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BBC World Service Television (Defunct)

Kettley, John

6th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

John was born in Halifax. He was employed by the Met Office from 1970 until 2000. He had a spell working at the Nottingham Weather Centre (1980 – 1985), where he made appearances on BBC Birmingham’s Midlands Today (1980 – 1983) and on Central TV (1984 – 1985).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Midlands, Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network Weather, Presenters: BBC Regional Weather, Presenters: ITV - Central TV, Presenters: ITV Regional Weather

Empringham, Brian

8th June 2019 by The Showreel Team 2 Comments

Brian was briefly a BBC TV network announcer (1971 – 1972). He was also an announcer on BBC Radio 4 (1971 – 1974) and BBC External Services/World Service (1978 – 1998). He worked as a pres/admin officer at the Atlantic Relay Station, Ascension Island (1974 – 1978). He presented a special edition of From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4, celebrating the BBC World Service’s Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) on 14th December 2002.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network

Cartledge, Andy

20th September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Andy joined the BBC as a studio manager in the early 1960s and was a continuity announcer on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 (October 1968 – April 1969) before he moved over to TV Centre and became a familiar voice on BBC One and BBC Two.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network

Whitmore, Richard

13th September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Richard was born in Hitchin. He began his professional career in journalism as a reporter for the local newspaper in Hertfordshire.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network News (UK), Presenters: TV Travel Shop

Allan, David

1st September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Born Gordon Allan in Manchester, David is a broadcaster with over 50 years’ experience and, for people of a certain generation, is a very recognisable voice.  Certainly one of the great broadcast voices of all time. 

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: A+E Networks (UK), Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - Carlton TV London, Announcers: ITV Network

Westrop, Jane

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Jane was a BBC TV announcer (1991 – c. 1996) and a BBC World Service TV announcer (1992).

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network

Lynn, Heather

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Heather was a freelance BBC TV network announcer (1983 – 1989). She was also a TVS announcer (late-1980s) and a BBC World Service TV announcer (1992).

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - TVS

Aziz, Lisa

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Lisa is probably best known in her role as anchor on Sky News, where she worked from 1993 until autumn 2005. She began her television career at BBC West television in 1984, working on their regional news programme. In 1985, she switched sides, moving to HTV West as a reporter and presenter, where she remained until c. 1988. She then moved to TV-am, initially in a reporting role, but later becoming a news presenter, taking over from Gordon Honeycombe. Following the demise of TV-am, Lisa worked briefly for BBC World Service Television and the NBC Superchannel before moving to Sky News.

In September 2005, Lisa returned to Bristol, becoming one of the regular co-anchors on ITV West’s The West Tonight. From 16th February 2009, she became co-presenter of the pan-regional news programme The West Country Tonight, which replaced The West Tonight (ITV West) and Westcountry Live (ITV West Country).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC International, Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC West, Presenters: ITV - West, Presenters: ITV - West Country, Presenters: ITV Regional News, Presenters: NBC (UK), Presenters: Sky News, Presenters: TV-am

McDowell, Andrea

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Scottish voice who served an attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1989). She was also a BBC World Service TV announcer (1992). She worked briefly as an announcer for ITV Carlton in London (1993). She has also worked as an announcer with BSB, Living TV, BBC Scotland and Channel 5.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: BBC Scotland, Announcers: British Satellite Broadcasting, Announcers: Channel 5, Announcers: ITV - Carlton TV London, Announcers: Sky

Lines, Verity

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Verity was a continuity announcer and newsreader with Anglia TV (1980s – early 1990s). She left to get married and is now known as Verity Spencer.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Presenters: BBC International, Presenters: ITV - Anglia TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Saunders, Michaela

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Michaela studied at the London College of Music.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: UKTV

Develin, Mark

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Mark graduated from Rhodes University and initially worked for SABC in South Africa. In a broadcasting career spanning just over twenty years, he worked in various roles: a broadcast journalist, programme producer, news bulletin editor/presenter, programme presenter, television announcer, interviewer and trainer.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network


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