Notes 2006- Manali Lukha Head of ITV Weather. Also provides weather for ITV News London 2004- Becky Mantin Main Weather Presenter 2010- Lucy Verasamy Main Weather Presenter 2012- Laura Tobin Good Morning Britain weather presenter 2014- Amanda Houston Also provides weather for ITV News Anglia 2007- Alex Beresford Also provides weather for ITV News West Country, Good Morning Britain Former personnel Martyn Davies (1989–2012) Richard Edgar (1992–93) Fiona Farrell (1995–97) Laura Greene (1995–98) John Hammond (1997–2003)[2] Alex Hill (1989–95) Siân Lloyd (1990–2014) [3][4] Robin McCallum (2002–05) Jon Mitchell (2006–08) (ITV News Calendar) Angie Phillips (1993–95)[5] Chrissie Reidy (2001–05) Trish Williamson (1989–1990) Regions/nations Present personnel Seán Batty (2007–present) Alex Beresford (2004–present) Jo Blythe (2001-present) Des Coleman (2016–present) Bob Crampton (2009–present) Jo Farrow (2008–present) Kerrie Gosney (2002–present) Alex Hill (2016-present) Amanda Houston (2008–present) Ross Hutchinson Emma Jesson (1995-present) Manali Lukha Frank Mitchell (1993–present) Jon Mitchell (no relation) (1989–present) Ruth Wignall (2004–present) Former personnel Gemma Humphries (2000–09) Wendy Hurrell (2004–08) Bob Johnson (1991–2008) Lucy Kite (2009–16) Lara Lewington (2010) Debbie Lindley (1996–2009) Rachel Mackley (2008–10) Robin McCallum (2005–12) Clare Nasir (2010–13) Charlie Neil (1992–2009) Chrissie Reidy (2005–09) Fred Talbot (2009–12) Sara Thornton Philippa Tomson (2009–12) Sponsors National Weather The ITV regional and national weather forecasts are sponsored. Sponsors Area Sponsors ITV/UTV SSE[6] GMB Checkatrade.com STV Fischer Future Heat Regional Weather Sponsors Area Sponsors Anglia TrustATrader.com[7] Border Thomas Cook[8] Calendar First Choice[9] Channel Regency Bedding[10] GMB Wisdom Toothpaste[11] Granada Thomas Cook[12] London (Weekday) No sponsor[13] London (Weekend) Corgi Home Plan[14] Merdian Eurotunnel[15] STV Thomson[16] Tyne Tees Thomson[17] Wales Flybe & Cardiff Airport[18] West Country GWR[19] UTV No sponsor[20] UTV Ireland Dyson[21] References "E.ON abandons 18-year ITV Weather sponsorship.". BrandRepublic. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007. John Hammond BBC Weather. Whirlwind wedding for Sian Lloyd. BBC News, 2 January 2008. Why has Sian Lloyd left ITV? Mystery as 56-year-old weathergirl quietly moves on with no announcement after 24 years. Harriet Arkell, Daily Mail, 8 August 2014. Angie Phillips BBC Weather. "ITV Weather". ITV News. "ITV Weather - Anglia". ITV News. "ITV Weather - Border". ITV News. "ITV Weather - Calendar". ITV News. line feed character in |publisher= at position 4 (help) "ITV Weather - Channel". ITV News. {{cite news|title = Good Morning Brritain – Reigonal Weather|publisher=Good Morning Britain|url=http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/regional-weather} "ITV Weather - Granada". ITV News. "ITV Weather - London". ITV News. "ITV Weather - London". ITV News. "ITV Weather - Meridian". ITV News. "STV Weather". STV News. "ITV Weather - Tyne Tees". ITV News. "ITV Weather - Wales". ITV News. "ITV Weather - West Country". ITV News. "UTV Weather". ITV News. "UTV Weather - UTV Ireland". UTV News. External links ITV Weather at itv.com STV Weather at stv.tv