Radio/TV news presenter.
…Greene, Sarah
Sarah was born in London. Her parents were DIY expert Harry Greene and actress Marjie Lawrence. Her younger sister is Laura, a former TV presenter.
…Morton, Lionel
Lionel was born Lionel Walmsley in Blackburn. He sang in the local cathedral choir.
…Fleming, Tom
Born in Edinburgh, Tom Fleming established himself as a distinguished character actor, making his theatrical debut alongside Edith Evans during a tour of India in 1945.
…Jago, Becky
Becky was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and graduated from the University of Bedfordshire with a BA in Media Performance in 1997.
…Jones, Rick
Born Frederick Joseph Jones in London, Ontario, Canada.
…Dando, Jill
Born in Weston-super-Mare, Jill Dando’s first job was as a trainee reporter for the local weekly newspaper, the Western Mercury, where her father and brother worked.
…Boleto, Leah
Leah is a TV news presenter. She spent 11 years with Newsround (2009 – 2021) and has more recently been presenting for Sky News and 5 News.
…Johnstone, Iain
Iain is an author and television producer, and former presenter of the BBC TV’s film review series, during the Barry Norman era, when Barry worked on other projects.
…Andrews, Eamonn
Born in Dublin, Eamonn Andrews began sports commentating for Radio Éireann in 1939 and subsequently worked on various programmes for BBC Radio, including Sports Report (1950 – 1962).
On television he hosted the BBC’s parlour game What’s My Line? (1951 – 1963), Crackerjack (1955 – 1964), ABC Television’s World of Sport (1965 – 1968) and This is Your Life until his death in 1987.
He joined Thames Television from ABC in 1968 and was the first anchor of its nightly news magazine programme Today until 1977. At the same time, he was active as a chat show host and children’s programmes presenter, as well as being a keen businessman.
Amroliwala, Matthew
Mehrwan F. Amroliwala was born in Leeds in 1962, the son of a Royal Air Force officer with roots in India as a Parsi Zoroastrian.
…Adie, Kate
Kate was born in Northumberland and adopted as a baby by a couple in Sunderland.
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