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Wouldn’t be surprised it if was something Gamal negotiated as part of his move to Granada from Sky - some amount of national exposure.

That may have also been the case for Kylie Pentelow when she moved from EMT to ITV News West Country, you do most of your shifts in Bristol, but we'll give you some weekend, summer and Christmas national cover as part of the deal. I don't think it was that long before Kylie did her first shifts covering network and London on a Saturday.

Lucy Meacock of course was another Granada presenter who was on the cover roster for weekends.