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Television South (TVS) (Defunct)

Nissen, Brian

14th October 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Brian was born in Kingston-upon-Thames. His stage career began at the age of 14 in Peter Pan.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - TVS

Haycocks, Paddy

9th April 2022 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Paddy was born in Portsmouth. He worked at BFBS radio (British Forces Broadcasting Service) in Cyprus (1966 – 1968). He performed various roles including tape editing, reporting, presenting and studio management (1966 – 1968).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC South, Presenters: Channel 4, Presenters: ITV Network

Everard, Martin

9th June 2019 by The Showreel Team 2 Comments

Martin’s first on-air role was as a relief announcer with BBC Northern Ireland in the 1960s. From there he moved to London and gradually moved up through the ranks of TV presentation, before moving into programme production. He took some time out from his BBC job to participate in the British America’s Cup Challenge (Lionheart) (1979 – 1980).

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

Aziz, Khalid

5th June 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Professor Khalid Aziz LVO, DL, FRSA was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1953. His broadcasting career began at the BBC as a producer at BBC Radio Leicester (1969). He soon moved into TV reporting on the BBC’s Look North (1977 – 1979) and then became its youngest presenter (1979 – 1981), at the age of 24.  On 28th March 2008, he joined former presenter Sue Wilkins, along with current presenters Harry Gration and Christa Ackroyd for the programme’s 40th anniversary edition from the National Media Museum.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC Yorkshire, Presenters: ITV - TVS, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Carlton, Amanda

17th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Amanda has voiced English language audio courses (e.g. Linguaphone, Pearsons, Hugo, Longmans, de Agostini) since 1986. From 1988, she voiced trails for Anglia TV, Living, Granada Plus, Disney and TVS. Amanda got an attachment as a BBC TV network announcer (1988 – 1990) and was one of the voices on BBC TV’s Points of View (1987 – 1990). She also voiced BBC TV programme trails (1991).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Channel 4

Baker, Trevor

10th October 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Trevor was always affectionately known as Trevor ‘The Weather’ Baker.

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

Hammal, Bruce

13th September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Bruce was born in 1951.  He’s a former studio manager and BBC TV announcer (1975 – 1984).  He also appeared in-vision on BBC TV’s Breakfast Time‘ in 1983, in the TV Choice slot and as the out-of-vision commentator on Come Dancing (1980 – 1984).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Sky

Martin, Keith

1st September 2018 by The Showreel Team 1 Comment

Keith was born in Sandwich and was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral.  He trained in catering, then joined the Merchant Navy but illness brought him home and he started work in the advertising department of Granada Television in London.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Announcers: ITV - Associated Rediffusion, Announcers: ITV - ATV (Midlands), Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Announcers: ITV - LWT, Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - TVS, Announcers: ITV - Wales, Announcers: ITV - West, Announcers: ITV - Yorkshire TV, Presenters: BBC Regional News

Bertram, Trish

1st September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Born in Royston, Herts, Trish started out as a stage manager in the theatre and was the longest-serving female TV announcer in the UK.  She announced live for LWT, ITV, Channel 5, BBC World, BSB Galaxy, Super Channel, TVS, Westcountry TV and The Family Channel.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: British Satellite Broadcasting, Announcers: Channel 5, Announcers: ITV - LWT, Announcers: ITV - TVS, Announcers: ITV - West Country, Announcers: ITV Network, Announcers: Sky

Weston, Colin

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Colin was born in London. He left school and joined the press and PR department of ABC Studios in Teddington and stayed for four years. After they lost their ITV franchise, he applied for various announcer jobs across the ITV network.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Announcers: ITV - Border TV, Announcers: ITV - Granada TV, Announcers: ITV - LWT, Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - TVS, Announcers: ITV - Tyne Tees TV, Announcers: ITV - Wales, Announcers: ITV - West, Announcers: ITV - Yorkshire TV

Lynn, Heather

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Heather was a freelance BBC TV network announcer (1983 – 1989). She was also a TVS announcer (late-1980s) and a BBC World Service TV announcer (1992).

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC International, Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: ITV - TVS

Thomas, Linda

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Linda was a BBC Radio 2 announcer (1981 – 1982) and a BBC TV network announcer (1982 – 1983). She also worked as a Channel 4 and TVS announcer (late-1980s). She voiced BBC TV programme trails (1988).

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: Channel 4, Announcers: ITV - TVS

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