ITV Calendar presenter Duncan Wood to leave show after 19 years following health-related absence ITV Calendar have confirmed that presenter Duncan Wood is to leave the programme. Lara has years of experience working as a presenter and reporter in Yorkshire, the North East and around the UK. Its been an incredible honour and privilege to be allowed into the front rooms of millions of homes across the region for almost two decades, building up a relationship with ITV Calendars wonderful viewers, and telling their amazing stories. Duncan Wood is to leave the Calendar News show, which airs across Yorkshire, after 19 years as the programme presenter. In response to her kind message, Duncan wrote: So sorry Im not there for your last shows! Duncan Wood, presenter of ITV Calendar has bid farewell after 19 years on the news programme. In addition to telling the days news his sense of fun and on-screen relationship with weather presenter Jon Mitchell have established him as a favourite with viewers. Scrapping housing targets will cost renters 200 a year, claims Labour, Pensioner hit with ridiculous 270 fine for stopping outside Leeds Bradford Airport. Thank you ITV for 32 rollercoaster years of live telly and to the amazing team.". "But after a lot of thought I've decided the time is right for me to start the next chapter of my life and see what's round the next corner. ITV Calendar, the long-running regional news programme broadcast across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has bid farewell to one of its long-standing presenters, after Duncan Wood announced his . Duncan Wood has made a "tough decision" as he decided to leave the ITV News Calendar team after 19 years as the programme presenter. He went on to cover some of the biggest stories of the last two decades and reported from overseas on trips to Dubai, to cover the Bollywood Oscars, and to the Greek island of Kos on three occasions to cover the unsolved disappearance of the Sheffield toddler Ben Needham. Take great care missus! Duncan, who has worked in television for more than three decades, became synonymous with Calendar as one half of the longest-running presenting partnership in ITV News, alongside former presenter Christine Talbot. Duncan is a former journalist who began his career on a local newspaper in Sunderland before moving into radio presenting at Newcastles Metro FM. Duncan received hundreds of messages, leading to confess he was "overwhelmed". "You cant say much in just over 5 minutes but if you missed my farewellthanks for watching x. His first programme was an outside broadcast at Sheffield Town Hall on 27 May, 2003, as Sheffield United were given a civic reception after their play-off final. ITV Calendar's head of news, Mark Hayman, said: "Duncan has made a huge contribution to television in the region, covering the biggest stories of the last two decades. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. She was named the Yorkshire Society Media Personality in 2015 and The Yorkshire Choice Media Personality of the Year 2016. He said: "It's been an incredible honour and privilege to be allowed into the front rooms of millions of homes across the region for almost two decades, building up a relationship with ITV Calendar's wonderful viewers, and telling their amazing stories. Duncan started his career as a reporter at a local newspaper in Sunderland . "It's a tough decision but one Ive thought long and hard about. RTS Regional Presenter nominee Duncan Wood reflects on the past year, and his life at ITV Calendar. The presenter, who has presented the long-running news show alongside former presenter Christine Talbot, worked in television for more than three decades. Duncan Wood co-presents the award winning Calendar for ITV Yorkshire. For several years until the early 1980s, viewers served by the Belmont transmitter also received a localised weather forecast produced by the weather department at Anglia. [1] During her time at ITV, Talbot presented a number of regional programmes including the defunct magazine show Tonight (between 1996 and 2000) and several documentary series including Is It Worth It?, Silent Killer and Xposed. Building up a relationship with ITV Calendar's wonderful viewers, and telling their amazing stories. Plans range from 5.99 to 13.99 a month. Wood departed the North East airwaves in August 1996, moving to breakfast station GMTV, with TTTV presenters Pam Royle and the late Andrew Friend giving Duncan farewell alarm clocks on his last Tyne Tees News programme. Following a refit of the main Kirkstall Road studios to accommodate HD production of Emmerdale, the news centre opposite the building was closed and production of Calendar moved back into the main facility in October 2012. He has been in TV for 32 years, starting his screen career as a sports presenter at ITV Tyne Tees before becoming the North Of England correspondent and stand-in presenter for breakfast show GMTV. Duncan made the "tough decision" to leave the ITV news team after working in television for three decades. Duncan has presented right across the region and in the studio he was also given his own show "Wood You Believe It" and interviewed star names in the "One to One' series for ITV Yorkshire. Duncan was also given his own show Wood you Believe It and interviewed star names in the One to One series for ITV Yorkshire. "We are very sad that he has decided that it's time to leave us and we wish him the very best of luck in the future.". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. "But after a lot of thought I've decided the time is right for me to start the next chapter of my life and see what's round the next corner!". Katy is also a part of the ITV News Calendar team, although she announced last month that she would be leaving the show. The news service transmits to Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas of England. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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ITV News Calendar is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Yorkshire. You just hope that years of experience will let me know what I should ask and when I should ask it.. But after a lot of thought Ive decided the time is right for me to start the next chapter of my life and see whats round the next corner!. Duncans first programme was an outside broadcast at Sheffield Town Hall on 27 May, 2003, as Sheffield United were given a civic reception after their play off final. On Monday, 8 January 2007, Calendar's main 6pm programme was split into North and South editions for the region. After flunking both his . To which he replied: Cheers Ben, keep the good ship going for me! [3] Good Morning Calendar (a name later reused for its regional news programme in Good Morning Britain) is credited as being the United Kingdom's first breakfast television programme, six years before the launch of the BBC's Breakfast Time. Lara has years of. In addition to telling the days news, his sense of fun and on-screen relationship with weather presenter Jon Mitchell have established him as a favourite with viewers. Speaking on his exit he said: "It's been an incredible honour and privilege to be allowed into the front rooms of millions of homes across the region for almost two decades. At the same time, Yorkshire Television inherited the Anglia news offices in Grimsby and Hull and opened a further newsroom in Lincoln. Duncan, who has been away from work with health issues, will say farewell to Calendar viewers in a recorded message on tonights edition of the programme on ITV Yorkshire at 6 pm. Lara will become Duncan Woods new permanent co-host on the 6pm programme. 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[4] On 28 December 2012 it was revealed Talbot had "undergone a gruelling 12 months" and would return to work on 14 January 2013.[5]. Duncan was also given his own show Wood you Believe It and interviewed star names in the One to One series for ITV Yorkshire. The newsgathering and production teams at Calendar were the subject of a 1995 fly-on-the-wall Channel 4 documentary series, Deadline.[5]. It says it all that both Harry and Stewart are nominated yet again. We are very sad that he has decided that its time to leave us and we wish him the very best of luck in the future.. "It's been inspirational on so many levels," he said of his work on the programme. Since 2001, Talbot has been the main co-anchor of Calendar, appearing with Geoff Druett until Friday 23 May 2003 and is now currently alongside Duncan Wood. "I'd been at my dad's paper since I could walk," ITV Calendar's Duncan Wood recalls. Duncan Wood is leaving ITV Calendar after 29 years (Image: ITV NEWS) ITV Calendar's main presenter Duncan Wood has made a "tough decision" to leave the show after 19 years. ", Ricky Gervais stuns The One Show hosts after saying 'I'm going to die soon', Duncan Wood is leaving ITV Calendar after 29 years. Thankyou #ITV for 32 great yrs, almost two decades of which I spent @itvcalendar You cant say much in just over 5 minutes but if you missed my farewellthanks for watching x https://t.co/g2X22anmeL. Plans range from 5.99 to 13.99 a month. The regular presenters of the North edition were Duncan Wood and Christine Talbot; two other long-standing Calendar presenters, John Shires and Gaynor Barnes, became the main regular presenters of the South edition. ITV presenter @FayeBarker wrote: Get well soon Duncan xx. Duncan commented back: Thanks Faye, hope youre well x., News correspondent Katy sent in her well wishes shortly afterwards and Tweeted to her 20,400 followers: For all those asking, get well soon lovely, have missed you and will miss you x.. February 2009 to September 2013 [ edit] ITV Calendars Head of News, Mark Hayman: Duncan has made a huge contribution to television in the region, covering the biggest stories of the last two decades.
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