''Channelcast'' is a British

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

produced by

ITV News ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since con ...

that covers news events in the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey ...

. It was originally presented by ITV political correspondent

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, and Gary Burgess until his death in 2022. Several editions of the podcast have been published to tie-in with major regional news stories, fronted by various

ITV Channel ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programme for insertion into the ...

presenters. Each episode runs for approximately 30–40 minutes, featuring in-depth analysis and insight into the news stories making headlines in the region. Guests have included Guernsey's Chief Minister,

Gavin St Pier Gavin Scooter St Pier (born January 1967) is an elected Deputy in the States of Guernsey and former president of the Policy and Resources Committee. Political appointments He was elected at the general election on 18 April 2012 as a deputy for ...

, and Jersey's Health Minister,

Richard Renouf Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

, who took part in a panel debate as the island became the first place in the British Isles to legalise the principle of assisted dying. Over the series' original run, presenter Gary Burgess also opened up about his terminal cancer diagnosis.

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