Amanda has voiced English language audio courses (e.g. Linguaphone, Pearsons, Hugo, Longmans, de Agostini) since 1986. From 1988, she voiced trails for Anglia TV, Living, Granada Plus, Disney and TVS. Amanda got an attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1988 – 1990) and was one of the voices on BBC TV’s Points of View (1987 – 1990). She also voiced BBC TV programme trails (1991).
…Cadzow, Alma
Alma joined the BBC in London in 1964 as a studio manager. She was then known as Alma Bickerton. She later took advantage of the BBC’s attachment system, which allowed staff to gain up to six months experience working in areas that interested them. She spent time as an announcer at BBC Radio 3 in the 1970s, where, she tells us, “her Scots accent provoked protests from the more reactionary listeners”.
…Malhi, Manju
Manju was raised in north west London, surrounded by Indian cultures, traditions and lifestyles. She was a BBC TV network announcer (mainly BBC Two, 1990 – 1999 and 2001 – 2006 (freelance)) and a BBC World Service TV announcer (1992). She provided voiceovers for trails featured on BBC News 24 and she was also an announcer on UKTV’s Good Food channel. She presented the early (4am – 6am) weekend show on BBC Radio 2 (January/February 1997).
…Constantinis, Jayne
Jayne was born in Yorkshire. She has an acting diploma from the Royal Academy of Music and a modern languages degree from Cambridge. She studied journalism at the LCP and has written for publications including Condé Nast Traveller and Good Housekeeping.
…Walker, Patrick
Patrick was born in London in June 1967. His broadcasting career began in hospital/local radio. He then moved to television, working as a network continuity announcer on BBC One and BBC Two (August 1994 – November 1998).
…Moss, Allis
Allis was born in London. She is a freelance journalist and BBC broadcaster. She had a spell as a BBC Radio 4 announcer (1997), where she read the Shipping Forecast. She was also a network BBC TV announcer (1998 – 2000). For more than a decade, she was a regular voice on the BBC World Service, working in news, continuity and promotions.
Allis presented on LBC, and she was a news presenter/sidekick on Danny Baker’s BBC Radio 5 award-winning breakfast show. When Baker took over DLT’s BBC Radio 1 weekend morning slot, Allis joined the show in October 1993. She has contributed to both BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent and Loose Ends. In 2016 and 2017, she was the official announcer at the AELTC Wimbledon tennis championships. She missed 2018 due to illness but will return to Wimbledon in 2019.
Vowels, Phil
Phil graduated from the University of Southamption in 1995. His entire professional career to date has been spent in broadcasting. His first job was with BBC Radio Bristol, where he was a presenter and producer (December 1993 – March 1998). He also presented and produced on BBC Radio Solent (April 1997 – August 1997) and on BBC Southern Counties Radio (May 1998 – December 1999).
…Stewart, Cathy
Cathy was a BBC TV announcer from 1986 until 1991. She also presented on the BBC World Service. She did some announcing shifts on BBC Radio 4 in May and June 1985 and was a reader on Feedback and Stop Press. She provided voiceovers on BBC TV’s Points of View in 1988 and voiced BBC TV presentation trails in the early 1990s.
Adey, Dave
Dave was a BBC TV network announcer in the early 1990s. He was the duty announcer at closedown for the final playout of the BBC One COW (Computer Originated World) symbol in the early hours of 16th February 1991.
…Bacon, Jim
Jim was born in Suffolk. He was employed by the Met Office from 1968 until 1986. His career started in East Anglia at RAF stations in 1968. He later moved to Bracknell for a few years as a programmer on the Met Office supercomputer.
…Speake, Michael
Michael was born in Shrewsbury. His first broadcasting experience was with pirate radio and later, BBC Radio including being the Midland link for Family Favourites.
…Hammond, John
John was born in Bosham, West Sussex, the son of a farmer. After taking an interest in the weather from the age of four, he studied geography at the University of Salford, followed by meteorology at the University of Birmingham.
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