Maura was a BBC Scotland TV announcer, covering BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland. She is now head of presentation at BBC Scotland. She’s a former head of news at Paisley’s QFM.
Mackenzie, Gary
Gary is a former ILR presenter with CBC, Red Dragon Radio and Touch radio in Cardiff. He then moved to BBC Wales TV, where he took on a continuity director/announcer role (1997 – TBC). He also presented some editions of the daily Livetime programme for BBC Radio Wales.
Rafferty, Sean
A familiar face on BBC Northern Ireland in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Sean was one of the main presenter on the local news programmes Scene Around Six and later, Inside Ulster.
Other TV work for BBC Northern Ireland in the 1980s/90s included arts magazines Prospect and 29 Bedford Street. He co-presented thirty editions of The DIY Show with Denise Waterman. In 1995, Sean left BBC Northern Ireland to become the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme, where he remains today.
Hofman, David
David was a BBC TV in-vision announcer at Alexandra Palace briefly during the pre-World War II years. His voice was also heard on radio, on the BBC Empire Service.
Davison, Eleri
Eleri was an assistant in the BBC Wales TV Presentation dept for many years. She moved into the continuity director/announcer role in 1998.
Smith, Oliver
Oliver has been a continuity announcer on Turner Classic Movies, BBC America, Sci-Fi Channel and The History Channel. He has also voiced trails for television including BBC, ITV, Sky, UKTV Gold and Zone Thriller.
Everett, Kenny
Kenny is a former radio and TV presenter..
…Moore, Ray
Ray was born in Liverpool. On leaving school his first job was at Liverpool docks.
…Wright, Beccy
Beccy graduated with a BA Hons in drama from the University of Bristol in 1981. She was a professional actress on stage, radio, television and film before joining the BBC in 1996.
…Logan, Robert
Robert was a BBC Scotland TV announcer (early 1980s – early 1990s). He was also a Conservative councillor so consequently never read the television news summaries – nor did he ever namecheck at closedown. After he left the BBC, Robert became STV’s compliance officer. He passed away in the late-1990s.
Jones, Geraint
Geraint was a BBC Wales TV continuity director/announcer (1970s – 1990s). Although retired, he announced on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru for quite some time later. He also provided snooker commentary and read the classified results for Wales on Saturday – the BBC One Wales opt out of Final Score.
Bolgar, Peter
Peter was born in 1936. He attended the Royal College of Music, where he met his future wife, actress Angela Piper, who played Jennifer in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers (1963 – 2022).
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