Carol was a relief BBC TV in-vision network announcer (1952).
McDowell, Andrea
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.
…Mills, John
John was a BBC TV (voice-only) network announcer (1961 – 1965).
Barth, Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie currently works as a continuity announcer/director on BBC One Scotland. The role previously also covered BBC Two Scotland but that channel was replaced by the network version of BBC Two, just prior to the launch of the BBC Scotland channel. Although the dedicated Scottish content channel has its own team of announcers, some BBC One Scotland voices can also be heard on the BBC Scotland channel.
Purdon, Iain
Iain joined BBC Scotland in May 1973, initially working for BBC Radio 4. He was a regular continuity voice on BBC One Scotland between 1974 and 1978 and was one of the pioneers of the practice of linking the entire mixture of network and Scottish programmes from Scotland. Early teething troubles included chopping off part of the prime-time Les Dawson show one Saturday night and transmitting a rehearsal of his next programme junction in its place. There was one viewer phone call – expressing thanks!
Iain moved to the new BBC Radio Scotland in 1978 to head up its announcer team. In 1982 he took up a post with BBC Radio 2. Since 1995 he has been working with the BBC World Service as a newsreader.
In his spare time, Iain plays bass guitar in a vintage rock ‘n’ roll band.
Marriott, Vicki
Vicki worked on attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1988 – 1989). She later worked as a producer in the Presentation department.
James, Nikki
Nikki was on attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1986 and 1988). She also provided voiceovers on Points of View (BBC One).
Green, Toni
A warm, reassuring and authoritative voice, Toni is the voice of British Airways worldwide and the London Congestion Charge. She has been heard on numerous radio stations as a presenter – Classic FM, Jazz FM, LBC, Radio 2 and Radio 4 and was voted Sexiest Female Voice – AA Roadwatch three years running when on Classic and Jazz FM.
She has done hundreds of ads for clients including the AA, Lloyds Pharmacy, Canada Life and HSBC and has voiced alarm systems, training DVDs, TV sponsorships and trails for ITV. She has recorded talking books using voices (male and female) ranging from ages 10 – 75.
Toni is also a BBC TV network announcer (dates TBC).
Beaven, Steven
Steve was a regular voice on BBC One Wales, BBC Two Wales and BBC Choice Wales (2000 – 2002). Shortly after leaving BBC Wales, he moved to TV Centre as a network director on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four.
Steve later returned to his roots and worked at ITV News in the Central South region. On any given day he might be production assisting, reporting, and/or producing.
Powell, Natasha
Natasha was a continuity announcer with Channel 5 (dates TBC). She has also voiced trails for BBC TV.
Ashe, Anna-Maria
Anna-Maria Ashe was a continuity announcer at BBC Scotland, TVS and Grampian Television in the mid-1980s. She also presented lunchtime news bulletins in-vision during her time with BBC Scotland (1986). She later moved to the TVS nightly news magazine Coast to Coast where she did a stint at presenting/newsreading for the Southampton edition, before moving to the Maidstone programme.
Anna-Maria was replaced at Maidstone by Liz Wickham when she moved to LWT as the main anchor of LWT News and LWT News Weekend. She was one of the main presenters on the London Tonight programme on ITV until February 2004.
Tibbetts, Pam
Formerly Pam Rennison. Pam was presentation editor for BBC Scotland, responsible for day-to-day presentation services on all of the BBC’s local radio and television services there.
…