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Elsmore, Philip

10th October 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Philip was born in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. He is a former actor, director and broadcaster.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - Tyne Tees TV, Announcers: ITV - West Country

Hart, Tony

10th September 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Tony was born Norman Antony in Maidstone, Kent. He was interested in drawing from an early age.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV - ABC TV, Presenters: ITV - Associated Rediffusion

Oxley, Mel

26th June 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Mel was born in South Africa. He was a former DJ with Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s. He later moved into TV and worked as an ITV announcer for Southern TV (1959 – 1961), ATV, ABC Television and Associated Rediffusion. He moved to BBC Television as a network out-of-vision announcer, who also appeared in-vision conducting interviews on BBC Two (1965 – 1972). He presented BBC Two’s Line-Up (1969) and narrated The Curious Character of Britain (1970) and Sights and Sounds of Britain (1971) for BBC One.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Associated Rediffusion, Announcers: ITV - ATV (London), Announcers: ITV - Southern TV

McGavin, John

10th June 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Also known as John McGavin Gordon. John was an ABC and ATV London announcer in the 1950s, but had an ambition to become an actor and went to drama school.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - ATV (London), Announcers: ITV - Southern TV

Stevens, Julie

27th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Julie is an actress and former ABC contract artist. She was a great children’s favourite on both Play School (1964 – 1978) and Play Away (1971 – 1979) and is remembered for her zany appearances.

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

Kennedy, Sheila

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Sheila Kennedy, who later made a name for herself as an announcer on ABC Television and then Thames, landed her first television job with Westward. Hotfooting it straight from a career as a theatre actress, Sheila was the first female presenter on the new Westward Television, and proved a real hit with viewers. She became very closely associated with Gus Honeybun, and also contributed articles to Westward’s own local television listings magazine, Look Westward.

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - Westward

Bower, Colin

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Colin was a continuity announcer for ABC Television, TWW (Television Wales and the West) in 1958, and one of the first announcers and newsreaders on Anglia Television from its launch in 1959. During his time at the Norwich-based station, Colin also interviewed for news programmes and was a quizmaster. After leaving Anglia in 1964, Colin worked as an announcer/newsreader for the overseas service of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and later that year moved to Tyne Tees TV in Newcastle as a continuity announcer and newscaster. As a freelance newsreader, announcer, presenter and quizmaster between 1967 and 1975, Colin worked for several ITV stations, including Westward Television, Grampian and Border. He also worked for the BBC in Bristol, Southampton and London.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Announcers: ITV - Grampian TV, Announcers: ITV - TWW, Announcers: ITV - Tyne Tees TV, Announcers: ITV - Westward, Presenters: ITV - Anglia TV, Presenters: ITV - Border TV, Presenters: ITV - Grampian TV, Presenters: ITV - Tynes Tees TV, Presenters: ITV - Westward TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Steel, Bill

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Bill Steel is mainly remembered as Tyne Tees Television’s chief announcer and one of the main presenters of the evening news magazine programme, Northern Life, when it started in 1976.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Associated Rediffusion, Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - Tyne Tees TV, Presenters: ITV - Tynes Tees TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Braban, John

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

John was an announcer with ABC Television and ATV London. He also worked as a network announcer with BBC TV (1969 – 1974) and voiced BBC TV presentation trails (1972 – 1990).

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - ATV (London)

Oyston, Owen

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Owen is a former ABC TV announcer.

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV

Carter, Alan

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Alan is a former ABC TV announcer.

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV

Duncanson, John

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

John was born in Prestwick. After a BBC course in broadcasting, his first TV appearance was as a continuity announcer on ABC Television (early 1960s), the weekend contractor for the north of England and the Midlands.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Presenters: ITV - Grampian TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

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