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Ross-Barnard, John

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John was a BBC TV (voice-only) network announcer (1966 – 1968), covering BBC One and BBC Two.

Other roles:

Network presentation director and assistant presentation editor (1968 – 1973);
Head of BBC foreign recordings, Radioplay (1973 – 1976);
Head of BBC Video (1978 – 1984);
Chief executive of Coventry Cable TV (1984 – 1987);
Henley College (1988);
CEO Satellite Media Services (Capital Radio) (1987 – 1993);
Assigned to Peace Initiative in Bosnia (1993 – 2000) – specialising in pirate radio and TV.

Harris, Paul

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Paul was a BBC South TV announcer in the late-1970s and early 1980s. He was also a BBC TV network announcer (1981).

Porter, Gillian

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Gillian spent a brief spell on the BBC Northern Ireland TV announcing staff in 1992. She then moved to UTV, to take up a similar role there.

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Coyne, Tom

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Tom was born in South Shields. In his 20s, he was a presenter of BBC Radio’s Children’s Hour. He made his first TV appearance in 1958, interviewing a miner on Tyne Tees TV. He was a member of the original announcing team in 1959.

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Damon, Dan

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team 1 Comment

Dan began his broadcasting career with Cardiff’s short-lived CBC Radio. He joined the BBC in 1974 as a sound engineer for radio news in Broadcasting House. He was a BBC TV network announcer in the mid to late-1970s and early 1980s.

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McNab, Bernard

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Bernard was a relief BBC TV network announcer (1952).

Berrington, Ceri

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Ceri was a BBC Wales radio and TV announcer (1985 – 2001). She was later in charge of the BBC Radio Wales announcing team. She retired in early 2001.

Price, Gary

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Gary was a continuity director/announcer with BBC Wales TV (late-1980s). He’s a former CBC and Red Dragon Radio presenter. He went on to become a specialist music producer for BBC Radio Wales.

Imray, June

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June was born in Aberdeen. She graduated with an MA arts degree from the University of Aberdeen and taught for two years in Aberdeen and Somerset.

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Kozak, Halyna

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Halyna was a BBC TV network announcer (1992 – TBC).

Trevor, John

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John was a BBC TV network announcer for 22 years (1960 – 1982) – senior announcer from 1966. After retiring he appeared on Showcable, the BBC’s London cable service for Visionhire Ltd.

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Factor, Ilisa

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Ilisa presented for Swansea Sound and Red Dragon FM (late-1980s/early 1990s) before joining AA Roadwatch, then BBC Radio Sheffield (October 1991 – October 1994). She later moved to BBC TV News in Norwich and Cambridge (October 1994 – September 1999), working across local TV production for the region – vision mixing, directing live news programmes, floor managing, live studio sound mixing.

Ilisa joined BBC Wales TV presentation as a continuity director/announcer (September 1999 – May 2003). Since then, she’s held various roles within post-production/graphic design – more recently (May 2014 – present), post-production lead.