Well known Thames Television announcer and newsreader (late-1970s – 1992) and LWT continuity announcer. Robin was also a familiar voice to viewers across the ITV network, for his voiceovers at award ceremonies and the Royal Variety Show. Robin has also been heard as the voice of the questions on Channel 5’s 100%. He also presented the channel’s One to Win gameshow.
Burke, Gerry
Gerry is a former STV announcer.
St John, Annie
Annie was a continuity announcer for Tyne Tees TV, HTV West and LWT (1984). She also presented several programmes for HTV, including co-anchoring the main nightly news programme with fellow presenters Bruce Hockin, Richard Wyatt and Alison Holloway.
…Crawford, Jay
Jay was a DJ with Radio Forth when he freelanced at STV. He was later controller of programmes at Real Radio in Glasgow.
Kennedy, Sarah
Sarah was an LWT announcer in the 1970s. She also worked as a reporter and newsreader for Southern TV in the 1970s. Sarah went on to become one of the presenters of the BBC’s Sixty Minutes news magazine, and, famously, LWT’s Game for a Laugh. Since then she has presented many television and radio programmes.
Curdy, Bryce
Bryce was an in-vision announcer for STV in the 1980s. He went on to set up his own marketing and events management company. He was also one of the first broadcasters on commercial radio station Westsound in Ayr.
Bryce was also a presenter on the Scottish radio station, Saga.
Lewis, Peter
Docherty, Nicky
Nicky was a Scottish Television in-vision continuity announcer (1980s) who moved on to front news bulletins for the station. He was later part of Radio Clyde’s award-winning news team.
Osborn, Hilary
Born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Osborn graduated with a BA Honours degree in French from Queen Mary College, London University.
…Douglas, John
John was one of STV’s in-vision continuity announcers in the late-1980s and early 1990s.
Kerr, Sue
Previously known as Sue Peacock. Sue was born in Welling, Kent. She was a drama tutor for the Women’s Institute and an announcer at LWT (1981 – 1987).
…Ford, Brian
Brian started his career as a disc jockey with Radio Clyde and Radio Forth before moving to the role of continuity announcer at STV. He later presented on radio station Clyde 2.
Simmons, Andrea
Andrew was a freelance announcer with LWT (dates unknown).
Forsyth, Alison
Alison is a former STV announcer.
Taylor, Alec
Alec was born in Dublin. He went to university in Dublin and worked as a publicity assistant for Oxam, then as a market researcher and teacher.
…Gregory, Kenny
Kenny was an announcer at STV (November 1994 – December 1997). He was also an in-vision presenter on STV’s Wheel Nuts (series 1, 1997)
…Tilling, Roger
Guthrie, Denise
Denise was a Scottish TV continuity announcer in the late-1980s. Before going into television announcing, Denise freelanced for the AA Roadwatch travel news service.
Williams, Nigel
Nigel worked as a voiceover artist with LWT from 1990. Nigel tells us: “I was auditioned by producer Steve Allen in 1990 to provide the voice for a young and trendy overnight sequence that never saw the light of day. When the promotions department was looking for a ‘younger’ image to promote the Saturday night Baywatch, Blind Date, Gladiators sequence, I was recalled and became the guy who did the ‘big sell’. After presenting the head of promotions with a demo of more mature, subtle delivery, I was allowed greater freedom in my style and eventually became the lead brand image voice with Trish Bertram.”
Nigel continued to work for network ITV and was also the presenter of Late Night Love Songs on Heart 106.2 in London.
Hamilton, Steve
Steve was an in-vision announcer for STV (1970s – mid-1980s). He was later the voice of Scottish TV’s Wheel of Fortune gameshow. He was also the voiceover man on ITV’s Family Fortunes. He also did a stint at Talk Radio as a stand-in presenter for James Whale on the late-night phone-in.
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