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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.

Funny how some regions provide cover whilst others don’t. Seem to remember the late great Tony Morris from Granada doing a weekend once too.