North East Tonight
| ITV News Tyne Tees | |
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| Presented by |
Ian Payne Pam Royle |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | ITV Tyne Tees & Border |
| Location(s) | The Watermark, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 6pm programme) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Tyne Tees |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 1959 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ITV News Tyne Tees is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border from its studios in Gateshead, and serving County Durham, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Teesside and Tyne and Wear.
On 15 January 1959, the original Tyne Tees Television news service was launched with short evening bulletins and a weekly magazine programme, North East Roundabout which was broadcast each Friday. On 30 March 1964, it begun airing nightly with the modified name North East Newsview. In 1969, the station's first colour television news programme was broadcast under the new name of Today at Six. From 6 September 1976, Tyne Tees' longest running news programme Northern Life aired with notable presenters including Paul Frost and Pam Royle. On 5 October 1992 this was replaced by Tyne Tees Today (and from 31 March 1993 a sub-regional service would be known as Network North for South of the region only). In November 1995 both Tyne Tees Today and Network North were renamed to Tyne Tees News although separate news services for the North and South of the region unaffected. In January 1996 this was joined by lifestyle programme Tonight.
On Monday 2 September 1996 following the defection of the popular Mike Neville to Tyne Tees from the BBC's Look North after 32 years, North East Tonight was launched, replacing two separate news services and a lifestyle programme.
Mike Neville announced his retirement from the programme on 5 June 2006 after almost a year on sick leave.
In August 2005, following chief presenter Mike Neville's absence the month prior, North East Tonight opted for two separate news services for the Tyne Tees region once again:
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