ITV Lunchtime News
ITV Lunchtime News is the afternoon news programme on the British television network ITV, produced by ITN. It airs from Monday to Friday at 1:30pm and is followed by a national weather forecast and a 5-minute summary of regional news.
History
The programme was first broadcast on 16 October 1972 as First Report, a twenty-minute bulletin presented by newscaster Robert Kee at 12:40pm. The bulletin was moved to 1:00pm on 7 September 1974 and retitled as News at One on 6 September 1976. Leonard Parkin and Peter Sissons alternated as the programme's main newscasters in the same year after Kee's departure.
On 20 July 1987, the bulletin was relaunched as News at 12:30. Jon Snow and former BBC newsreader Julia Somerville presented alternate editions of the programme. On 7 March 1988, ITV's daytime programming was rejigged and the bulletin was moved back to its 1:00pm timeslot. News at One later relaunched on 16 October 1989 with John Suchet as its main presenter. On 7 January 1991, the programme moved this time to 12:30pm.
