Peter is a former ATV (Midlands) announcer.
Barnes, Richard
Richard Barnes was born in 1943. He is a former continuity announcer at Anglia Television (1971 – 1975 and c. 1983), Westward TV, ATV, TSW, Central TV (c. 1985) and BFBS.
…Prince, Mike
Mike is a former ATV continuity announcer. He joined the company in the 1960s and stayed with its successor, Central, until the mid-1980s. Mike also announced, occasionally, for HTV Wales, HTV West, Thames and Southern Television.
…Bletchley, Jill
Jill is a former ATV (Midlands) announcer.
Moore, Ray
Ray was born in Liverpool. On leaving school his first job was at Liverpool docks.
…Taylor, Shaw
Born Eric Stanley in Hackney, London, Taylor was known professionally by his stage name Shaw throughout his career.
…Lloyd, Jim
Jim is a former actor. He joined Tyne Tees Television as an announcer (1959) and later took up the same role at ATV (Midlands) (1961). He left to join BBC Birmingham’s Midlands Today as a presenter. In 1964, a meeting with the Spinners gave him his long-term interest in folk music which led him to join BBC Radio 2 in 1969 as a presenter.
Carson, Avril
Born in Belfast, Avril Carson graduated with a BA Honours degree from the University of Manchester.
…Morrison, Kevin
Kevin was an ATV in-vision continuity announcer (1970s). He was also a well-known radio presenter – his claim to fame being that he presented the first show on Birmingham’s BRMB Radio (1974).
White, Stewart
Stewart’s broadcasting career began with a very short pre-programme announcement on the BBC World Service. He went on to work at BBC Radio Brighton and later BBC Radio Derby, where he produced and presented various news and entertainment programmes.
…Morton, Jean
Jean was an ATV (Midlands) continuity announcer from the launch of the station.
…Toye, John
John is a former ATV (Midlands) announcer and news presenter on STV.