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Frank Mitchell and Ken Reid depart UTV

31st March 2021 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Long-standing UTV presenters, Frank Mitchell and Ken Reid today retired from their respective roles with the station.

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Filed Under: News

Gaynor Barnes and John Shires exit ITV News Calendar

26th March 2021 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Gaynor Barnes and John Shires have presented their final edition of ITV News Calendar.

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Filed Under: News

Pam Royle leaves ITV News Tyne Tees after 30 years

26th March 2021 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Pam Royle tonight presented ITV News Tyne Tees for the final time.

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Twining, Sasha

19th April 2020 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Sasha was born in Yorkshire.  She is a presenter, journalist, conference host and facilitator.  She began her career in radio and worked as a DJ for several years at various local and regional radio stations.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV Network, Announcers: Sky, Presenters: BBC Network News (UK), Presenters: Sky News

Dickson, Peter

1st August 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Peter was born in Belfast. His name and face may not be as familiar as his voice, which has featured in some of the biggest UK TV entertainment shows. He was educated at The Belfast Royal Academy and obtained a Bachelor of Arts honours degree from Queen’s University, Belfast. Peter possibly holds the record for youngest ever continuity announcer on UK TV: at the age of 17, he joined BBC Northern Ireland, whilst still at school.

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

Jarvis, Chris

14th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Chris was born in Romford. He began his entertainment career as a presenter on Radio Orwell in Ipswich hosting a Saturday morning children’s show. He also performed in cabaret and at Butlins.

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

Walker, Peter

12th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Peter worked as a meteorological observer in charge at Whitworth Observatory, Manchester. He was a research assistant at Keele University and a Royal Navy met officer before joining the Met Office in 1963. He was a forecaster based at Uxbridge. Peter notched up 25 years of weather appearances, starting as a BBC TV forecaster (1964 – June 1968). He also broadcast on BBC Radio during this period. He left the Met Office in 1968 to join Heriot Watt University as a lecturer in communications until 1982. During this time he appeared as a weatherman on STV (1970 – 1981).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network Weather, Presenters: ITV - Anglia TV, Presenters: ITV - STV, Presenters: ITV Regional Weather

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. In October and November 1980, she was a BBC Radio 4 announcer. She was also a local radio presenter at Two Counties Radio in Bournemouth. In 1982, Jilly’s first TV presenting job was with TSW as a newsreader. She also worked in the United States on an exchange programme with WRAL TV in North Carolina, where she anchored the news show and their anniversary state specials.

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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

Bance, Greg

8th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

By passing the 11-Plus, Greg gained entry to his local grammar school in north London, but education seemed to gain little purchase on his mind, which was focussed on tuning around the short wave, discovering the existence of offshore radio and determination to escape as soon as possible.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Announcers: ITV - ATV (Midlands), Announcers: ITV - Granada TV, Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - Tyne Tees TV, Announcers: ITV - Wales, Presenters: ITV - Anglia TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Arthur, Toni

7th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Toni was born Antoinette Alice Priscilla, in Oxford. She won a music scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of nine and gave a concert at the Wigmore Hall in the same year. She trained as a nurse at University College Hospital. She was a folk music singer and was married to fellow musician Dave Arthur (1963 – 1977). They released several folk music albums (1964 – 1975).

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

Kettley, John

6th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

John was born in Halifax. He was employed by the Met Office from 1970 until 2000. He had a spell working at the Nottingham Weather Centre (1980 – 1985), where he made appearances on BBC Birmingham’s Midlands Today (1980 – 1983) and on Central TV (1984 – 1985).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Midlands, Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network Weather, Presenters: BBC Regional Weather, Presenters: ITV - Central TV, Presenters: ITV Regional Weather

Lang, Isobel

4th July 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Isobel was born in Lincoln. She graduated in 1991 from Exeter University with a BSc (Hons) degree in mathematics. She joined the Met Office in September 1991 and was initially based at the London Weather Centre, where she prepared forecasts for the press; she also presented the weather on local radio. Isobel appeared briefly as a holiday relief forecaster for Meridian TV before joining the BBC Weather Centre in May 1995. She was a regular BBC network television forecaster (December 1995 – August 2006). She had a baby boy (Benjamin Bryon) in October 2002 and after a second child was born, returned from maternity leave in summer 2004.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network Weather, Presenters: Channel 5, Presenters: ITV - Meridian TV, Presenters: ITV Regional Weather, Presenters: Sky News

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