Born Frederick Joseph Jones in London, Ontario, Canada.
…Boleto, Leah
Leah is a TV news presenter. She spent 11 years with Newsround (2009 – 2021) and has more recently been presenting for Sky News and 5 News.
…Johnstone, Iain
Iain is an author and television producer, and former presenter of the BBC TV’s film review series, during the Barry Norman era, when Barry worked on other projects.
…Daheley, Tina
Radio/TV news presenter.
…Greene, Sarah
Sarah was born in London. Her parents were DIY expert Harry Greene and actress Marjie Lawrence. Her younger sister is Laura, a former TV presenter.
…Morton, Lionel
Lionel was born Lionel Walmsley in Blackburn. He sang in the local cathedral choir.
…Jago, Becky
Becky was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and graduated from the University of Bedfordshire with a BA in Media Performance in 1997.
…Allen, Steve
Steve joined BBC Wales TV Presentation in 1998 having previously worked in news.
Andrews, Eamonn
Born in Dublin, Eamonn Andrews began sports commentating for Radio Éireann in 1939 and subsequently worked on various programmes for BBC Radio, including Sports Report (1950 – 1962).
On television he hosted the BBC’s parlour game What’s My Line? (1951 – 1963), Crackerjack (1955 – 1964), ABC Television’s World of Sport (1965 – 1968) and This is Your Life until his death in 1987.
He joined Thames Television from ABC in 1968 and was the first anchor of its nightly news magazine programme Today until 1977. At the same time, he was active as a chat show host and children’s programmes presenter, as well as being a keen businessman.
Amroliwala, Matthew
Matthew became a national BBC correspondent in 1990. He spent some time based in Northern Ireland where he reported on events such as the Shankill bombing, the Greysteel shootings and the first IRA ceasefire.
…Adie, Kate
Kate was born in Northumberland and adopted as a baby by a couple in Sunderland.
…Angwin, Richard
Richard’s began his weather forecasting career in 1990. In 1995, he auditioned for a weather presenting job at BBC West. He got the job and is still the main weather presenter there. He can also be heard presenting the weather on various BBC local radio stations.