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Schafernaker, Tomasz

2nd October 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Tomasz was born in Gdansk, Poland. He attended school both in the UK and his home country, where he developed a keen interest in the weather and natural sciences at a young age.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC London, Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network Weather, Presenters: BBC Regional Weather, Presenters: BBC South East, Presenters: Channel 4 National Weather

Pyrah, Gill

11th September 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Gill was born in Yorkshire in 1951 (date unknown). She has a degree in psychology.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Midlands, Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: ITV - Central TV

Haycocks, Paddy

9th April 2022 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Paddy was born in Portsmouth. He worked at BFBS radio (British Forces Broadcasting Service) in Cyprus (1966 – 1968). He performed various roles including tape editing, reporting, presenting and studio management (1966 – 1968).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC South, Presenters: Channel 4, Presenters: ITV Network

Warm tributes to Jon Snow as he bids farewell to Channel 4 News

23rd December 2021 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Veteran journalist Jon Snow signed off for the final time tonight on Channel 4 News – a programme he has presented since 1989.

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Filed Under: News

Carter, Jilly

11th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Jilly was born in Widnes. She graduated from London University with a degree in English, French and history of art.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network News (UK), Presenters: Channel 4 News, Presenters: ITV Network, Presenters: ITV Network News

Everard, Martin

9th June 2019 by The Showreel Team 2 Comments

Martin’s first on-air role was as a relief announcer with BBC Northern Ireland in the 1960s. From there he moved to London and gradually moved up through the ranks of TV presentation, before moving into programme production. He took some time out from his BBC job to participate in the British America’s Cup Challenge (Lionheart) (1979 – 1980).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Northern Ireland, Presenters: BBC Northern Ireland, Presenters: BBC Regional News

Peters, Sylvia

24th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Born Sylvia Lucia Petronzio, she was a former musical actress who appeared in revues including one at The Coliseum marking VE Day. She joined the BBC in 1947 after answering a newspaper advertisement for an announcer, with a salary of £500-a-year. She was one of the post-war trio of announcers who stayed until 1958.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: Channel 4

Carlton, Amanda

17th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Amanda has voiced English language audio courses (e.g. Linguaphone, Pearsons, Hugo, Longmans, de Agostini) since 1986. From 1988, she voiced trails for Anglia TV, Living, Granada Plus, Disney and TVS. Amanda got an attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1988 – 1990) and was one of the voices on BBC TV’s Points of View (1987 – 1990). She also voiced BBC TV programme trails (1991).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Channel 4

Walker, Patrick

12th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Patrick was born in London in June 1967. His broadcasting career began in hospital/local radio. He then moved to television, working as a network continuity announcer on BBC One and BBC Two (August 1994 – November 1998).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Channel 4, Announcers: Sky

Walsh, Kate

24th March 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Kate is a native Lancastrian with a husky, lilting quality to her voice. She studied at the Central School of Speech and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a bachelor’s in psychology.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Channel 4, Announcers: Discovery Networks Northern Europe

Peters, Andi

15th October 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Born in Chelsea to Vincentian parents, Andi initially presented CITV’s Free Time (16th September – 23rd December 1988) and briefly provided the continuity links on CITV in summer 1988.  However, he reached a much wider audience with Edd the Duck and Wilson (an arm purporting to be that of a butler) in The Broom Cupboard segments on Children’s BBC, which he presented from 29th May 1989 until 3rd September 1993.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: Channel 5, Presenters: ITV Network

Ball, Johnny

14th October 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Johnny made major contributions to children’s TV over 25 years including Play School (545 editions, 1967 – 1984, and occasional appearances until 1987) and Play Away (1972 to 1980), during which time he was the principle comedy writer for the show.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV Network

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