Sharon was an In-vision continuity announcer for Channel Television. She went on to work in sales and marketing for the station’s sister company, Creative Channel, which produces corporate and commercial video.
…Leeming, Jan
Jan was born Janet Atkins in Woolwich, south east London. In 1959 she joined the BBC, initially working in the Programme Correspondence Section, and then as a junior secretary in the Science Unit at Broadcasting House.
…Johnson, David
Northern Irish announcer, voiceover artist and presenter. David is currently an announcer on BBC One/Two. He has previously worked as an announcer on the main national ITV channel.
…Towers, Alan
Alan was born in Liverpool in 1934. His early broadcasting career included stints as a news presenter with Granada Television (1965) and ITN (1966). He was also a reporter on Westward Diary (c. 1966).
…Alexander, Lesley
YTV news reporter and Calendar presenter who left the company in the late-1990s to work on French television.
Algie, Suzie
Gaelic speaking presenter of Grampian Television’s Telefios Gaelic-language news magazine in the 1990s.
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.
Simmons, Julian
Julian was a continuity announcer with Ulster Television/UTV from the early 1980s until April 2020.
…Adams, Kaye
Kaye was a Central News reporter in the mid-1980s. She joined STV in the late-1980s as a reporter for Scotland Today. She was one of the first reporters on the scene at Lockerbie.
Kaye could also be seen presenting Scotland Today and also presented Scottish Women from the early to mid-1990s for STV.
Kaye was one of the regular faces of ITV daytime in the early 2000s – presenting Loose Women and Live Talk. She also stood in for Fern Britton on This Morning c. 2001.
Other TV/radio credits: The Home Show (STV); Choice Cuts (BBC Radio Scotland).
Anders, Ruth
Ruth was an LWT announcer/newsreader (1982 – 1994).
…Adoo, Edward
Edward joined Channel 4 in autumn 2005 for the launch of More4. He also had brief stints on Channel 4 and E4. Whilst at Channel 4, Edward was a freelance announcer for ITV 2, ITV 4 and Men and Motors.
Edward is now freelancing. Recent work: the voice of the Fresh 40 Chart, syndicated across ten commercial radio stations; promo voice for MTV Networks (MTV Base and TMF).
Anthony, Patrick
Patrick was born in Dublin. With five years of theatre behind him, he began his broadcasting career at HTV Wales, as a newsreader and announcer, and became the first Irishman to read the Welsh news in English!
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