ITV News at 10.30

ITV News at 10.30
Genre	National and International News
Presented by	Trevor McDonald (2004-2005); Mark Austin (2005-2008)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	ITN Studios, London, England, UK
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	ITN
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV)
Original run	2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) – 11 January 2008 (2008-01-11)
Chronology
Preceded by	ITV Nightly News (1999-2004)
Followed by	ITV Late News (2008-2009)
Related shows	ITV Nightly News
External links
Website

The ITV News at 10.30 was the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, airing Monday to Friday at 10.30pm. It was produced by ITN. It was introduced into the ITV schedule as the ITV News at Ten Thirty on 2 February 2004, following the demise of the ITV News at Ten.

There was a twenty-five minute broadcast of British national and international news, with a dedicated business, sports, and a review of the following morning' newspaper front-pages. It was followed by a five minute roundup of news from the ITV regions around the United Kingdom.

Overview

Its main rival was the BBC Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, which consistently beat it in the ratings and aired half an hour before it. Its other main rival was the BBC's other flagship evening news programme Newsnight over on BBC Two.

On Wednesday 31 October 2007, it was confirmed that ITV was planning to bring back News at Ten, with presenter Trevor McDonald and Sky News anchor Julie Etchingham. Unlike its predecessors (ITV Nightly News, ITV News at Ten, and ITV Weekend News), the programme ran at its regular time of 10.30pm every weeknight, including Fridays.

Presenters

The programme was presented by ITV News' chief presenter Trevor McDonald under the name ITV News at Ten Thirty from 2 February 2004, until McDonald's retirement and his last bulletin on 15 December 2005. Mark Austin took over from McDonald (Austin already hosted the programme on Fridays), with Mary Nightingale, James Mates and Alastair Stewart acting as relief presenters. Regular sports presenters included Felicity Barr, Nina Hossain, Lisa Knights and Jonathan Wills.