Richard was a BBC TV network announcer for 25 years (1971 – 1985 and senior announcer, 1985 – 1996). His responsibilities later were to recruit new voices which kept him away from the microphone a lot of the time. He is now retired.
Scott, Anne
Anne was a Grampian TV reporter, newsreader and co-presenter of North Tonight in the 1990s. She then joined BBC Scotland as a TV continuity director/announcer. She also announced and read the news on BBC Radio Scotland (until c. 2006).
Saunders, Michaela
Michaela studied at the London College of Music.
…Burke, Rodney
Rodney was a BBC East TV announcer (mid-1970s – late-1970s).
Graham, Dick
Dick was an ATV (London), Anglia Television and LWT announcer who went on to voice programme trailers for the BBC in the late-1960s.
Develin, Mark
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.
…Gamble, Mike
Mike began his BBC career as a station assistant at BBC Radio Merseyside. In 1970, he presented Youthwise and Homeward Bound.
…Stevens, Lorna
Lorna was an HTV West and Thames TV continuity announcer who moved to the HTV weather department when in-vision announcing was axed in 1993. She was regularly seen as a weather presenter on both HTV West and HTV Wales, but recently left when weather presentation was centralised in Birmingham. Lorna is also believed to have announced for HTV Wales.
A former professional model who worked with The Bluebell Girls first in Barcelona, Spain, and then in Paris, she started her broadcasting career on her return to the UK with local ILR station Radio 210 in the Thames Valley. She went on to work as an announcer for BBC Radio 4 and was a network announcer on BBC TV (1984 – 1986), before embarking on a career as a freelance announcer/presenter for several ITV companies and also on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting). Lorna also worked as an announcer on Westcountry Television in Plymouth for around 18 months from 1993 with colleague Peter Griffin.
Harvey, Amanda
Amanda 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.
Sheppard, Roy
Roy was a BBC Wales TV continuity director/announcer (1980s). He also read Wales Today bulletins.
…McKenna, Cameron
Cameron’s broadcasting career began in 1990, as a presenter with Eastend Radio. During his career, Cameron has interviewed a number of big name celebrities including Dame Shirley Bassey, Nichelle Nichols (communications officer Lieutenant Uhura, Star Trek), Paul Young, Darius, the stars of Star Wars and Marty Pellow to name but a few. Cameron has also worked alongside Dirty Dozen actor Tom Busby.
Other radio credits include: co-presenter of the 96.3 QFM breakfast show with Gary Marshall.
Cameron worked (freelance) for Scottish Television as an announcer (dates TBC); his voice was also heard in the Grampian TV region for a number of years prior to its rebranding as STV. He is currently a continuity announcer with BBC Scotland TV.
Towers, Alan
Alan was born in Liverpool in 1934. His early broadcasting career included stints as a news presenter with Granada Television (1965) and ITN (1966). He was also a reporter on Westward Diary (c. 1966).
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