Wales Tonight

Infobox Television
show_name = Wales Tonight


caption =
show_name_2 = "ITV Wales News"
genre = Regional News
runtime = Wales Tonight: 30 Minutes
ITV Wales News: Varies
creator =
presenter = Jonathon Hill
Andrea Benfield
(Main anchors)
Ruth Wignall
James Wright
(Weather presenters)
network = ITV1 Wales
country = UK
first_aired = 1968
last_aired = present
producer = ITV Wales
related = Wales Today

"Wales Tonight" is the flagship news programme in the ITV Wales region. Formerly known as "HTV News" and "ITV Wales News", it broadcasts at 6pm every weeknight. Like all ITV plc regional news programmes, it uses the generic ITV font and idents.

All news bulletins are broadcast live from ITV Wales' studios at Culverhouse Cross on the Western outskirts of Cardiff. ITV Wales also has regional newsrooms in Colwyn Bay, Newtown and Carmarthen, along with a political unit at the National Assembly of Wales in Cardiff Bay. Weather forecasts are produced from Cardiff on most weekdays and from ITV Central's Gas Street studios in Birmingham at weekends.

On Air

"ITV Wales News" airs on ITV Wales seven days a week. "Wales Tonight" airs on weekdays only.

ITV Wales News

On weekdays, three short bulletins are broadcast during GMTV at 6:35am, 7:10am and 8:10am. The 7-minute mid-morning bulletin airs at 11:10am, immediately after an ITV News Summary, during "This Morning". The lunchtime bulletin follows on from the "ITV Lunchtime News", giving a six minute round-up of the days developments from 1:55pm.

"Wales News" also airs four bulletins at weekends: two on Saturday, at lunchtime, and late afternoon, and two on Sunday: at lunchtime and early evening, usually at 6:25pm.

Wales Tonight

The main evening edition of "Wales Tonight" begins at 6.00pm, and ends at 6.30pm. The late edition of "Wales Tonight" broadcasts after "News at Ten", airing between 10.30pm and 10.45pm, Mondays to Thursdays, and between 11.30pm and 11.45pm on Fridays, after "The Late News".

Online

Catch-up bulletins, signed bulletins and special features are available via ITV Local.

The team

Currently, the "Wales Tonight"/"ITV Wales News" on-air team includes:

Main anchors

*Andrea Benfield
*Jonathan Hill

Other presenters

*Justina Simpson (Also Late night bulletin/stand-in)
*Kevin Ashford
*Juliet Piper (Late bulletin/stand-in)
*Andrew Jones - Daytime bulletins
*Duncan Golestani - Daytime bulletins

ports presenters

*Richard Morgan (also stand-in/bulletin presenter)
*Frances Donovan (also bulletin presenter)

Weather presenters

*Ruth Wignall (Cardiff)
*James Wright (Cardiff, occasionally Birmingham)
*Charlie Neil (Birminhgam)
*Emma Jesson (Birmingham)

Reporters

Regional correspondents

North Wales
*Carole Green
*Ian Lang
*Paul MewiesMid Wales
*Rob ShelleyWest Wales
*Catherine Evan Williams

pecialist correspondents

*Matt Dicks (Politics)
*Rob King (Sport)
*Richard Nosworthy (Health)
*Nick Partridge (Business Editor)
*Chris Perry (Consumer Affairs)
*Nick Speed (Politics)

General reporters

*Carl Edwards
*Mariclare Carey-Jones
*Duncan Golestani

British Sign Language interpreters

*Glyn Rosser
*Jonathan Bosman
*Sarah Lawrence

External links

* [http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/news Wales News] at itvlocal.com